The Regional Prospective Observational Research in Tuberculosis - Brazil (RePORT-Brazil) network is pleased to announce its first cohort of Fellows for the RePORT-Brazil Advanced Career Training (ReACT) program.
Strategic Aim 3 of the renewed RePORT-Brazil Phase 2 grant (NIH U01AI172064-01), focuses on the development of a fellowship program for the advancement of early-career Brazilian scientists. The program provides funding for pilot projects in TB research, mentorship, and access to data and specimens collected throughout Phase 1 of the project.
- Dr. Isabella Brige is a physician-scientist and PhD student at the Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. She is an active contributor to the Multinational Organization Network Sponsoring Translational and Epidemiological Research (MONSTER Initiative). Her research focuses on assessing the impact of non-adherence on tuberculosis treatment outcomes.
- Dr. Rodrigo Menezes is a physician and PhD in Human Pathology from the Federal University of Bahia/FIOCRUZ, specialized in clinical research through the Global Clinical Scholars Research Training program at Harvard Medical School. He is a researcher for the Regional Prospective Observational Research in Tuberculosis (RePORT-Brazil) network, studying the nutritional status of tuberculosis contacts. He is also leading a line of research focused on critically ill patients at the Multinational Organization Network Sponsoring Translational and Epidemiological Research (MONSTER Initiative).
