Patrícia Silva is a Research Assistant and integrated member of the Oral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit (UNIPRO) at the University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS) at CESPU. She is also an Invited Assistant Professor of Human Body Morphology and Functions, and a lecturer in the Oncobiology Advanced Course at the same institution. She is a collaborating researcher at the One Health Toxicology Research Unit (1H-TOXRUN, IUCS-CESPU), where she is a member of the Office of Communication and Public Engagement and the Bibliometric & Financing Office. She completed a pre-Bologna degree in Pathological, Cytological, and Thanatological Anatomy (CESPU) in 2008 and a master¿s degree in Molecular Biology Techniques and Cytomics in Health Science (CESPU) in 2011. In 2017, she completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences (FCT fellowship SFRH/BD/90744/2012) at the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine at the University of Algarve (Ualg), where she investigated the function, regulation, and therapeutic implications of the Mitotic Checkpoint mechanism. Her PhD research was conducted at the Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR, Ualg) in collaboration with CESPU. She has previously worked as a pathology anatomy technician at IPATIMUP, and at INEB, where she processed biological samples from mice to evaluate heart injury. Currently, her research interests include the clinical relevance of mitosis regulation and the development of strategies to induce cancer cell death or enhance their sensitivity to current chemotherapeutics agents. She maintains collaborative work with the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (FFUP) to characterize small molecules with anti-cancer potential. Recently, she co-authored a book entitled "Mas... o que é o cancro?," with the objective of explaining heath concepts to preschoolers. She has been interested in developing research in the field of health literacy, particularly for early ages. She has published 39 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, mostly in Q1. Additionally, she has authored/co-authored 29 invited/selected talks at national and international meetings, been involved in 22 projects with competitive funding (FCT, Norte2020, CESPU), and co-supervised 20 MSc and graduated students and 2 PhD students.