TGHN Neuroinfections and Neuroimmunology Research Club launches a hotsite on HTLV’s webinar
On November 30, experts from Fiocruz, Ministry of Health (Brazil), Johns Hopkins Hospital and National Institute of Health (USA) participated in the webinar “Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV): the silent threat and its neurological manifestations” organised by the Vice-Presidency of Education, Information and Communication (VPEIC/Fiocruz) and Fiocruz Pernambuco, through the Fiocruz Hub, in partnership with The Global Health Network. The event took place on the Zoom platform with simultaneous translation into English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
The speakers were the doctor from the Emílio Ribas Institute of Infectology, Augusto César P. de Oliveira (mediator), the researcher from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Steven Jacobson, the neurophysiologist from the Ministry of Health, Lucia Brito, the director of Johns Hopkins, Carlos A. Pardo, and the researchers from Fiocruz Pernambuco, Clarice de Morais and Cristiane Bresani.
Hotsite of the Neuroinfections and Neuroimmunology Research Club
During the webinar, the Neuroinfections and Neuroimmunology Research Club hotsite (only in Portuguese) was launched, a place where researchers and students could share and develop research based on the connection between basic research and innovations in health, focusing on the themes of idiopathic neuroimmunological diseases (of unknown cause) and post-infectious and para-infectious neurological manifestations of viral pathogens.
The inaugural class of the research group took place on October 19th with the participation of the professor from the University of Brasília, Ricardo Titze de Almeida. (recording available soon).
Neuroinfections and Neuroimmunology Research Club in 2024
The research group of neuroinfections already has events planned for 2024. They are:
- Research Group Meeting: UnB and Fiocruz Collaboration on NeuroCOVID on February 22, 2024;
- Research Group Meeting: HSM and Fiocruz Collaboration on NeuroCOVID on March 21, 2024;
- Research Group Meeting: Collaboration Lacen Minas Gerais and Fiocruz at NeuroCOVID on April 18, 2024;
- Research Group Meeting: Collaboration University of Pernambuco on the Serra Talhada and Fiocruz campus at NeuroCOVID on May 16, 2024.
How to become a member
If you are interested in participating in the research club, you should contact the group by email: cristiane.bresani@fiocruz.br