Talita Alves

Ms. Talita Alves

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos - Universidade de São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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Biography

Veterinarian graduated from the College of Animal Science and Food Engineering at the University of São Paulo - FZEA USP (2018-2023). During undergraduate studies, she was a scholarship holder in the Extension project titled "The Importance of Science and Scientific Literacy for Society" (2019-2020), aiming to develop strategies for promoting scientific outreach. She was a PIBIC-CNPq scholarship holder (2020-2022) working on projects related to the development of innovative therapies for cats with lymphoma. She completed an internship in the field of clinical and oncological surgery at the Oncology Service (SOV) of the Veterinary Hospital of the College of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences - FCAV UNESP, and in the veterinary oncology sector of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Paraná - HV UFPR (2022). Currently, she is a master's student in the Animal Bioscience Program (FZEA-USP) with a project aiming to develop a recombinant virus for use as an anti-tumoral therapy against hematopoietic neoplasms in small animals. She has interests in comparative and translational oncology, hematopoietic neoplasms, feline medicine, and the development of innovative cancer therapies.

Affiliations

Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos - Universidade de São Paulo

Pirassununga, Brazil

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária

Honors and Awards

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Best poster presentation at the Poster Session of the 74th Annual Meeting of SBPC

Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência

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Honorable Mention atInternational Stage of the 29th SIICUSP

Universidade de São Paulo

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Best Presentation in the Veterinary Area at the 29th SIICUSP

Universidade de São Paulo

Experience

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

Universidade de São Paulo

01 Mar 2018 - present