The Research Club on Neuroinfections and Neuroimmunology brings together researchers and undergraduate and graduate students to share and develop research based on the connection between basic research and health innovations, focusing on the following topics:
Post-infectious and para-infectious neurological manifestations of viral pathogens.
The Club was created to continue the network established from the NeuroCOVID Study: Association of SARS-CoV-2 with the emergence, prognosis and pathogenesis of cerebrovascular diseases and other neurological manifestations.
In monthly virtual meetings, members present and discuss data and analyses from the NeuroCOVID Study and other ongoing studies, and attempt to propose new projects with collected samples and produced data, as well as expand the scope of work with new collaborations and projects.
The Research Club on Neuroinfections and Neuroimmunology aims to:
Expand the scope of its work beyond the neurological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2
Stimulate knowledge of the scientific frontier of neurobiology and diagnostic and treatment technologies
Be a creative and collaborative environment for new research projects
Be a learning environment and exchange of experiences for undergraduate and graduate students
Consolidate and maintain a working group at the scientific frontier of neurological data in health emergencies
Cristiane Campello Bresani Salvi (Recife) - Médica, PhD em Saúde Pública; Laboratório de Virologia, LAVITE/IAM/FIOCRUZ-PE - Currículo Lattes -
Audrey Cilli (São Paulo) - Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Centro de Virologia -
Augusto Penalva de Oliveira (São Paulo) - Chefe do serviço Neuro infecção do Hospital Emilio Ribas em São Paulo -
Bianca Etelvina Santos de Oliveira (João Pessoa) - Médica, Neurologista; Fundação de Apoio ao Deficiente (FUNAD), João Pessoa - Currículo Lattes -
Camilly Vitória Bezerra da Silva - Estudante de medicina -
Clarice Neuenschwander Lins de Morais Fonseca (Recife) - Biomédica, PhD em Saúde Pública; Laboratório de Virologia, LAVITE/IAM/FIOCRUZ-PE - Currículo Lattes -
Cliomar Alves (Sergipe) - Biomédico do Lacen Sergipe -
Deise Mayara Lima Martins - Enfermeira, esp em neurologia e neurocirurgia, esp em Saúde Pública, esp UTI e Emergência, servidora na UTI do Hospital Prof. Agamenon Magalhães (HOSPAM), Serra Talhada-PE -
Eduardo R. Pessoa de Aquino (Recife) - Médico, Neurologista, Mestre em Neuropsiquiatria; Hospital da Restauração, SES-PE - Currículo Lattes -
Fabiana Cristina Pereira dos Santos - Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Centro de Virologia -
Felipe von Glehn Silva (Brasília) - Médico, Neurologista, PhD em Ciências Médicas; Hospital Universitário da Universidade de Brasília - Currículo Lattes -
Fernanda Cristina Winckler (Botucatu) - Bióloga, Mestre em Biotecnologia Médica; Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Currículo Lattes -
Hideraldo Luis Souza Cabeça (Belém) - Médico, neurologista, Mestre em Neurologia; Hospital Ophir Loyola – SES-PA; Hospital Porto Dias - Currículo Lattes -
João Felipe Bezerra (João Pessoa) - Docente da Universidade Federal da Paraíba -
Jurandy Júnior Ferraz de Magalhães (Recife) - Biomédico LACEN PE; Docente da Universidade de Pernambuco – Campus Serra Talhada - Currículo Lattes -
Juliana Magalhães Leite (João Pessoa) - Médica, Neurologista; Hospital Metropolitano Dom José Maria Pires - PB - Currículo Lattes -
Leslie Ecker Ferreira (Joinville) - Universidade da Região de Joinville -
Lis Campos Ferreira (Sergipe) - Médica, Neurologista, Mestre em Ciências da Saúde; Fundação de Beneficência Hospital de Cirurgia - Currículo Lattes -
Luana Aparecida Miranda (Botucatu) - Fisioterapeuta da Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Currículo Lattes -
Márcia Silva Santos Neiva (Brasília) - Médica, Neurologista; Hospital da Universidade de Brasília - Currículo Lattes -
Maria Lucia Brito Ferreira (Recife) - Médica, Neurologista; Hospital da Restauração, SES-PE - Currículo Lattes -
Maria Sheila Guimarães Rocha (São Paulo) - Médica Neurologista da Casa de Saúde Santa Marcelina -
Natália Medeiros Andrade - Estudante de medicina -
Noelle Ventura Jordão - Enfermeira, esp urgência e emergência; Coordenadora de Pesquisa na Unidade de AVC Hospital da Restauração -
Paulo Henrique Codeixa de França (Joinville) - Pesquisador da Universidade da Região de Joinville -
Renato França da Silva - Enfermeiro, PhD, plantonista do Central Hospitalar do Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, INI FIOCRUZ - Currículo Lattes -
Roberta da Paz - Enfermeira, esp em neurologia -
Rodrigo Bazan (Botucatu) - Médico, Neurologista, PhD em Neurologia; Pesquisador CNPq II; Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu-UNESP - Currículo Lattes -
Selma Beatriz Tiburcio dos Santos - Enfermeira, esp em neurologia e neurocirurgia -
Inaugural Webinar of the Research Club on Neuroinfections and Neuroimmunology
What is the role of new non-invasive biomarkers in diagnosing neuronal damage? Watch the discussion on this topic at the inaugural webinar of the Research Club on Neuroinfections and Neuroimmunology, entitled "Methodological foundations and applicability of SiMoA (single molecule array)" and learn about SiMoA, an ultra-sensitive test for measuring neurofilament light chain in multiple sclerosis.
The webinar, which took place on October 19, 2023, promoted a discussion aimed at including ideas for future projects using SiMoA for early detection of neuronal damage caused by infection with emerging and re-emerging pathogens (e.g., COVID and HTLV), as well as the need to seek funding for research in these areas.
Presentations: HTLV-1 cohort from Hospital da Restauração (Monique Nascimento)
Data collection instrument for the cohort of people living with HTLV-1 and HAM/TSP at Hospital da Restauração (Cristiane Bresani)
Chair: Dr. Cristiane Bresani
March
Theme: Competencies, lines and current projects - Master's in Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfections
Presentation: Blood-brain barrier model in HTLV (Lucas Coelho)
Chair: Dr. Clarice Neuenschwander
April
Theme: Competencies, lines and current projects - Master's in Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfections
Presentation: Identification of Neurological Markers (NfL and GFAP) in People with Neurological Disorders and HTLV-1-Infected HAM/TSP (Yan Charles)
Chair: Dr. Rosangela Cunha Duarte Coelho
May
Theme: Competencies, lines and current projects - Master's in Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfections
Presentation: Natural history of HTLV-1 infection (Lucas Coelho)
Chair: Dr. Augusto Penalva
June
Theme: Competencies, lines and current projects - Master's in Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfections
Presentation: Neurological syndromes associated with COVID-19: a multicenter study in Brazil
Chair: Dr. Aline de Moura Brasil Matos
July
Vacation
August
Theme: Competencies, lines and current projects - Master's in Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfections
Presentation: Study of blood-brain barrier permeability and intrathecal inflammatory profile in patients with cerebral manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 (Rhuann Pontes dos Santos Silva)
Chair: Dr. Cristiane Bresani
September
Theme: Competencies, lines and current projects - Master's in Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfections
Presentation: Coming soon
Chair: Dr. Ana Dolores Nascimento
October
Theme: Competencies, lines and current projects - Master's in Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfections
Presentation: Blood-brain barrier model in SARS-COV-2 (Cristiane Bresani)
REDCap Project - REDCap is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. While REDCap can be used to collect virtually any type of data in any environment, it is specifically geared to support online and offline data capture for research studies and operations. The REDCap Consortium, composed of thousands of active institutional partners in over one hundred countries, supports individual REDCap systems worldwide.
REDCap Brazil - REDCap was created in 2004 by researchers at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee, USA). It receives financial support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and technical support from the REDCap Consortium, comprising over 2,600 institutions across 117 countries on 6 continents. REDCap was introduced in Brazil in 2011 through the University of São Paulo Medical School. Today, the REDCap Brazil Consortium officially represents the tool in the country with over 100 renowned institutions.
Fiocruz REDCap Community - The Fiocruz REDCap Community offers various valuable resources designed to facilitate the use and understanding of this data collection platform.
Data Management and REDCap Course - A course on Biomedical Research Data, its management and security, and the use of the REDCap platform for this purpose.
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) - CDISC is a non-profit organization that coordinates a global consortium for the standardization of clinical research data, developing guidelines, events, and training.
Fiocruz Clinical Research Network YouTube - Official channel of the Fiocruz Clinical Research Network (RFPC), which aims to publish videos of interest to Fiocruz clinical research professionals and the general public.
Research in Clinical Practice Workshop 2021 - This workshop focused on training healthcare professionals and researchers to identify collaboration opportunities by implementing research projects within routine clinical practice. Collaboration is essential in Brazil, where most research institutions and laboratories are disconnected from healthcare services. The workshop aims to spark research interest among healthcare professionals working in Brazilian public hospitals, with a routine focus on patient care.
Webinar: COVID-19 and Stroke - What are the most pressing challenges? - Webinar led by members of the WHO NeuroCOVID Forum (Dr. Alessandro Padovani and Dr. Lucia Brito) and Fiocruz (Dr. Cristiane Bresani) to discuss challenges and ideas for investigating cerebrovascular manifestations potentially related to COVID-19. Panelists shared their expertise, including a multicenter case-control study on the association between stroke and SARS-CoV-2 infection conducted by Fiocruz in Brazil. This session was open to anyone interested in clinical research, neurology, and COVID-19.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome Toolkit - Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare but potentially life-threatening immune-mediated disorder of peripheral nerves and nerve roots, often triggered by infections. A ten-step approach has been developed to help physicians worldwide treat GBS patients.
Neuro Zika 2019 Workshop - Toolkit with various resources on neurological syndromes related to arbovirus infection.
NeuroID Elearning - E-learning modules on infectious neurological diseases are designed for physicians at all levels, from undergraduates to senior consultants and academics. Each module begins with an overview, moves to specific resources, and concludes with key points followed by a self-assessment test.
NeuroPACES YouTube - The NeuroPACES course is an intensive 1-day clinical course for candidates preparing for the MRCP PACES examination. The program features a wide range of neurology clinical cases that may be encountered in the PACES exam, offered by The Walton Centre Clinical Neurology.
HTLV Aware - The HTLV Aware community aims to promote effective strategies to prevent transmission of one of the most potent human carcinogens, human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1).
HTLV Channel YouTube - Created by Tatiane Assone and Carolina Rosadas, this channel aims to raise awareness about HTLV infection and related scientific research.
