I'm currently a PhD student at the Leinden University Medical Center's Global Program, working on the project "Host biomarkers for susceptibility to infectious diseases and healthy aging in European and South American populations." I have a master's degree from the program in tropical medicine (FIOCRUZ/IOC), as well as a specialization in basic and advanced immunology from Unyleya, and I followed the Biological Sciences course (with an emphasis on ecology) at Veiga de Almeida University. I received a Scientific Initiation Scholarship (FIOCRUZ / IOC), with a scholarship from the National Institute of Science and Technology in Tuberculosis (INCT-TB) in the Clinical Immunology Laboratory. During his master's degree, I was awarded a FAPERJ scholarship "grade 10". I have experience in the area of immunology, with a focus mainly on the following subjects: cellular immune response, Tuberculosis/BCG/Leprosy, ELISA, cell culture, and flow cytometry. Contact email: matheusra2019@gmail.com