Maria do Socorro Pombo-de-Oliveira

Graduate at Medicina from Universidade de Pernambuco (1974), master's at Hematologie Clinique from Universite de Paris VII - (1979) and Ph.D at Celula and Molecular Biology from Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (1991). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Hematology, acting on the following subjects: acute leukemia and molecular-epidemiology.In Brazil, she introduced the practice of Immune-molecular characterization of leukemia and lymphoma applied in clinical protocols and in epidemiological studies. Her scientific achievements include the HTLV1 association with leukemia /lymphoma in different areas of Brazil reporting first time in pediatrics. Her research endeavors have resulted in several publications in international journals and participation in international consortium studies of acute leukemia. She is presently full-time researcher at INCA, with leadership of a national network of childhood leukemia studies. Researches lie mainly in immune-molecular biomarkers of leukemia and lymphoma and epidemiological factors in Brazil.

Possui graduação em Medicina pela Universidade de Pernambuco (1974), Especialização em Hematologia, Hospital Saint-Louis, Universite de Paris VII (1977-1979), Fellow-Research no Royal Pos-Graduated Medical School-Hammersmith Hospital, Londres (1984-1988) e Doutorado (PHD) em Biologia Celular e Molecular pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (1991). Visiting Research at New York Blood Center, NY (1996-1999). Atualmente é Professora Emérita no Centro de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Oncologia do Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA). Tem experiência na área de Medicina, com ênfase em Onco-Hematologia Pediátrica, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: leucemias agudas da infância, alterações moleculares na etiopatogênese das leucemias agudas, epidemiologia-molecular. Entre as participações cientificas internacionais é representante da America Latina o Childhood Leukemia International Consortium Management Group. Atua em corpo editorial de várias revistas cientificas. http://www.researcherid.com/rid/I-8884-2014-I-8884-2014; Orcid ID: 0000-0002-1507-004X