With degrees in Medicine and Law, Fernando Vasconcelos earned a PhD and a Master’s in Public Health. His professional experience includes teaching and management activities in healthcare, and work as a sanitarian physician and labor inspector of working conditions. Conducted post-doctoral research at CITCEM, University of Porto, from September 2020 to August 2021, developing the project “Historical Demography and Health in Alto Sertão da Bahia (Brazil)”, supervised by Profa. Amelia Poland. One of the results of the project was the article “O morrer e o germinar: óbitos numa vila em formação no sertão da Bahia, 1891-1913. CEM – Culture, Space & Memory.13 (2021) 57-71, DOI:https://doi.org/10.21747/2182-1097/13a3