**About the Editors**

#### **Lu´ıs Proen¸ca**

Lu´ıs Proenc¸a (Prof. Dr.) obtained is PhD in 1998, from the University of Lisboa. Since then, he has served as Associate Professor at Instituto Universitario Egas Moniz (IUEM), teaching at ´ graduate and postgraduate level in statistics, mathematics, physics and chemistry. He is currently also President of the Pedagogical Council of IUEM. To date, he is co-author of more than 75 articles published in peer-reviewed indexed journals (Web of Science/Scopus). His current research focuses on information and statistical data analysis as applied in biomedical, clinical and field multidisciplinary studies. He is also interested in numeracy, digital transformation and the use of pedagogical innovative approaches in Healthcare Higher Education.

#### **Jos´e Jo˜ao Mendes**

Jose Jo ´ ao Mendes (Prof. Dr.) has served as President of the Egas Moniz – Cooperativa de Ensino ˜ Superior, CRL, since 2017 and was elected President of the Centro de Investigac¸ao Interdisciplinar ˜ Egas Moniz research center. Regarding his education and research background, he has completed a DDS at Egas Moniz University in Portugal in 1995, postgraduate studies in Implantology at the Universitat Bern (Swtzerland. 1997), an MBA in Health Unit Management from Universidade ¨ Catolica Portuguesa (2002) and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from ICBAS School of Medicine and ´ Biomedicine Sciences (2010). He is Section Editor of the European Journal of Dentistry and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Oral Medicine. To date, he has authored more than 80 articles and served as supervisor/co-supervisor of 52 master's and 10 PhD students. Furthermore, he was designated Assistant Professor of Conservative Dentistry (in the MSc in Dentistry of the ISCSEM/IUEM) in 1996, Assistant Professor of Physiology (MSc in Dentistry of the ISCSEM/IUEM) in 1999, and Head of the Integrated Dental Clinic Curricular Unit (MSc in Dentistry of the ISCSEM/IUEM) in 2008. Since 2010, he has held the position of Clinical Director of the Egas Moniz Dental Clinic.

#### **Jo˜ao Botelho**

Joao Botelho (Prof. Dr.) completed his DDS in 2015 at Egas Moniz University in Portugal. Dr. ˜ Botelho obtained his PhD degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Porto, ICBAS School of Medicine and Biomedicine Sciences. He was a visiting researcher in the laboratory of Prof. Jacques Nor at Michigan University, USA. Since 2017, Dr Botelho has been a consultant for Research and ¨ Education at Egas Moniz – Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL. Since 2021, Dr. Botelho has been Associate Editor of BMC Systematic Reviews and PLOS Global Public Health and Review Editor for Frontiers in Dental Medicine. Since 2021, he has served as a Collaborator Member of Global Burden of Disease. Professor Botelho's research focuses mainly on the mechanisms of the association between oral health and systemic health, particularly periodontal diseases, inflammatory processes and the burden to systemic health from oral sources.

#### **Vanessa Machado**

Vanessa Machado (Prof. Dr.) completed her DDS in 2015 at Egas Moniz University in Portugal. Dr. Machado obtained her PhD degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Porto, ICBAS School of Medicine and Biomedicine Sciences. Since 2017, Dr Machado has been a consultant for Research and Education at Egas Moniz – Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL. Since 2021, Dr. Machado has served as Associate Editor of BMC Oral Health and Frontiers in Dental Medicine. Since 2021, she has served as a Collaborator Member of Global Burden of Disease. Her research focuses mainly on the mechanisms of the association between periodontal conditions and female infertility, inflammatory processes and the burden to systemic health from oral sources.
