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Cláudio Soares is the new Pro Rector of NOVA University Lisbon and will coordinate NOVA Health

The former director of the Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology António Xavier (ITQB NOVA) is now part of the NOVA rectory team and will be responsible for coordinating the NOVA Health strategic platform. 

 This Thursday, 18th May, at the meeting of the College of Directors, the former director of ITQB NOVA, Cláudio Soares, assumed the position of Pro-Rector of NOVA University Lisbon and will now coordinate the strategic platform NOVA Health. 

 At that NOVA institute since 1994, Cláudio Soares has been responsible for the creation of the Protein Modelling Laboratory, whose research has contributed to the most diverse areas of investigation, from basic research to applications of biotechnological and biomedical interest. 

 In 2013, Cláudio Soares was elected by his peers to head ITQB NOVA, a position he held until the recent election of the new dean, João Crespo, last March. 

 NOVA Health is an interdisciplinary university platform that aims to create value in health through scientific production, innovative solutions and knowledge dissemination, as well as promoting collaboration between NOVA's academic units and with external partners in science, industry, society and policy stakeholders.