Minister of Health, Brazil. Infectious disease physician graduated from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), with postgraduate studies at the University of São Paulo (USP) and a PhD in Public Health from UNICAMP.
He is a professor in Master’s and PhD programs at institutions such as Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) and Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic (SLMANDIC), and a collaborating researcher in the Graduate Program in Public Health at UNICAMP. He is also a member of the National Advisory Group of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
He has extensive academic and institutional experience in public health and tropical medicine, having worked at the Tropical Medicine Center of the University of São Paulo (NUMETROP/USP), coordinating projects with the World Health Organization (WHO), and contributing to training, research, and healthcare delivery.
In public administration, he has served as National Director of Indigenous Health at the Ministry of Health, Secretary for Federative Affairs, Minister for Institutional Relations of the Presidency of the Republic, and Municipal Health Secretary of São Paulo.
He served as Minister of Health between 2011 and 2014 and is currently the Minister of Health of Brazil. He is also a licensed Federal Deputy (PT-SP) and a member of the Fiscal Council of the Social Service of Commerce (SESC).
