Jorge M. Mendes is a full Professor at NOVA Medical School where he regularly supervises Masters and Doctoral students. He graduated in Statistics and Information Management from NOVA IMS, and has a Master’s degree in Probability and Statistics and a PhD in Statistics and Operational Research from the University of Lisbon. He is the author of several scientific articles in national and international publications. At NOVA IMS, Jorge M. Mendes has assumed the scientific coordination of research and development and community service provision projects for domestic and foreign entities. He is also frequently invited to review scientific research papers for several international journals.