Sara Cerdas

Former Member of the European Parliament (2019-2024), Portugal

Sara Cerdas is a Portuguese medical doctor in public health and a former Member of the European Parliament (2019-2024). Throughout her mandate, she was consistently ranked among the most influential MEPs in health policy and was nominated as MEP of the Mandate. She served as a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and as S&D coordinator of the Sub-Committee on Public Health (SANT). Sara also held the position of vice-president of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) and was the S&D coordinator of the Special Committee on COVID-19 (COVI). Her key contributions include leading the first European Parliament's report on Mental Health, negotiating the European Health Data Space Regulation, and the EU4Health programme. She holds a master’s degree in Medicine from the University of Lisbon, a postgraduate degree in Traveler’s Medicine from NOVA University Lisbon, and a master’s in Public Health from Umeå University. She is currently focused on providing more evidence for policymakers and politicians in all areas, with a special focus on the Health in All policies approach.