Full Professor, Department of Pathology at University of Sao Paulo Medical School.Principal investigator in Brazil for the NIH programs: "Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV pediatric" and "Sao Paulo- Minas Gerais Neglected Tropical Disease Research Center for Biomarker Discovery".Director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine of the University of Sao Paulo from 2015 to 2019 Research focus: blood safety, Chagas disease, Sickle cell disease, HIV diversity, emerging infectious disease
Professora Titular do Departamento de Patologia da Faculdade de Medicina da USP Diretora do Instituto de Medicina Tropical da USP de 2015 a 2019. É membro da Academia Brasileira de Ciência. Investigadora principal dos programas do NIH "Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-IV pediatric" e do "Sao Paulo- Minas Gerais Neglected Tropical Disease Research Center for Biomarker Discovery". Diretora do Instituto de Medicina Tropical da USP de 2015-19. Principais linhas de pesquisas: segurança transfusional, HIV, doença de Chagas, virus emergentes e anemia falciforme
