Speakers

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

Positions

• Main research areas: Teratogenesis and Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies.
• She coordinates the Brazilian Teratogen Information Service.
• She helped identify the Zika virus as a new teratogen in humans.
• She is also coordinating a pilot project to monitor selected congenital anomalies in Brazil, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

Areas of special interest

• Teratogenesis
• Surveillance of congenital anomalies
• Teratogen counseling and information