CNPq, Grupo Gerdau, Fundação Roberto Marinho

Prize for the best scientific work in Brazil (Thesis) in the area of ​​Population Health and Endemic Disease Control, entitled "In-vitro induced ntibody production: New method for diagnosing perinatal HIV infection", awarded by the President of the Republic of Brazil, Itamar Franco.

European School of Oncology

Prize for the best work presented during the II Latin American Convention of ESO (European School of Oncology), in São Paulo, SP., June 14, 1997, titled "Detection of herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in Kaposi's Sarcoma tissues obtained from Brazilian AIDS patients"

Brazilian Ministry of Health. Secretariat of Sciences, Technology and Strategic Inputs

Prize for the best Monograph by Mariana Cavalheiro Magri, under the guidance of Adele Caterino de Araujo, entitled “Research on the prevalence of anti-HHV-8 antibodies in dialysis patients waiting for a kidney transplant”.

President of Puglia region of Italy, Nichi Vendola

Puglia Prize 2009, awarded by the Regional Government and the Pugliese Community to a person who has stood out socially and professionally in their country, and who values ​​the Pugliese community for being of Italian origin. Award granted by Governor Mr. Nichi Vendola, in Foggia, Italy, on October 23, 2009.

Brazilian Ministry of Health. Secretariat of Sciences, Technology and Strategic Inputs

Prize for the best work in the category of Incorporation of Scientific Knowledge into the SUS, titled "Implementation and optimization of real-time PCR for the diagnosis of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) at the Adolfo Lutz Institute and perspectives for 2010".

Secretary of Public Management of São Paulo and Mário Covas Foundation

Prize in the category of Innovation in Public Management, awarded by the Governor of the state of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin, in a ceremony in Sala São Paulo, on April 26, 20for the work entitled "Implementation and optimization of PCR in real time for the laboratory diagnosis of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) at the Adolfo Lutz Institute".

Instituto Adolfo Lutz

“Adolfo Lutz” Medal, instituted by governor Adhemar Pereira de Barros, created by Decree No. 44,930, of June 22, 1965 and granted by Decree No. 54,907, of October 13, 2009, due to his contribution to science and the growth of this Institution.