Research - Our Team

Guilherme Queiroz is a predoctoral researcher, with a Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowship. He is involved in the INDILEAD project, investigating lead exposure from bushmeat hunting among global Indigenous Peoples.

Born in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1992, Guilherme is a Medical Doctor and Consultant in Public Health Medicine, with over six years of experience in health surveillance, field epidemiology and research. He completed his medical residency from 2020 to 2024 in the Aveiro Region in Portugal. During this time, he also worked with Lisbon’s Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT) in São Tomé e Príncipe and Guinea-Bissau, ISGlobal in Barcelona, Spain, and Fundação de Vigilância em Saúde do Amazonas (FVS) in Brazil. In 2023, Guilherme earned a Master's in Public Health from NOVA National School of Public Health, with the first prevalence study of sickle cell disease in São Tomé e Príncipe.

Lines of research

• Indigenous Health
• Planetary Health
• Health Inequity and Social Justice
• Tropical Medicine
• Sickle Cell Disease

Main publications

• Queiroz G; Monteiro C; Manco L; et al. “Sickle cell trait in São Tomé e Príncipe: a population-based prevalence study in women of reproductive age”. BMC Public Health (In Press)
• Queiroz G; Maia J; Gomes F; et al. “Assessment of the Implementation of the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Portugal as a Case Study“. Acta Médica Portuguesa 36 12 (2023) 
• Queiroz G. "No collar health: occupational health challenges with the advent of post-Fordism". Rev Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional 48 (2023)
• Queiroz G. "Second Mind: Ethical and Legal Considerations on Digital Mental Health in the Portuguese Context". Revista Portuguesa de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental Vol. 8 N.º 3 (2022)
• Queiroz G; Sá R; Pinho-Bandeira T; et al. "Cordon sanitaire, a necessary evil? Evaluation of non-pharmacological interventions against COVID-19 in Ovar, Portugal". Acta Biomedica 92 S6 (2021)