Laura Rodrigues

Laura Rodrigues
Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
United Kingdom

Biography

Laura C Rodrigues is a Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Her academic responsibilities include initiating and executing research on the epidemiology of infectious diseases, both in England and internationally, and development of teaching in epidemiological methods, with emphasis on infectious diseases. Laura was born and trained in Brazil, and has been in the LSHTM since 1981. Laura sits in the Scientific Advisory Board of the Novartis Institutes for Vaccines and Global Health in Sienna.She leads the LSHTM intitative for collaborations with Latin America, co leads the Latina America Network (with Pablo Perel), is the LSHTM academic contact for Science without Borders and is a Science without Borders "Professor Visitante Especial" in Universidade Federal da Bahia, a member of theMedicine Galleries Advisory Board of the Science Museum, London and a fellow of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Research Interest

Parasites, Public health, Immunisation