Research group: Human Biology, Health and Society 
Institutional Address:
Department of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities
Faculty of Human Kinetics
University of Lisbon
Estrada da Costa
1499-002 Cruz Quebrada – Dafundo
Portugal
Phone number: 00 351 214149100
Email: vmarques@fmh.ulisboa.pt
Research interests:
Tropical Populations; Human Biology; Childhood Growth and Development; Nutrition/Malnutrition; Determinants of Nutrition; Food Security/Availability; Nutritional Anthropometry. Public Health. Epidemiology; Cooperation.
Field Work Experience
2008 to present. Fieldwork in Guinea-Bissau, particularly in the regions of Bafatá, Gabú and Quinara within projects in the area of maternal and child health, nutrition and food security.
1988 to presente. Nutritional Anthropometry – Portugal.
Ongoing Projects:
2015- - Member of the research team of the project "Inequalities in childhood obesity: the impact of the socioeconomic crisis in Portugal from 2009 to 2015";. PTDC/DTPSAP/1520/2014.
2014-2018- - Principal Researcher of the Project "A crise económica e a má nutrição em crianças e idosos: estudo piloto no Concelho de Lisboa". FMH-UL, FC-UL, IHMT-UNL, ULHT.
2014-2016 - Researcher in the Cooperation Project "NHAMI BELDI - Promoção da Segurança Alimentar e Prevenção da Desnutrição nas regiões de Bafatá e Gabu, Guiné-Bissau", coordinated by the NGOD Instituto de Solidariedade e Cooperação Universitária (ISU), in partnership with two Guinean NGO (ADIC-NAFAYA and GUIARROZ) and funded by Instituto Camões.
2013- - Member of the research team of the Project "Para um perfil populacional multidisciplinar do Sul de Angola: uma região chave para a compreensão do povoamento humano na África Austral";/ "Towards a multidisciplinary population profiling of southern Angola: a key region for understanding human settlement in southern Africa";. [PTDC/BIA-EVF/2907/2012].