For the last decade, Ricardo has combined computational biomechanics with machine learning to help uncover the mechanisms that trigger the decline from healthy mobility to movement pathology. He is currently a senior research scientist at Champalimaud Foundation and has been part of the Physiotherapy Department of the School of Health Care - Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal since 2002. Ricardo was awarded a Fellowship (2016), Visiting Scholarship (2015), a Travel Award (2014) and an Outstanding Researcher Award (2013) from the NIH National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research at Stanford University, and received a "Research Honourable Mention” by the Olympic Committee of Portugal (2014). Since 2008, Ricardo has developed and extensively contributed to the validation of 3D biomechanical models and organized numerous clinical workshops for students, researchers and clinicians. As a healthcare professional and researcher, he is motivated to bridge the gap between musculoskeletal simulation and clinical practice, and to put the power of computational biomechanics and big data analytics into the hands of clinicians to help improve patients outcomes and support clinical decision-making.