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My scientific accomplishments.

URSA – Urbanization and Health in the Amazon

Overview URSA (Urbanização e Saúde na Amazônia) investigates the relationship between urbanization trends in the Amazon region and public health outcomes. The project is premised on the understanding that the combination of urban densification with social and environmental vulnerability, without adequate public policies, creates conditions for pathogen emergence and the persistence of endemic diseases. The project organizes open data covering economic, environmental, and health dimensions along the urban-rural gradient in the Amazon, using the Trajetórias dataset which includes environmental, socioeconomic, and vector-borne disease incidence indicators across 772 municipalities in nine states of the Brazilian Legal Amazon (2000–2017). Continue reading

Pandemics

2023-10-25 Science fccoelho
I have recently come across a publication I wrote quite a while ago. The magazine “Ciência Hoje” no longer exists but the article can still be found online. The article starts on page 26, and in it, Claudia and I discuss the history of pandemics and the role of active disease surveillance in combating them. We also Mention the SARS virus as a potential threat for future pandemic, together with Flu. Continue reading

Mosqlimate

About Mosqlimate is a data science platform designed to produce usable forecasts of dengue burden, incorporating all available data sources with special attention to the impact of future climate trends. Goals Develop forecasting models for dengue incidence Integrate climate and epidemiological data Ensure reproducibility of the entire forecasting pipeline Track data, model source code, and predictions Funding This project is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

Edward Snowden

InfoDengue

About InfoDengue is a nowcasting system that organizes raw surveillance data generated by SUS into a well-organized data platform, generating weekly analytical reports for the public management of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika at federal, state, and municipal levels. Goals Real-time epidemiological surveillance of arboviruses Automated data collection and processing Weekly analytical reports for public health management Integration of multiple data sources (climatic, epidemiological, entomological) Funding This project is a partnership with Fiocruz and funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Continue reading