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Prof. Eduardo Tarazona Santos CV I am graduated in Biological Sciences at the University of Bologna (Italy), Master in Biochemistry by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and PhD in Biochemistry (UFMG) and in Biological Anthropology (University of Bologna). I was posdoc at the University of Maryland (supervisor: Sarah Tishkoff) and then at the National Cancer Institute (supervisor: Stephen Chanock), in the US. Currently, I am Associate Professor at the Department of Biology of the UFMG, where I lead the Laboratory of Human Genetic Diversity, performing research in the following topics: (1) Human genomic diversity in Latin America: evolutionary inferences and biomedical problems; (2) Genetic epidemiology of complex diseases and pharmacogenetics in Latin America, and (3) Development of bioinformatics tools for the study of genetic diversity. I was Head of the Graduate Program of Genetics at the UFMG (2010-2013). Currently, I am Head of the Department of Biology at UFMG (2016-2018) and Member of the Biological Sciences Study Section of the Minas Gerais State Agency for Research (FAPEMIG, 2016-2018). |
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Former LDGH Members
Dr. Andrea Rita Marrero (now at UFSC) CV
Dr. Fernanda Kehdy (former EPIGEN posdoc, now Investigator at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, current collaborator) CV
Dr. Fernanda Rodrigues Soares (former Graduate Student, now at UNINASSAU, current collaborator) CV
Dr. Giordano Bruno Soares Souza CV
Dr. Gilderlanio Santana de Araújo (Now visiting professor at UFPA) CV
Dr. Luciana Zuccherato (Now at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas). CV
Dr. Maíra Ribeiro Rodrigues (former Graduate Student, now posdoc at UNICAMP). CV
Dr. Maria Clara Fernandes da Silva (Now Investigator at Hemominas, Belo Horizonte) CV
Dr. Marilia de Oliveira Scliar (Now posdoc at Human genome and stem cells study center - USP) CV
Dr. Mateus Gouveia (now Investigator at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz) CV
Dr. Moara Machado (former Graduate student, now investigator at National Cancer Institute - NIH, current collaborator) CV
Dr. Roxana Zamudio Zea (former Graduate student, now posdoc at University of Leicester, current collaborator) CV
Dr. Wagner C. Santos Magalhães (former Graduate Student, now investigator at Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa da Fundação Mario Penna). CV