Speakers

Medical Geneticist and Professor of Genetics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

• Main areas of research: teratogenesis and surveillance of congenital anomalies.
• Coordinates the Brazilian Teratogen Information Service.
• It contributed to identifying the Zika virus as a new human teratogen.
• Coordinator of the pilot project to monitor selected congenital anomalies in Brazil, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.