Ana Rodrigues is a researcher of the EpiDoc Unit at CEDOC, the Chronic Diseases Research Centre at Nova Medical School.

She is an assistant Professor on the disciplines of Rheumatology and Epidemiology at Nova Medical School. She also is the head of Rheumatology Unit from Hospital do Santo Espirito de Angra do Heroísmo.

She graduated in Medicine (Rheumatology) from the Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon. She also completed the Clinical Scholars Research Training I and II from Harvard Medical School- Portugal Program, a two-year training program on clinical research.

She finished her PhD in Medicine, Rheumatology at Faculdade de Medicina, University of Lisbon. Her research is focuses on the EpiDoC cohort a population-based study on chronic diseases in particular Rheumatic diseases (osteoporosis) and aging. She also studies the use of ICTs for elderly health promotion.