Meet the editor

Dr. Jácome Bruges Armas is a senior specialist in internal medicine and a board-certified medical specialist in medical oncology by the Portuguese Medical Council. He is currently the director of the Epidemiology and Molecular Biology Service (SEEBMO) at the Hospital de Santo Espirito de Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal. He is also a researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre

(CHRC), Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests include the epidemiology and molecular genetics of spondylarthritis (SpA), diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), and chondrocalcinosis (CC). He is a member of several scientific organizations and a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, including journal articles, conference papers, books, and book chapters.

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