Assistant Professor at Department of Parasitology
Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo
São Paulo – Brazil
http://lattes.cnpq.br/5238500995853873
After graduating in Medicine at the University of São Paulo in 1982, Silvia Uliana joined the Infectious Diseases Program a t Hospital das Clínicas – USP and obtained the title of Specialist in Infectious Diseases in 1985. She did her MSc at the Medicine School – USP (1988-1990) and the PhD at the Biomedical Sciences Institute – USP (1990-1993). She was a Post-Doc at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, under the supervision of Dr. Deborah Smith (1995-1996). In 1986 she joined the Department of Infectious Diseases at Hospital das Clínicas – FMUSP as a physician and, in 1989, became an Assistant at the Parasitology Department, Biomedical Sciences Institute, USP, where she is now an Associate professor. Silvia’s primary research focus at present is leishmaniasis chemotherapy including evaluation of available drugs, combined therapy and discovery of new therapeutics using a “repurposing” approach.
