Full Professor in the Area of ​​Social Sciences Applied to Health and coordinator of the Laboratory of Alternative, Complementary and Integrative Practices in Health (LAPACIS), Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (DSC/FCM/Unicamp ). Graduated in Social Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1990-1993), specialized in Sociology of Health at DSC/FCM/Unicamp (1994), where he also obtained the titles of Master (1997), Doctor (2002) and Associate Professor (2013). At FCM / Unicamp, he held the position of deputy head of the Department of Public Health (2010-2012) and coordinator of the Graduate Program in Public Health (2014-2016; 2018-current). He held postdoctoral studies at the University of Leeds / UK (2006-2007) and Senior Internship at the University of London / UK (2017). Secretary/Treasurer of the Research Committee 15 Sociology of Health/ International Sociological Association (2018-2022). Member of the Board of the Brazilian Academic Consortium for Integrative Health - Ministry of Health of Brazil/BIREME/PAHO/WHO (2018-2020). Member of DIPEx Brasil: Health and Care: sharing stories. Develops research in Cultural Studies in Health; Sociology of Health; Sociology of Alternative, Complementary and Integrative Practices in Health; Qualitative Research Methods and Techniques; Teaching of Social Sciences in the Health Area; and Public Health.