I am an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Medicine. I am a pediatric infectious disease specialist at João Paulo II Children's Hospital, where I work in healthcare-associated infection control (CCIH Risk Center of the FHEMIG Emergency Complex). I have a medical degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2008), a master's degree in Public Health from Fiocruz Minas Gerais (2016), and a PhD in Child and Adolescent Health from the Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Medicine (2020). I conduct research in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, specifically on the following topics: viral meningitis, viral encephalitis, arboviruses, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and hospital infection control.