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Bachelor's degree in Medicine from Fundação Técnico-Educacional Souza Marques - School of Medicine (1985), Master's degree in Pediatrics from the Institute of Child Care and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG)/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) (1994), and Ph.D. from the Graduate Program in Genetics at the Institute of Biology - Center for Health Sciences/UFRJ (2003). Currently, she is a Full Professor of Clinical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine/UFRJ and a Permanent Faculty Member of the Graduate Programs in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at the Faculty of Medicine/UFRJ, as well as the Graduate Program in Maternal and Child Health at IPPMG/UFRJ. Scientific Consultant for the DLE/Pardini Group laboratory. Deputy Director of Academic Activities at IPPMG/UFRJ (2009/2012). Specialist titles in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics. Areas of interest: Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Dysmorphology, Cytogenetics, and Genomics.
Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1987), with a medical residency in Gastroenterology from the Fluminense Federal University (1991), a master's degree in Medicine (Gastroenterology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1994), a doctorate in Internal Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1999), with a sandwich period at Barts and The London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London (1998), and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, United States (2005-2007). Currently, he is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine (2018) and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Internal Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (with a CAPES rating of 7) (2017-), a collaborator researcher at the D’Or Institute for Research and Education, a Scientist of Our State by FAPERJ (2011-), and a research productivity grant holder from CNPq (2010-). He is a full member of the Brazilian Federation of Gastroenterology (FBG), the Gastroenterology Association of Rio de Janeiro, where he is the vice president (2023-2024), the Brazilian Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (GEDIIB), a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF), Leader of the Research Group on Digestive System Diseases in the Directory of Groups in Brazil, Coordinator of the Intestinal Diseases Outpatient Clinic (2018-), and Coordinator of the Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory of HUCFF at UFRJ (2023-). He has experience in the field of Internal Medicine, with an emphasis on Gastroenterology, working in basic, clinical, and preclinical models. His work primarily involves the following topics: inflammatory bowel diseases, mucosal immunology, gastrointestinal carcinogenesis, and the epidemiology of digestive system diseases.
CNPq researcher. Bachelor’s degree in Medicine from the University of Rio de Janeiro (1981), Master's degree in Medicine (Internal Medicine) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1990), PhD in Medicine (Infectious and Parasitic Diseases) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1993), Associate Professor in Infectology at UNIFESP (2009), and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (USA) from 2009 to 2010. Full Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He conducts his activities in the Hematology Service of the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, where he primarily focuses on the study of supportive therapy (especially infections) in patients with hematological malignancies and bone marrow transplant recipients, as well as in the Mycology Laboratory of the Hospital. His research interests include infections in immunocompromised patients and invasive fungal infections. His main areas of interest are: infections in cancer patients, infections in neutropenic patients, nosocomial fungal infections, candidiasis, aspergillosis, fusariosis, development of predictive scores, use of biomarkers for early diagnosis and monitoring of infections, and optimization of antifungal use in hospitals. He also acts as a consultant for infectious complications in patients with hematological diseases and in bone marrow transplant recipients at various hospitals.
Doctor and Master in Medicine (Internal Medicine - Focus Area in Child and Adolescent Health) from UFRJ. Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at UFRJ. Physician in the Emergency and Pediatric Rheumatology Services at the Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG) / UFRJ. Secretary of the Scientific Departments of Pediatric Rheumatology of SOPERJ and the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP) 2022-2024. Executive Director of SRRJ (Pediatric Rheumatology Committee 2023-2024). Certified Specialist in Pediatrics (2005) and in Pediatric Rheumatology (2008) by the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. Completed residency in Pediatrics and Pediatric Rheumatology at UFRJ. Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Maternal and Child Health at IPPMG UFRJ since 2024.
Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 1973, obtained a master's degree in Pneumology and Tisiology from UFRJ (1982), and a PhD in Pulmonary Immunopathology from the National Heart and Lung Institute / Imperial College London (1991). He completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the Institut Pasteur in Paris (1991-1992 and 1999), in addition to 14 senior internships between 1993 and 2002 at the Institut Pasteur and Cornell University. Scientist of Our State at FAPERJ (2000-2025). He was Coordinator of the Clinical Medicine Graduate Program at UFRJ from 2005 to 2018 (Deputy Coordinator from 2000 to 2005 and 2018 to 2022), with a CAPES score of 7 (Quadrennial Evaluation 2022), where he has supervised or is supervising more than 100 master's and doctoral students, as well as five postdoctoral students. He served as Deputy Director of Graduate Studies at FM/UFRJ (2018-2022). He is a 1A researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, 1994-2026), Adjunct Professor of Immunology in Medicine (Honorary Full Professor, 2002-2023), Adjunct Professor, Emeritus (2023-), Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, Principal Investigator of projects funded by national and international agencies, including the National Institutes of Health/NIH in the United States and a member of NIH review committees. He has secured or participated in securing more than 60 projects funded by national and international agencies from 1996 to 2028. A professor at UFRJ from 1977 to December 2022, a Full Professor (retired) of Pneumology at the Faculty of Medicine of UFRJ (from 1997 to 2022), Emeritus Professor of UFRJ (2023 -), and he was Director of the Research Division of the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital/UFRJ (2007-2010) and Executive Director of the Institute of Thoracic Diseases/UFRJ (2001-2005). He was head of the Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory/HUCFF/UFRJ from 1993 to 2022. Currently, he is a Visiting Higher Education Professor at UFF 2023-2025 (PPG Medical Sciences). He was Coordinator of the Medicine I Area of CAPES (2008-2011, Deputy Coordinator 2006-2008). He was a member of the Advisory Committee in Medicine (CA-MD) of CNPq (1999-2003 and 2014-2020). He is Coordinator of Health at FAPERJ (2018-2023). He has extensive experience in academic evaluation. From 2000 to 2021, he participated in 25 project review committees (study sections) at the invitation of the NIH/USA and in more than 400 defense and judging committees. He works in the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Pneumology, mainly on the following topics: pulmonary immunology, pathogenesis of asthma and COPD, allergic and non-allergic bronchopulmonary inflammation, and tuberculosis.
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