About José Pedro Sousa Dias
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon, where he is responsible for the discipline of History of Pharmacy and Therapeutics. Graduated (1981) and PhD (1991) in Pharmacy from the University of Lisbon, he focused his research on the History of Health Sciences. He is an integrated member of the research group "Ciência: Estudos em História e Filosofia da Cultura Científica (CEHFCi)" of Institute of Contemporary History (IHC). His current research interests are the contemporary history of the biomedical sciences in Portugal, the scientific and social aspects of the history of medicine (17th and 18th centuries) and the history of medicine and pharmacy in the expansion and Portuguese colonization (16th to 18th centuries). He was Pro-Reitor of the University of Lisbon (05 / 2006-05 / 2009 and 09 / 2010-12 / 2011). Deputy Director of the Faculty of Pharmacy (11 / 2009-08 / 2010). From 2006 to 2011, he chaired the Executive Committee of the Centennial Commemorations of the University of Lisbon. He was President of the Directive Board of Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência / Museums of the University of Lisbon (06/2012-02/2014) and its Director from (02/2014-05/2019).
