She holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences (1986), a master's degree in Microbiology (1990) and a PhD in Parasitology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1997). During his master's and doctorate he completed a traineeship at Harvard Medical School (USA). She is currently an IB level researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and a Full Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Advisor of the postgraduate programs in Genetics and Pharmaceutical Sciences of UFMG. He works in the areas of molecular biology, clinical analysis and parasitology. Develops projects in the lines of diagnostic research, vaccines and treatment against leishmaniasis, risk factors associated with hypercoagulability, as in thromboses and diabetes, and in the molecular diagnosis and epidemiology of infectious diseases. It coordinates projects of technological.

Pharmacy, Microbiology,Parasitology, Genetics