Susana de Noronha is an anthropologist with a PhD in Sociology, currently Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Portugal. She is the co-coordinator of CES Ethics in Research Discussion Group and a member of the Editorial Board of the CES Collection Book Series (U.Coimbra Press IUC). Additionally, she holds the position of Ambassador for Portugal in the Association for the Study of Death and Society (UK). She has received several awards and distinctions, including: Women in Science 2023, by Ciência Viva, honouring Portuguese scientists who have excelled in different fields of investigation; Distinguished by an international jury with the 2007 CES Award for Young Portuguese-speaking Social Scientists; Winner of the 2003 Bernardino Machado Award for Anthropology by the University of Coimbra. She has authored the following research monographs: A Tinta, a Mariposa e a Metástase: a arte como experiência, conhecimento e ação sobre o cancro de mama (2009, Afrontamento); Objetos Feitos de Cancro: mulheres, cultura material e doença nas estórias da arte (2015, Almedina); Cancro Sobre Papel: estórias de oito mulheres portuguesas entre palavra falada, arte e ciência escrita (2019, Almedina). She is also a published poet/lyricist and author of scientific illustrations, having coined a new methodology - creative ethnographic drawing.
