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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