Current Research

• Zika (ZIKV)
• Chikungunya (CHKV)
• Dengue
• Yellow Fever
• HTLV
• HIV

Interested topics

• Molecular epidemiology and evolution of human viruses
• Polymorphisms in human host virus genes
• Clinical-epidemiological correlations in human viruses
• Development of new bioinformatics tools for the study of human / host virus genes

• 2005. HTLV-1 Travel Scholar, 12th International Conference on Human Retrovirology -Montego Bay (Jamaica).
• 2005. IX Scientific Journey of Post-Graduation Award, FIOCRUZ.
• 2005. (Best Panel) The Genetic Characteristic Study of the Brazilian HTLV-1 IsolatesSuggests the Pre and Post-Columbian Origin of the Virus in this Country,8th International Symposium on HTLV.
• 2002. (Best Doctoral Thesis on Virology in Brazil in 2002) HelioGelliPereira Award at the XIII National Meeting on Virology - September/2002,Brazilian Society of Virology - Águas de Lindóia (SP).
• 1999. Fellowship Award, Nineth International Conference on Human Retrovirology: HTLV and Related Viruses - Kagoshima - Japão.
   

International collaborations

• UniversitàdegliStudi di Roma Tor Vergata – UNIROMA
• University of Birmingham – BIRMINGHAM
• National Institute Of Health – NIH
• European Commission – EC
• Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
• University of Oxford

Conference Organization

• Chair, International Course on Bioinformatics in Molecular Epidemiology and Viral Evolution (2017)
• Chair, Dengue Seminar, Chikungunya, Zika - Current situation and challenges (2015)
• Organizer, Bioinformatics in the Tropics - Uganda (2014)
• Chair, 2nd International Workshop on Bioinformatics in Evolution and Viral Molecular Biology (2014)
• Organizer, Bioinformatics in the tropics - South Africa (2013)
• Chair, 1st International Workshop on Bioinformatics in Evolution and Viral Molecular Biology (2013)

Editorships

• Memórias do InstitutoOswaldo Cruz
• The Journal of Medical Virology
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
• Retrovirology Research and Treatment
• PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (Online)
• Plos One, Nucleic Acids Research
• Journal of Virology (Print)
• Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
• Journal of General Virology
• PLoS Pathogens
• Retrovirology (Auckland)
• Bioinformatics
• Virology Journal
• AIDS (London)

  Membership

• 2002 – 2004. Nelson Mandela Medical School Durban,NMMS,África do Sul, NMMS, África do Sul. Fellowship: [Foundation for Research Support of the State of Bahia] Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, FAPESB, Brazil.
• 2005 – 2006.Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Post-doctoral fellow.
• 2008 – Present. Tenured Researcher of Gonçalo Moniz Research Center/FIOCRUZ.
• 2009 – 2011. National Institute Of Health, NIH, USA, post-doctoral fellow, Vaccine Branch/National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health, VB/NCI/NIH.
• 2013 – Present. Visiting Professor, Professor of Biochemistry and Investigator for Pharmacy courses, Biology and Nursing of State University of Feira de Santana.

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