Pedro J. Teixeira PhD, MS

Pedro Teixeira is a Full Professor of Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Health at the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Human Kinetics, and is the current Director of Research for The Synthesis Institute in the Netherlands. He holds Bachelors's and Masters's degrees in Exercise Science, and a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences. He is a past president of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity and the past president of FMH's Ethics Council for Research. Between May 2016 and January 2019, he was the director of the National Physical Activity Promotion Program at the Portuguese Ministry of Health (DGS). His main research interests are the study of determinants of physical activity, eating and weight control, and the design and testing of behavior change interventions. He has published more than 100 internationally peer-reviewed articles and has been an investigator in several NIH and EU projects, including Eurobese, SPOTLIGHT, EuroFIT, and NoHow. He currently serves as Research Director for The Synthesis Institute and is the founder of psychedelic science dissemination.