She holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1998), a master’s degree in Biological Sciences (Physiology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2000), a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Physiology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2004), and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases – Fiocruz (2006).

She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology at the Paulo de Góes Institute of Microbiology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

She has experience in Immunology, with an emphasis on Cellular Immunology, primarily working on the following topics:

• The study of the immune response associated with HTLV-1 infection
• The study of proteins associated with multidrug resistance (MDR) in tumor and normal cells

Currently, she serves as the Southeast Regional Representative of the Brazilian Society for Immunology.

E-mail: juechevarria@micro.ufrj.br

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