Dr. Coelho is a medical doctor (MD) who graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. He also pursued a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Clinical Effectiveness, with an interdisciplinary concentration in Population Mental Health, at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His main research interests include the mental health of the LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV. Additionally, he is interested in novel treatments for psychiatric disorders, such as the use of transcranial photobiomodulation, and the intersection between infectious diseases and psychiatry.