EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

Fernando Almeida de Souza
Fernando Almeida de Souza
Professor
Molecular Biology
State University of Maranhão
Brazil
BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Fernando Almeida-Souza holds a Technical Education in Chemistry from Federal Institute of Technological Education of Maranhão, Brazil; Bachelor's in Veterinary Medicine and MSc in Animal Science from State University of Maranhão, Brazil; PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology (2015) from Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Brazil. Currently is professor of Immunology at Master’s in Animal Science, State University of Maranhão, guiding master’s students of Master’s in Animal Science, and students from Veterinary Medicine School, State University of Maranhão. Also collaborates in Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz (2017), guiding doctoral and master students of Tropical Medicine. Acts as a reviewer and member of the editorial board of international journals. Has research funding by FAPEMA, FAPERJ, CNPq and CAPES.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Dr. Fernando Almeida-Souza’s main research interests ​includes Pharmacology, immunology and pathology studies of zoonosis, with an emphasis in leishmaniasis; ethnobotanical compounds, in particular from Brazilian amazon, and synthetic compounds for leishmanial, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory and wound healing activity; in vitro assays, in vivo infection and treatment in murine and canine models, with the overall aim to identify novel drugs and targets.



OTHER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

John T Nwangwu
Professor
Department of Infectious diseases
Yale University and Southern Connecticut State University
United States
Ramesh C Gupta
Consultant
RNB Global University
India
Shailendra K Saxena
Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Professor & Head, Department of Stem Cell / Cell Culture
King George's Medical University (KGMU)
India
Mosab Nouraldein Mohammed Hamad
Head of Parasitology Department
Elshiekh Abdallah Elbadri University
Sudan
Mingui Fu
Associate Professor
Basic Medical Science, Immunology
Shock/Trauma Research Center
USA
Jianxun Song
Tenured Associate professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
College of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University
United States
Hazem Aqel
Professor
Department of Medical Microbiology
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Saudi Arabia
Marco Ciotti
Associated Professor
Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology
University Hospital Tor Vergata
Italy
Christos Georgiou
Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Biology Division of Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Patras
Greece
Nadraga Alexander
Professor
Head of Department of Pediatric Infection Diseases
Lviv National Medical University
Ukraine
Asim Kumar Basak
Full Professor and Head of the Department
Department of Physiology
Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences & Research
India
Xinna Li
Research Investigator
Department of Pathology
University of Michigan Medical School
USA
William Cho
Biomedical Scientist
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hong Kong
Gyanendra Singh
Scientist
National Institute of Occupational Health (ICMR)
India
Paulo Renato Zuquim Antas
Principal Investigator
Clinical Immunology Laboratory
Department of Immunology
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ
Brazil