Marta Temido

Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões was born in Coimbra in 1974. She holds a PhD in International Health from the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the New University of Lisbon, a Masters in Health Management and Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, and a Law Degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. Specialised in Hospital Administration by the National School of Public Health of the New University of Lisbon, she was deputy director of the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the UNL and non-executive chairman of the board of directors of the Hospital of the Portuguese Red Cross before assuming functions in the XXI Government. Between 2016 and 2017, she was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Administration of the Health System. She has exercised administration and management responsibilities in several hospitals of the National Health Service, as well as in other entities of the sector, namely in the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators, whose board she chaired between 2013 and 2015. She also served on the advisory boards of the Treatment Activists Group (GAT) and the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, having lectured at various institutions in the health area. She is the author and co-author of scientific publications in the field of health.