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A Portuguese-Canadian medical doctor trained in infectious diseases with experience in global health and science-based policymaking, Ricardo served four terms as a Member of Parliament in Portugal on health and foreign affairs committees.
Ricardo is the CEO of ‘HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health’, the founder and president of the 'UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health ', Chair of the Board of the Harvard-Charité Global Health Policy Lab, and Chair of the Centre for Global Health at NOVA University in Lisbon.
He served as a medical volunteer during the COVID pandemic and participated in a humanitarian mission at the Lviv Regional Hospital in Ukraine.