I am a molecular cytogeneticist by training, with main research interest in the study of genomic instability in human tumors, particularly breast cancer, through the identification and characterization of the genetic alterations involved in these tumors’ onset and progression. I am a Full Professor at Research Institute Pele Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe (IPPPP), Graduate program of Biotechnology Applied to the Health of Child and Adolescent (Biotecnologia Aplicada \u00e0 Saude da Crian\u00e7a e do Adolescente (BIOTEC), Faculdades Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe (FPP) (Curitiba, PR, Brazil) and at the Department of Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) (Adjunct Line), a member of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC), Breast Cancer Research Program, Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and at the University-Wide Initiative to Reduce Health Disparities. I maintain continuing and active educational and research collaborative programs with research institutes in USA, South Africa, France and several universities in Brazil; the later, sponsored by Research Brazilian Foundations, such as CNPq, CAPES, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Arauc\u00e1ria, FAPESP and FAPEMA. In addition to my laboratory research, I also contribute to public service, acting as an editor and reviewer of scientific journals in the cancer research field and as member of the grant reviews panels of NIH (NCI), Department of Defense, US Army (DOD), Cancer Research UK, Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR)\/ European Science Foundation, LCCC and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1039,"template":"","class_list":["post-1038","pesquisador","type-pesquisador","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n