Full Professor of Internal Medicine at the UFRJ School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. CNPq Research Productivity Fellow (Level 1C). Scientist of Our State 2023-2026. Clinical Research Coordinator of the Brazilian Tuberculosis Research Network. Principal Investigator of the ExpandTPT Project, funded by the Stop TB Partnership. Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1979), with a Medical Residency at the Collège de Médecine de France, Cochin Hospital (Université Paris V). Holds a Master's degree in Internal Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1992) and a Doctorate in Internal Medicine from the same institution (1995), with a sandwich period at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London. Past activities include: Adjunct Professor at Universidade Gama Filho from 1988 to 2014 (Deputy Director of the Medicine Course 2002-2006 and Coordinator of the Professional Master's in Health Education 2011-2014). Senior Visiting Professor (equivalent to full professor) in the Graduate Program in Internal Medicine at UFRJ from March 2014 to March 2016 and April 2018 to March 2020. Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Social Medicine at UERJ from April 2016 to March 2018 and April 2020 to June 2021. Unpaid roles: member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the National Tuberculosis Control Program, member of the College of Reviewers of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and associate editor for *Plos Global Health*, *BMC Health Services*, and *Plos One*. Former Program Secretary (2016-2018) and Conference Program Lead (2018-2021) of the TB Section of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. Served as president of the Brazilian Tuberculosis Research Network (2009-2011), senior consultant for the InCo-TB project (National Tuberculosis Program in partnership with the Ataulpho de Paiva Foundation, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from 2010 to 2013), key personnel for the ICOHRTA project (funded by NIH, 2005-2012), representative of Academia (2010-2012) and Professional Bodies and Societies (2012-2017) in the Executive Secretariat of the Brazilian Tuberculosis Partnership, and academic coordinator of the Tuberculosis Scientific League of Rio de Janeiro. Experienced in Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Health Technology Assessments, and Medical Education, primarily in tuberculosis and health economic evaluations. Engages in national collaborations with UEPA, UFRJ, UFC, FMTDHV, SMS-POA, Manaus, SP, Recife, RJ, and international collaborations with McGill University (Canada), Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (Netherlands), Otago University (New Zealand), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College (UK), Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), Vanderbilt University (Nashville, USA), University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University (South Africa), All India Institute and Novosibirsk Research Institute (Russian Federation), and OMS.

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• Tuberculosis – A Renewed Challenge

Holds a degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2001), medical residency in Internal Medicine at UFRJ, and is a specialist in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics (by SBGG), and Intensive Care (by AMIB). Holds a Master's degree (2011) and a Doctorate (2019) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Internal Medicine (Intensive Care) - Capes 7. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of UFRJ and a physician at the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital. He works as a general practitioner. He is the Head of the Internal Medicine Department at UFRJ and Coordinator of the Internal Medicine II PCI of the medical undergraduate program (6th semester) at UFRJ. He is the Supervising Physician of the ICU at Copa Dor Hospital. Member of the Analgesia and Sedation Commission of AMIB. He was president of SBGG from 2012 to 2014. He serves as a reviewer for various scientific journals in the fields of Internal Medicine, Intensive Care, and Geriatrics (RBTI, PlosOne, Journal of Critical Care, and British Medical Journal). He has expertise in caring for clinical patients in general, critically ill patients, and the elderly in outpatient and hospital settings. He is interested in medical education and training. He has experience in Medicine, with an emphasis on Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Intensive Care. He has experience in research in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care, mainly focusing on the following topics: delirium, sepsis, mechanical ventilation, and critically ill patients in general.

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Full Professor of Neurology at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Director of the Clinical Research Division of the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital (HUCFF) at UFRJ. CNPq productivity scholarship holder at level 1B and Scientist of Our State by FAPERJ, where she coordinates the health area and the research network in Precision Medicine for Neurodegenerative Diseases. She created and heads the Translational Neuroscience Laboratory (LABNET) (Ordinance No. 596, dated 12.06.19 UNIRIO), registered on the multi-user platform of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), with resources obtained from CAPES/CNPq, DECIT, FINEP, and FAPERJ calls. LABNET develops next-generation sequencing (NGS) on the ION TORRENT Platform and researches plasma biomarkers on the SIMOA Platform (ultrasensitive single molecule array technology), obtained through the FAPERJ Sediadas Call since 2018, contributing to advances in translational neuroscience. Over the last ten years, supported by CNPq and FAPERJ scholarships, her research group has been substantially consolidating its position in the national and international scientific scene, advancing the understanding of the pathophysiological, immunological, and genetic mechanisms of autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system, including those triggered by viral agents, identifying genetic characteristics and molecular mimicry among heterogeneous phenotypes, with over 150 published articles leading the CNPq research directory in Neuroimmunogenetics in journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications, Cell Reports, Multiple Sclerosis Journal, Epilepsia Research, Scientific Reports, Glia, Frontiers, PLoS One, Viruses, Immunology, among others, with 23,552 views and 2,237 citations, h-index=27 and i10 index=47 according to Google Scholar, Web of Science ISI with 3,501 citations, h-index=27, i10 index=62. She is a Livre Docente (Associate Professor) in Neurology, holding a Master's and Doctorate in Neurology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She was a Fellow at the Epilepsy Service of the Sainte-Anne Hospital at Paris V University, France (2004 and 2006), and the creator of the Epilepsy Centers at HUCFF/UFRJ in 2000, registered as a high-complexity service by the Ministry of Health, and the Epilepsy Center of the Gafrée and Guinle University Hospital at UNIRIO in 2013. She has an international partnership for biomarker research in cerebral cavernomas with the University of Chicago and serves as a scientific advisor for the Cavernoma Alliance Brazil. She has an international partnership with Stanford University for biomarker research in autoimmune encephalitis. She is a member of the Ad-Hoc Committee of CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ, and ANVISA. She is a reviewer for the journals: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Tissue Antigens, Journal of Neurological Science, Frontiers, Archives of Neuro-Psychiatry, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Seizure European Journal of Epilepsy, among others. She has been the Principal Investigator (PI) of Phase III Clinical Studies in Demyelinating Diseases and Epilepsies since 1995. In 2018, she completed a fellowship on biomarker updates at the Royal London Hospital, with theoretical and practical activities on the SIMOA platform. Her commitment to training human resources includes the completion and supervision of 90 Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Doctorate students. Google Scholar h-index 68.

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• Cerebrovascular diseases
• COVID-19: Investigation of risk biomarkers related to clinical, immunological, and genetic phenotypes
• Epilepsies
• Headaches
• Neuromuscular diseases
• Retroviruses in neurology

Full Professor at the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, since 2010), Full Member of the National Academy of Medicine (ANM) (2012) and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) (2016). Awarded the Medal of Commendation of the National Order of Scientific Merit (2023). She holds a degree in Medicine from UFRJ (1987), a Master’s in Biological Sciences (Biophysics) from UFRJ (1992), and a PhD in Sciences from UFRJ (1995). She is the head of the Pulmonary Investigation Laboratory at the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, UFRJ. Vice-Coordinator of the INCT for Regenerative Medicine and the Rio Network for Innovation in Nanotechnology for Health - NanoSAÚDE (FAPERJ). Elected General Secretary of the International Society of Cell and Gene Therapy (June 2022-2025). Coordinator of the COVID-19-FAPERJ Network. She was the coordinator of undergraduate and graduate programs at IBCCF/UFRJ and Head of the Cell Therapy and Bioengineering Program. She served on the CAPES Superior Council from 2021 to 2024. Visiting Professor at various universities in Brazil and abroad (University of Toronto, University of Genoa, University of Dresden, University of Uppsala, University of Brussels). She has published over 460 indexed articles, resulting in more than 18,350 citations (H-index: 72); 125 book chapters in Brazil and abroad, 1 book on respiratory physiology, and has delivered over 500 lectures at national and international conferences. She has supervised 45 Master’s students, 51 PhD students, and 30 postdocs, many of whom are currently faculty/researchers in Brazil and abroad. She is an ad hoc consultant for several national and international funding agencies. She participated in the TARKINAID project of the European Union. Former President of the Brazilian Society of Physiology (2021-2022). She coordinated the Young Medical Leaders Program of the ANM (2019-2024) and was President of AMIB-Net (a cooperation network in clinical research among intensivists in Brazil - 2021-2023). She was Vice-President of the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy South Central America (2019-2021). Associate Editor of Intensive Care Medicine (Impact Factor: 28.991) (2010-2013). She participates in the editorial board of various international high-impact journals (e.g., American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (Impact Factor: 24.7) and Critical Care (Impact Factor: 15.1)). She is a reviewer for the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, American Journal of Cell and Molecular Biology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, British Journal of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Journal of Applied Physiology, Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, among others. She has experience in the field of Physiology, with an emphasis on Respiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology. Her research focuses on understanding the pathogenesis and developing new therapeutic strategies for respiratory diseases (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Fibrosis), acute lung injury induced or associated with mechanical ventilation, COVID-19, and sepsis.

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• Normal and Pathological Respiratory System: From Molecule to Patient
• Pathophysiology and Clinical Aspects of the Critically Ill or Septic Patient
• Respiratory Monitoring
• Respiratory Pathophysiology
• Sepsis