Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa is a professor of epidemiology and public health at the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and leader of the Research Group on Epidemiology / Observatory for Urban Health in Belo Horizonte (OSUBH-GPE). Researcher 1B of CNPq, she has a Master's degree in Public Health (international health and epidemiology) from the "Johns Hopkins University (JHU) - Bloomberg School of Public Health", PhD from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and postdoctoral degree at JHU. He was president of the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) of the New York Academy of Medicine from 2011 to 2014, when he chaired the 10th. International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), in 2011 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (www.icuh2011.org). She is a member of the Steering Committee of the International Institute of Global Health at the United Nations University (IIGH-UNU) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, since 2015. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Urban Health and Cities and Health. It works mainly in the subjects: urban health; social determinants of health with focus on the urban area; evaluation of urban interventions in the health of populations (whether or not they come from the health sector); communicable diseases, and drug use in the urban context. Integrates the Steering Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Urban Health Network (LAC Network http://drexel.edu/dornsife/research/research-centers/UrbanHealthCollaborative/LAC/members/). Coordinates the Hub-Brazil of the Salurbal Project - Urban Health of Latin America funded by the Wellcome Trust (http://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/in-the-media/2017/January/Diez-roux-nbc-10-wellcome -trust-drexel-12-million-award /). (26.08.2017)
Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa é médica, professora titular de epidemiologia e saúde pública da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) e líder do Grupo de Pesquisa em Epidemiologia/Observatório de Saúde Urbana de Belo Horizonte (OSUBH-GPE). Pesquisadora 1B do CNPq, tem mestrado em Saúde Pública (saúde internacional e epidemiologia) pela ?Johns Hopkins University (JHU) - Bloomberg School of Public Health?, doutorado pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e pós-doutorado na JHU. Foi presidente da ?International Society for Urban Health (ISUH)? da ?New York Academy of Medicine?, de 2011 a 2014, quando presidiu a 10a. Conferência Internacional de Saúde Urbana (ICUH), em 2011 em Belo Horizonte, Brasil (www.icuh2011.org). Foi membro do Comitê Diretivo do Instituto Internacional de Saúde Global da Universidade das Nações Unidas (IIGH-UNU), em Kuala Lumpur, Malásia, de 2015 a 2019. É editora associada do ?Journal of Urban Health? e ?Cities and Health?. Atua principalmente nos temas: saúde urbana; determinantes sociais da saúde com foco na área urbana; avaliação de intervenções urbanas na saúde das populações (originárias ou não do setor saúde); doenças transmissíveis como dengue, COVID-19 e outras, não transmissíveis e uso de drogas no contexto urbano. Integra o Comitê Diretivo da Rede Latino Americana e do Caribe de Saúde Urbana (Rede-LAC http://drexel.edu/dornsife/research/research-centers/UrbanHealthCollaborative/LAC/members/). Coordena o Hub-Brasil do Projeto Salurbal ? Saúde Urbana da América Latina financiado pela Wellcome Trust (http://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/in-the-media/2017/January/Diez-roux-nbc-10-wellcome-trust-drexel-12-million-award/). (07.09.2021)
