Graduated in Medicine from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1988) and earned a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (1992). Completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Human Genetics Molecular Biology Program at the University of Utah (1994-1996).

He served as Head of the Immunopharmacology Laboratory at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (1996-2013) and as Vice Director of Research, Technological Development, and Innovation at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute during the 2013-2017 term. He was also the Coordinator of CEUA-Fiocruz (2004-2006) and the Coordinator of the Examination Committee at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (2013-2018).

Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at the Immunopharmacology Laboratory of IOC/FIOCRUZ and a Full Professor of Medical Pharmacology at UNESA/IDOMED.

He has experience in Immunology and Pharmacology, with an emphasis on Inflammation, working primarily on the following topics: inflammation, cytokines, sepsis, malaria, cognition, and neuroinflammation. Additionally, he has expertise and interest in the exploration and development of new compounds derived from the study of plants with potential therapeutic activity. (Text provided by the author.)

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