#  Guilherme Werneck 

LEMANN VISITING SCHOLAR

 

 

 



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 Guilherme graduated in Medicine and received a DSc degree in Immunology and Infectious Diseases from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). He has an appointment as a full professor at the Department of Epidemiology of the State University of Rio de Janeiro. He is a member of the "WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Parasitic Diseases (Leishmaniasis)" and a senior researcher of the Brazilian Research Council. From 2012-2014 he was a visiting scientist at the Department of Global Health and Population at HSPH. His research focuses on the epidemiology of infectious diseases, with a particular interest on the identification of socioeconomic and environmental determinants of the occurrence and spread of visceral leishmaniasis and other neglected tropical diseases; uses of spatial data analysis, geographic information systems and remote sensing in epidemiology and public health; urbanization and health; uses of epidemiologic and statistical methods in health sciences.

 RESEARCH PROJECT: *Effectiveness of 4% deltamethrin-impregnated dog collars on the incidence of canine and human visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil*



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Academic Year
    
     [2019-2020](/academic-year/2019-2020)
- ## Location
    
     [Cambridge](/locations/cambridge-office)
- ## People
    
     [Visiting Scholar](/people/visiting-scholar)
- ## Scholars/Fellows
    
     [Lemann Visiting Scholars & Fellows](/scholarsfellows/lemon-visiting-scholars-fellows)