Mrs Cínthia Portugal

PhD student in Tropical Diseases and International Health at the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo - FMUSP. Master of Science in Biology at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo - ICB / USP. Postgraduate degree in Medical Entomology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz/RJ. Bachelor of Biological Sciences from the State University of Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro - UENF, Petrópolis/RJ Campus. Experienced in Host-Parasite-Vector interaction in Leishmaniasis, particularly in modulating the immune response of cells infected by Leishmania (L.) infantum. Currently, studying the Lipidome of THP-1 infected macrophages and the intracellular parasite L. infantum.