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| birth_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| birth_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
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| occupation = [[Ministry of Health (Brazil)|Minister of health]], [[public health]] research scientist, [[infectious disease]] research scientist, academic
*[[Harvard School of Public Health]], Post-doctoral work in International Health
| employer = [[Fiocruz]]
*[[Fiocruz]], National School of Public Health, PhD in Public Health, 1988
| years_active = 1985–present
*[[UNICAMP]], Master's Degree in Social Sciences, 1980
| known_for = {{hlist|[[Social epidemiology]]|[[emerging infectious disease]]s}}
*[[PUC-Rio]], Doctoral Degree in Psychology, 1972
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| occupation = [[Ministry of Health (Brazil)|Minister of health]], [[public health]] research scientist, [[infectious disease]] research scientist, academic
| years_active = 1985 — present
| nationality = Brazilian
| citizenship = Brazil
| known_for = [[social epidemiology]], [[Medical research]], <br/>[[public health]], <br/>[[infectious disease]], <br/>[[Emerging infectious disease]]
| title = Professor<br/>[[Fiocruz]]
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'''Cristina Possas de Albuquerque''' (born 5 June 1948) is a Brazilian [[public health]] scientist working with [[infectious diseases]] and [[emerging infectious disease]]s from an [[Ecosocial theory|eco-social]] perspective.
'''Cristina Possas de Albuquerque''' (born 5 June 1948) is a Brazilian [[public health]] scientist working with [[infectious diseases]] and [[emerging infectious disease]]s from an [[Ecosocial theory|eco-social]] perspective.


She is a Takemi Fellow at Harvard University in Boston, where for 10 years she has been a Visiting Scientist and a [[Fulbright Fellowship|Fulbright Fellow]]. She has been since 1976 a professor at [[FIOCRUZ]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil.
She is a Takemi Fellow at Harvard University in Boston, where for 10 years she has been a visiting scientist and a [[Fulbright Fellowship|Fulbright Fellow]]. She has been since 1976 a professor at [[FIOCRUZ]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil.


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==Education and employment==
==Career==
After her undergraduate studies, Possas completed a PhD in [[psychology]] at the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro]] (PUC-RIO) in 1972. After completing her MSocSc at the [[State University of Campinas]] (UNICAMP) in 1980 Possas was appointed to the [[Oswaldo Cruz Foundation]] ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, also known as [[FIOCRUZ]]) in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil as a full professor in 1985 where she has worked ever since, completing a [[public health]] PhD at the National School of Public Health in 1988.
[[Image:Manguinhos_fiocruz2.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Photograph: Facade of the [[Moorish Revival|Neo-Mouresque]] Palace of Manguinhos, seat of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro.]]
As a Brazilian [[public health]] scientist working with [[infectious diseases]] from an [[Ecosocial theory|eco-social]] perspective, Cristina Possas de Albuquerque (Cristina Possas) has as a policymaker worked closely with public health and environmental scientists and with human rights and social justice civil organizations.


Whilst working at FIOCRUZ she has also spent time as a [[Fulbright Fellow]] and Takemi Fellow in International Health at [[Harvard University]] from 1990 to 1994 before becoming a visiting scientist with the New Diseases Group at [[Harvard School of Public Health]] from 1994 to 2002. Possas also served as National Executive Secretary, National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio), Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil from 2001 to 2002 and Head, Research and Technological Development Unit, National AIDS Program, [[Ministry of Health (Brazil)|Ministry of Health]], Brazil, 2002–2011.
She is a full professor at [[FIOCRUZ]] in Brazil, where in 1998 she had earned a PhD in [[public health]], and where she now does research on infectious diseases and teaches a course named "Scientific Methodology" in the Masters and Doctoral Programs of Clinical Research in Infectious Diseases at INI/Fiocruz.


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She has given radio and television interviews on [[AIDS]], [[Dengue fever]], and [[Zika fever]].
She has been also a professor of health policy at the National School of Public Health at the [[Oswaldo Cruz Foundation]], Brazil. She was nominated in 1987 by the Brazilian Ministry of Health/Fiocruz to be the National Technical Coordinator of seven Groups supporting the Health Reform in Brazil, whose contributions were later incorporated into the new Brazilian 1988 Constitution in the creation of the SUS.

She also has been a Takemi Fellow at Harvard University, a visiting scientist and [[Fulbright Fellowship|Fulbright Fellow]], and a member of the Harvard New Diseases Group.

In 2001, she was nominated by the Minister of Science and Technology the National Executive Secretary of the National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio),  responsible for the evaluation of GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) projects in the areas of health, agriculture and environment. She was also nominated by the Minister Coordinator of the group responsible for the elaboration of a National Code in Bioethics for Genetic Manipulations.

She held a national position for 10 years as Head of the Research and Development Unit of the National AIDS Program in Brazil, Ministry of Health, supporting research in universities, research institutes and NGOs. She was invited by the Director of the National AIDS Program to conceive and create a new and innovative Research and Technological Development Unit in the Program's structure, with support from the Ministry of Health, the World Bank and the ANRS. She was also Coordinator in Brazil of the ANRS Research Site for10 years, in partnership with the Research Unit in the Brazilian AIDS Program and received a medal from the institution for her coordination, supported by French ANRS coordinator, Bernard Larouzé, in this period.

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She has given radio and television interviews on [[AIDS]], [[Dengue fever|Dengue]], and [[Zika fever|Zika]].

==Positions==
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* Full professor, [[FIOCRUZ]] ([[Oswaldo Cruz Foundation]]/Instituto Oswaldo Cruz), [[Brazil]], 1985–present
*Head, Research and Technological Development Unit, National AIDS Program, [[Ministry of Health (Brazil)|Ministry of Health]], [[Brazil]], 2002–2011
* National Executive Secretary, National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio), Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil, 2001–2002
*Visiting Scientist, New Diseases Group, [[Harvard School of Public Health]], 1994–2002
*akemi Fellow in International Health, [[Harvard School of Public Health]], 1990–1994
*[[Fulbright Fellow]], [[Harvard University]], 1990-1994

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==Education==
* 1972 – Doctor in Psychology, PUC-RIO
* 1980 – Master's Degree in Social Sciences, UNICAMP
* 1988 – PhD in Public Health, National School of Public Health, FIOCRUZ
* 1991 – Post-doctoral, International Health, Harvard School of Public Health

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==Selected publications==
* Keswani C, Possas C, Koukios E Viaggi D. Agricultural Bioeconomy: Innovation and Foresight in the Post-COVID Era, AP, Elsevier, 2021, v.1. p.&nbsp;1. {{ISBN|9780323905695}} (in press).
* Homma A, Possas C, Noronha J, Gadelha, P (eds.) 2020 [Vaccines and Vaccination in Brrazil: Horizons for the Next 20 years]. Vacinas e Vacinação no Brasil: Horizontes Para Os Próximos 20 Anos. Edições Livres, 1st. edition. Rio de Janeiro 2020.
* Possas C. Larouze B. (eds.) 2013. Propriété intellectuelle et politiques publiques pour l'accès aux antirétroviraux dans les pays du Sud, ANRS, Collection Sciences Sociales et SIDA [Intellectual property and public policies for the access to antirretroviral drugs in the South countries], ANRS, Collection Social Sciences and AIDS].
* Castro, A.C., Possas, C., Godinho, M.M (orgs.) 2011. Intellectual property in Portuguese-speaking countries: themes and perspectives, E-papers.
* Homma, A., Possas, C. (eds.) 2000. Estado da arte e prioridades para pesquisa e desenvolvimento em leptospirose [State of the Art and Priorities for Research and Development in Leptospirosis]. FIOCRUZ.
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* Possas, C. 1989. Epidemiologia e Sociedade: Heterogeneidade Estrutural e Saúde no Brasil [Epidemiology and Society: Structural Heterogeneity and Health in Brazil. Hucitec, São Paulo.
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* Possas, C. 1980. Saúde e Trabalho: a Crise da Previdência Social [Health and Labour: the crisis of Social Welfare in Brazil], [2nd edition in 1989]. Hucitec. [Winner award of honors from the Brazilian Society of Social Welfare Rights in 1981 for the best book on Social Welfare].


== Awards and distinctions ==
== Awards and distinctions ==
* 1974. Fellowship from [[Kellogg Foundation]]'s fund to the Laboratory of Medical Education (LEMC), Medical School, UNICAMP.
* 1981. Prize, Brazilian Society of Social Welfare Law, Honors, Best Book on Social Welfare
* 1983. [[FINEP]] research grant on Health System Evaluation, coordinating 7 subprojects, Medical School, [[PUC-Campinas]], SP<ref name=":1" />
* 1983. [[FINEP]] research grant on Health System Evaluation, coordinating 7 subprojects, Medical School, [[PUC-Campinas]], SP<ref name=":1" />
* 1983. Capes Fellowship, Visiting professor ENSP-FIOCRUZ
* 1984. Fellowship from Italian government for specialization in occupational epidemiology, Clinica del Lavoro. [[Università degli Studi di Milano]]
* 1986. Named by Minister of Health member of the Advisory Committee for the 8th National Health Conference
* 1987. Lessa Bastos Award for best presentation on Intoxication and Poisoning in Brazil, Brazilian Society of Toxicology.
* 1989. [[FINEP]] ([[Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos]]) grant, Coordinator National Multicentric Project Evaluation Health Systems, FIOCRUZ, RJ<ref name=":1" />
* 1989. [[FINEP]] ([[Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos]]) grant, Coordinator National Multicentric Project Evaluation Health Systems, FIOCRUZ, RJ<ref name=":1" />
* 1990. Named member CNPq scientific board, elected by scientific community in public health
* 1991. Capes Fellowship,<ref name=":1">[http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4789860T8 CNPq profile for Cristina de Albuquerque Possas]</ref> Harvard University
* 1991. Capes Fellowship,<ref name=":1">[http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4789860T8 CNPq profile for Cristina de Albuquerque Possas]</ref> Harvard University
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* 1992. Takemi Fellow, Harvard University.<ref name=":2">[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fellowships/takemi-fellowship-program/ Takemi Program], [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-27 |title=Takemi Fellows 1990-2000 |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/takemi/takemi-felllows/takemi-fellows-group-photos-1990-2000/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=Takemi Program in International Health |language=en-us}}</ref>
* 1991. Fulbright Fellowship, Harvard University.
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* 1992. Takemi Fellow, Harvard University.<ref name=":2">[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fellowships/takemi-fellowship-program/ Takemi Program], [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]]</ref>
* 1993. Member, [[The New York Academy of Sciences]]
* 1993. Visiting Scientist appointment, funded by Harvard University.
* 1993. CNPq Scientific Productivity Fellowship<ref name=":1" />
* 1993. CNPq Scientific Productivity Fellowship<ref name=":1" />

* 2001. Named by Minister of Science and Technology Brazilian representative in the Intergovernmental Meeting of the Biosafety Protocol of Cartagena (ICCP-3), Convention on Biological Diversity the Hague, Netherlands
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==Selected publications==
* 2001. Named by Minister of Science and Technology Coordinator of the National Code of Bioethics in Genetic Manipulations, with ministerial funding
* {{Cite journal |last1=Possas |first1=Cristina |last2=Marques |first2=Ernesto T. A. |last3=Risi |first3=João Baptista |last4=Homma |first4=Akira |date=December 2021 |title=COVID-19 and Future Disease X in Circular Economy Transition: Redesigning Pandemic Preparedness to Prevent a Global Disaster |journal=Circular Economy and Sustainability |language=en |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=1463–1478 |doi=10.1007/s43615-021-00060-x |issn=2730-597X |pmc=8238518 |pmid=34888566|bibcode=2021CirES...1.1463P }}
* 2002. Named by Diretor of AIDS Program Director for the World Bank national research funding to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, AIDS III Program
* {{Cite journal |last1=Possas |first1=Cristina |last2=de Souza Antunes |first2=Adelaide Maria |last3=de Oliveira |first3=Alessandra Moreira |last4=de Souza Mendes Santos |first4=Cristina d'Urso |last5=Ramos |first5=Mateus Pinheiro |last6=de Oliveira Rodrigues Schumacher |first6=Suzanne |last7=Homma |first7=Akira |date=December 2021 |title=Vaccine Innovation for Pandemic Preparedness: Patent Landscape, Global Sustainability, and Circular Bioeconomy in Post-COVID-19 era |journal=Circular Economy and Sustainability |language=en |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=1439–1461 |doi=10.1007/s43615-021-00051-y |issn=2730-597X |pmc=8280571 |pmid=34888570|bibcode=2021CirES...1.1439P }}
* 2009. Named by [[IAVI]]'s President member of IAVI's Policy Advisory Committee
* {{Cite journal |last1=Homma |first1=Akira |last2=Freire |first2=Marcos da Silva |last3=Possas |first3=Cristina |date=2020 |title=Vaccines for neglected and emerging diseases in Brazil by 2030: the "valley of death" and opportunities for RD&I in Vaccinology 4.0 |journal=Cadernos de Saúde Pública |volume=36 |issue=suppl 2 |pages=e00128819 |doi=10.1590/0102-311x00128819 |pmid=33111747 |s2cid=225098917 |issn=1678-4464|doi-access=free }}
* 2011. Named by [[Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise]] and WHO AIDS Vaccine Program member of organizing committee for the Octave Workshop in Brazil on HIV vaccine trial design and analysis
* {{Cite journal |last1=Possas |first1=Cristina |last2=Antunes |first2=Adelaide Maria de Souza |last3=Lins Mendes |first3=Flavia Maria |last4=Veloso |first4=Valdiléa |last5=Martins |first5=Reinaldo Menezes |last6=Homma |first6=Akira |date=2018-07-03 |title=HIV cure: global overview of bNAbs' patents and related scientific publications |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13543776.2018.1495708 |journal=Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents |language=en |volume=28 |issue=7 |pages=551–560 |doi=10.1080/13543776.2018.1495708 |pmid=29962249 |s2cid=49650464 |issn=1354-3776}}
* 2011. Director funded Research Fellowship, INI, FIOCRUZ
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* Possas, C. 1989. Epidemiologia e Sociedade: Heterogeneidade Estrutural e Saúde no Brasil [Epidemiology and Society: Structural Heterogeneity and Health in Brazil. Hucitec, São Paulo.
* 2011. Named member INCT-PPED (National Institute for Science and Technology in Public Policies, Strategies and Development) board, Institute of Economics, UFRJ
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* Possas, C. 1980. Saúde e Trabalho: a Crise da Previdência Social [Health and Labour: the crisis of Social Welfare in Brazil], [2nd edition in 1989]. Hucitec. [Winner award of honors from the Brazilian Society of Social Welfare Rights in 1981 for the best book on Social Welfare].
* 2011. Recognition plaque from ENSP-FIOCRUZ for coordination of Graduate Programs
* {{Cite journal |last1=Levins |first1=Richard |last2=Awerbuch |first2=Tamara |last3=Brinkmann |first3=Uwe |last4=Eckardt |first4=Irina |last5=Epstein |first5=Paul |last6=Makhoul |first6=Najwa |last7=de Possas |first7=Cristina Albuquerque |last8=Puccia |first8=Charles |last9=Spielman |first9=Andrew |last10=Wilson |first10=Mary E. |date=1994 |title=The Emergence of New Diseases |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29775101 |journal=American Scientist |volume=82 |issue=1 |pages=52–60 |jstor=29775101 |bibcode=1994AmSci..82...52L |issn=0003-0996}}
* 2011. Medal from National French Agency (French government medal) for AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Research (ANRS) for coordination of ANRS Brazilian research site in Brazil
* {{Cite journal |last1=Possas |first1=Cristina |last2=Lourenço-de-Oliveira |first2=Ricardo |last3=Tauil |first3=Pedro Luiz |last4=Pinheiro |first4=Francisco de Paula |last5=Pissinatti |first5=Alcides |last6=Cunha |first6=Rivaldo Venâncio da |last7=Freire |first7=Marcos |last8=Martins |first8=Reinaldo Menezes |last9=Homma |first9=Akira |date=2018-09-03 |title=Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil: the puzzle of rapid viral spread and challenges for immunisation |journal=Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |language=en |volume=113 |issue=10 |pages=e180278 |doi=10.1590/0074-02760180278 |issn=0074-0276 |pmc=6135548 |pmid=30427974}}
* 2012. Named by FIOCRUZ/BioManguinhos coordinator of national research on vaccine patents
* 2013. Named by Nobel Prize Françoise Barré-Sinoussi member of two working groups at the [[International AIDS Society]]'s Initiative Towards an HIV Cure
* 2015. Fellowship from LAPCLIN/AIDS, INI, FIOCRUZ
* 2015. Honour Award, Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz, III Annual Seminar
* 2017. Nominated by Ministry of Education/Capes member of National Commission for Award of Best Doctoral Thesis in Medicine in the country.


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Cristina Possas
Born (1948-06-05) June 5, 1948 (age 76)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Minister of health, public health research scientist, infectious disease research scientist, academic
Years active1985–present
EmployerFiocruz
Known for

Cristina Possas de Albuquerque (born 5 June 1948) is a Brazilian public health scientist working with infectious diseases and emerging infectious diseases from an eco-social perspective.

She is a Takemi Fellow at Harvard University in Boston, where for 10 years she has been a visiting scientist and a Fulbright Fellow. She has been since 1976 a professor at FIOCRUZ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Education and employment

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After her undergraduate studies, Possas completed a PhD in psychology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO) in 1972. After completing her MSocSc at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 1980 Possas was appointed to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Portuguese Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, also known as FIOCRUZ) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a full professor in 1985 where she has worked ever since, completing a public health PhD at the National School of Public Health in 1988.

Whilst working at FIOCRUZ she has also spent time as a Fulbright Fellow and Takemi Fellow in International Health at Harvard University from 1990 to 1994 before becoming a visiting scientist with the New Diseases Group at Harvard School of Public Health from 1994 to 2002. Possas also served as National Executive Secretary, National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio), Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil from 2001 to 2002 and Head, Research and Technological Development Unit, National AIDS Program, Ministry of Health, Brazil, 2002–2011.

She has given radio and television interviews on AIDS, Dengue fever, and Zika fever.

Awards and distinctions

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  • 1983. FINEP research grant on Health System Evaluation, coordinating 7 subprojects, Medical School, PUC-Campinas, SP[1]
  • 1989. FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos) grant, Coordinator National Multicentric Project Evaluation Health Systems, FIOCRUZ, RJ[1]
  • 1991. Capes Fellowship,[1] Harvard University
  • 1992. Takemi Fellow, Harvard University.[2][3]
  • 1993. CNPq Scientific Productivity Fellowship[1]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d CNPq profile for Cristina de Albuquerque Possas
  2. ^ Takemi Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  3. ^ "Takemi Fellows 1990-2000". Takemi Program in International Health. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
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