Cecilia Rodrigues

Cecilia Rodrigues is a scientist and academic, currently vice-rector for Research and Innovation at University of Lisbon, Portugal. She graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the same university in 1992 and received a PhD in Pharmacy (Biochemistry) in 1996. She completed her PhD training at the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA, and postdoctoral work at the University of Minnesota, MN, USA. She became full professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (2009), head of Department (2011-18; 2021), and Director of the Research Institute for Medicines (2013-20). Rodrigues's laboratory conducts research in the areas of metabolic, degenerative, and cancer diseases, using cellular and molecular technologies, preclinical models, and patient-derived models and samples. She has published more than 300 peer-reviewed publications (h-index 66), and has been a principal investigator on multiple research projects funded by public competitive sources and private investment. Her research has developed promising technologies protected by global patents and explored by spin-offs that have moved to clinical trials worldwide. Rodrigues has also served on editorial and grant review boards, including the Journal of Hepatology and Hepatology, and is past governing board member of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (scientific committee).