Speaker

Henrique Veiga-Fernandes studied Veterinary Medicine at Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal and at Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. In 2002, he obtained a PhD in Immunology from Université René Descartes, Paris, France, before moving to the National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK. In 2009, he set up his laboratory at Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal, and he served as member of the direction team from 2014 to 2016. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes joined the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Portugal, in 2016 where he is Full investigator, and served as Champalimaud Research director from 2018 to 2024. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes made foundational discoveries in the areas of immunity and peripheral neuro-immune interactions.

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