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Cristina Possas | |
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| Born | June 5, 1948 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Citizenship | Brazil |
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| Occupation(s) | Minister of health, public health research scientist, infectious disease research scientist, academic |
| Years active | 1985 — present |
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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 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
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 1990-1994 before becoming a visiting scientist with the New Diseases Group at Harvard School of Public Health from 1994–2002. Possas also served as National Executive Secretary, National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio), Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil from 2001–2002 and Head, Research and Technological Development Unit, National AIDS Program, Ministry of Health, Brazil, 2002–2011.
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 for 10 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.
She has given radio and television interviews on AIDS, Dengue fever, and Zika fever.
Boards and committees
Possas has worked on numerous boards and committees including:
- Member of the Advisory Committee for the 8th National Health Conference
- National Technical Coordinator of seven Groups supporting the Health Reform in Brazil
- Member of CNPq scientific board, the Intergovernmental Meeting of the Biosafety Protocol of Cartagena (ICCP-3), Convention on Biological Diversity the Hague, Netherlands
- National Executive Secretary of the National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio)
- Coordinator of the National Code of Bioethics in Genetic Manipulations
- Director for the World Bank national research funding to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, AIDS III Program
- Member of IAVI Policy Advisory Committee
- Member of organizing committee for the Octave Workshop in Brazil on HIV vaccine trial design and analysis
- Member INCT-PPED (National Institute for Science and Technology in Public Policies, Strategies and Development) board, Institute of Economics, UFRJ
- Coordinator of national research on vaccine patents
- Member of two working groups at the International AIDS Society's Initiative Towards an HIV Cure
- Member of National Commission for Award of Best Doctoral Thesis in Medicine in Brazil
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[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
- 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[1]
- 1991. Capes Fellowship,[1] Harvard University
- 1991. Fulbright Fellowship, Harvard University.
- 1992. Takemi Fellow, Harvard University.[2][3]
- 1993. Member, The New York Academy of Sciences
- 1993. CNPq Scientific Productivity Fellowship[1]
- 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
- 2015. Fellowship from LAPCLIN/AIDS, INI, FIOCRUZ
- 2015. Honour Award, Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz, III Annual Seminar
Selected publications
- Possas, Cristina; Marques, Ernesto T. A.; Risi, João Baptista; Homma, Akira (December 2021). "COVID-19 and Future Disease X in Circular Economy Transition: Redesigning Pandemic Preparedness to Prevent a Global Disaster". Circular Economy and Sustainability. 1 (4): 1463–1478. doi:10.1007/s43615-021-00060-x. ISSN 2730-597X. PMC 8238518. PMID 34888566.
- Possas, Cristina; de Souza Antunes, Adelaide Maria; de Oliveira, Alessandra Moreira; de Souza Mendes Santos, Cristina d’Urso; Ramos, Mateus Pinheiro; de Oliveira Rodrigues Schumacher, Suzanne; Homma, Akira (December 2021). "Vaccine Innovation for Pandemic Preparedness: Patent Landscape, Global Sustainability, and Circular Bioeconomy in Post-COVID-19 era". Circular Economy and Sustainability. 1 (4): 1439–1461. doi:10.1007/s43615-021-00051-y. ISSN 2730-597X. PMC 8280571. PMID 34888570.
- Homma, Akira; Freire, Marcos da Silva; Possas, Cristina (2020). "Vaccines for neglected and emerging diseases in Brazil by 2030: the "valley of death" and opportunities for RD&I in Vaccinology 4.0". Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 36 (suppl 2): e00128819. doi:10.1590/0102-311x00128819. ISSN 1678-4464.
- Possas, Cristina; Antunes, Adelaide Maria de Souza; Lins Mendes, Flavia Maria; Veloso, Valdiléa; Martins, Reinaldo Menezes; Homma, Akira (2018-07-03). "HIV cure: global overview of bNAbs' patents and related scientific publications". Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 28 (7): 551–560. doi:10.1080/13543776.2018.1495708. ISSN 1354-3776.
- Possas, C. 1989. Epidemiologia e Sociedade: Heterogeneidade Estrutural e Saúde no Brasil [Epidemiology and Society: Structural Heterogeneity and Health in Brazil. Hucitec, São Paulo.
- 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].
- Levins, Richard; Awerbuch, Tamara; Brinkmann, Uwe; Eckardt, Irina; Epstein, Paul; Makhoul, Najwa; de Possas, Cristina Albuquerque; Puccia, Charles; Spielman, Andrew; Wilson, Mary E. (1994). "The Emergence of New Diseases". American Scientist. 82 (1): 52–60. ISSN 0003-0996.
- Possas, Cristina; Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ricardo; Tauil, Pedro Luiz; Pinheiro, Francisco de Paula; Pissinatti, Alcides; Cunha, Rivaldo Venâncio da; Freire, Marcos; Martins, Reinaldo Menezes; Homma, Akira (2018-09-03). "Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil: the puzzle of rapid viral spread and challenges for immunisation". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 113. doi:10.1590/0074-02760180278. ISSN 0074-0276. PMC 6135548. PMID 30427974.
References
- ^ a b c d CNPq profile for Cristina de Albuquerque Possas
- ^ Takemi Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- ^ "Takemi Fellows 1990-2000". Takemi Program in International Health. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
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