Head of the Flavivirus Lab from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Brazil. She has been working in various research topics within the areas of surveillance and molecular epidemiology of Poliovirus and others Enterovirus, yellow fever virus, dengue and other arbovirus. Her Lab collaborates with Institutes from Brazil, Europe and United States. She is a permanent consultant for the Brazilian Health Department, Regional and Municipal Health Secretariat, OPAS/WHO.