Joao Almeida Santos

Education

Doctorate (PhD) in Public Health (Specialization in Epidemiology) - National School of Public Health (NOVA University Lisbon) Advanced Studies Diploma (Specialization in Epidemiology) - National School of Public Health (NOVA University Lisbon) Master (MSc) in Emerging Infectious Diseases - Faculty of Medicine (University of Lisbon) Postgraduate diploma in Clinical Microbiology - institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (NOVA University Lisbon) Bachelor (BSc) in Clinical Analysis and Public Health - Lisbon School of Health Technology (Polytechnical Institute of Lisbon)

Recent Scopus Publications

1. Influenza vaccine effectiveness from nine studies during drifted A(H3N2) subclade K predominance, Europe, September 2025 to January 2026
   Eurosurveillance, 2026
2. Vaccine effectiveness against medically attended, laboratory-confirmed influenza in the I-MOVE primary care network in Europe, VEBIS project, 2024/25
   Expert Review of Vaccines, 2026
3. Hybrid, infection- and vaccination-induced protection against laboratory- confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in a European multi-centre prospective cohort of healthcare workers, 2021–2024
   BMC Medicine, 2025
4. A protocol for high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine effectiveness in the community and long-term care facilities using electronic health records
   Plos One, 2025
5. An Overview of Monkeypox Virus Detection in Different Clinical Samples and Analysis of Temporal Viral Load Dynamics
   Journal of Medical Virology, 2024

Links

• ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8564-1098
• Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=g6SPQlMAAAAJ
• Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57210569889