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Ana João Santos is a researcher at RISE-Health, University of Aveiro (Portugal). With a PhD in Gerontology and Geriatrics and a background in psychology, she works in epidemiology, public health, and health psychology. Across 15 years in national and EU-funded projects (Horizon 2020, ECDC, EU4Health), her work covers preventive health behaviours, cancer primary prevention, instrument development and validation, and population health surveys. She currently co-leads a work package in the EU4Health project CURTAIN on cancer health literacy and contributes to InControl, a digital pain-management intervention for older adults.