Dr Daniel Abreu is a veterinary doctor specialising in microbiology diagnostics and interested in zoonotic, neglected, and emerging infectious diseases. His graduate education focused on the development and implementation of microbiological and molecular techniques to reach key answers for the diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiological data of infectious agents and vectors, such as Sporothrix spp., antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, ticks and tick-borne diseases, and SARS-CoV-2. Daniel has wide experience in laboratory management, workflow development, quality control, and project design from conceptualization to completion, with innovative perspectives and adaptability for specific settings. He is highly competent in building multi-partner teams, holding leading positions at national (One Health Brazil) and international (International Students One Health Organization) networks. Daniel is confident that holistic and multidisciplinary approaches are needed to deal with challenging and complex global health issues in the present and near future.

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel-Abreu-5,
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3592-9106

Dr Bruno Aguiar is a professor at the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI) and scientific coordinator of the research center for Intelligence in Emerging and Neglected Tropical Diseases. He holds a degree in biomedicine, a masters in science and health from UFPI and a PhD in microbiology-immunology from Université Laval, Canada. He works in the areas of public health, microbiology, parasitology and molecular biology.

Research interests: public health; microbiology; parasitology and molecular biology.

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7986-1759

Dr Rami Al-Dirini’s research combines medical/synchrotron imaging and in-vivo and in-vitro experiments with multiscale finite element modelling to a) comprehensively evaluate existing prostheses performance and develop novel devices with improved performance, and b) study bone and soft tissue biomechanics to understand biomechanical injuries, including bone fractures and pressure sores. These injuries affect a large proportion of the population but are most common in the elderly population and in-patients with chronic conditions, such as osteoarthritis, diabetes and spinal cord injury, as well as amputees, wheelchair users and bed-ridden patients. Through his research, Rami aspires to improve injury prevention, care and treatment.

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6412-6057

Dr Paula Almeida is a professor at the Veterinary School of Feevale University, with a master degree in veterinary sciences in the area of veterinary pathology, and has a PhD in environmental quality. Paula’s main research interests are emerging infectious diseases, zoonosis, diagnostic pathology, molecular biology and bioinformatics.

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4108-8796

Dr Carolina Andrade is associate professor of medicinal chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Brazil, and head of the Laboratory for Molecular Modeling and Drug Design – LabMol since 2010. Carolina obtained her PhD in drugs and medicines from University of São Paulo, Brazil, with an internship at University of New Mexico in the US under the supervision of Professor Antony Hopfinger. Her research focuses on computer-assisted and artificial intelligence-oriented drug design, aiming at discovering new drug candidates for neglected and emerging diseases. Her research also focuses on the development and application of AI tools and QSAR models for the prediction of toxicity properties of chemical compounds. Her major software tools and models developed are publicly available in LabMol web portal www.labmol.com.br. She was awarded the For Women in Science award from L’Oréal–UNESCO and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) in 2014 and the International Rising Talents award from L’Oréal–UNESCO in 2015. She has been elected to the Young Academy of ABC and to the Global Young Academy. She was treasurer, vice-director and director of the medicinal chemistry division of the Brazilian Chemical Society. Currently, she is a board member of SBQ, acting as adjunct treasurer.

Research interests: drug design and discovery; medicinal chemistry; artificial intelligence; drug repositioning; COVID-19; infectious diseases; neglected diseases

Collaboration ideas: To establish collaborations in the complex and interdisciplinary area of drug discovery. My participation in this workshop will enable the dissemination of the work that has been developed in my research group at UFG, of our expertise and infrastructure to address this urgent worldwide problem such as COVID-19 and other problems of interest to our society, such as neglected and emerging diseases.
Website: www.labmol.com.br
https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=UpsohXYAAAAJ&hl=pt-BR&oi=ao
Researcher ID: C-3960-2014
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0101-1492
Lattes ID: 2018317447324228,

Dr Mülller Andrade is adjunct professor of the parasitology sector at the Institute of Biological and Health Sciences at the Federal University of Alagoas in Brazil. He holds postdoctorate and holds a PhD in animal bioscience, from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, with a sandwich period at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, in the General Directorate of University Policies Program/CAPES in 2019. Mülller completed his master in animal sciences in the Tropics, with emphasis on animal health, in the line of research on Infectious Diseases in 2015 at the Federal University of Bahia. He graduated in veterinary medicine in 2013 from the Federal University of Bahia. Mülller is acting mainly on the following topics: coccidial protozoa, zoonoses, immunodiagnostics, molecular techniques and One Health.

Research interests: parasitology; One Health

Lattes ID: 9692288738353942

Dr Greiciely Andre is a researcher and project manager at Vaxine Pty Ltd, an Australian biotechnology company focusing on the development of innovative vaccine technologies, including vaccines against the COVID-19 virus.

Research interests: research and development of drugs and therapies

Website: www.linkedin.com/in/greiciely-andr%c3%a9-bbb2945b
www.researcherid.com/rid/B-2266-2019

Dr Katie Attwell is a global research leader in vaccination social science and public policy. Through her VaxPolLab at the University of Western Australia, she builds agile collaborative teams to address pressing problems in vaccination and public policy. Her skillsets in theoretical and applied research and a wide network of global collaborators allow her to contribute within her discipline as a policy scholar, and beyond it as a vaccination social scientist.

As an expert in the social determinants of vaccination uptake and government policies, as well as misinformation and health behaviours, Katie is leading significant COVID-19 vaccination social research in Australia. She developed the interdisciplinary mixed-method project, Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government, and has secured $425 000 in funding. She studies and evaluates mandatory vaccination policies across Australia and the globe, and provides expert advice to Commonwealth Government committees and the Western Australia health department.

Research interests: vaccination policy; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine uptake

Collaboration ideas:
- Qualitative research on vaccine hesitancy and uptake
- Research on mandatory vaccination policies (key informant interviews, document analysis etc.)
- Research on knowledge challenges: what is (un)known by the government about who is under-vaccinated, and why, in order to develop policies to address.

Website: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/katie-attwell
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0366-2160

Professor Andre BaficaI has graduated in medicine from the Federal University of Bahia in 2001 and completed PhD in human pathology at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil, in 2006. From 2002 to 2007, Andre was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health, USA, where he studied the recognition pathways of intracellular pathogens during infection. Andre is currently an associate professor of immunology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Andre’s laboratory studies immunological mechanisms involved in the regulation of infectious events. He is also the director of the Brazilian Society of Immunology Regional South and coordinates a network funded by the MCTIC/CNPq/FAPESC for the development of a vaccine against COVID-19. Andre was an affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences between 2012 and 2017, the director of the Young Medical Leadership Program of the National Academy of Medicine from 2015 to 2020 and received the Howard Hughes Medical Institute/US Early Career Scientists Award in 2011.

Website: https://www.limune.org/team
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5148-600X
Lattes ID: 8836796037831177

Professor Paulo R Bignardi has a degree in pharmacy and biochemistry from the State University of Londrina (UEL). He is a specialist from UEL and has a PhD in health sciences (area of concentration: medicine) from Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná. Paulo conducts research in the field of medicine and clinical analysis, focusing on diabetes and assessment of kidney function, and systematic reviews.

Lattes ID: 3123204328549727