Celina Turchi
Celina Turchi | |
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| Born | Celina Maria Turchi Martelli 1952-1953 (64 years old) |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Goias, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, University of Sao Paulo |
| Known for | Research of mosquito-borne diseases |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Infectiology |
| Institutions | Federal University of Goias, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation |
Celina Maria Turchi Martelli is a Brazilian epidemiologist, graduated by Federal University of Goiás and researcher at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz in Recife. She first associated the link between zika virus and microcephaly in newborn babies during the 2015 disease outbreak in Brazil;[1] she was listed by Nature magazine as one of the 10 most notable people in science in 2016,[2] and by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2017.[3]
Life and career
Turchi was born in the state of Goiás. She did her graduation in medicine at the
In 2015 Turchi was called by the Brazilian Ministry of Health to investigate the growth of microcephaly cases in newborn babies at the state of Pernambuco. At Fiocruz's Aggeu Magalhães Institute, in Recife, she directed the Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group (MERG), a task force for defining the malformation causes. Her group found that zika virus incubated in pregnant women would have influence on the foetus' lack of cranial development.[5]
References
- PMID 27143306.
- PMID 30905952.
- ^ "Celina Turchi: The World's 100 Most Influential People". Time. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ "GaúchaZH". gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ "Fiocruz researcher is one of Time's Persons of the Year". Fiocruz (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-11-03.
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