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Fernanda Esthefane Garrides Oliveira

Oswaldo Cruz Institute · Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

https://researchid.co/fergarrides
@fiocruz.br
67Google Scholar Citations
6Google Scholar h-index
1Google Scholar i10-index

Biography

Public Health Researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Lead of VITAL - Research Center for Life Course Epidemiology and Inequalities, and Professor in Graduate Programs in Epidemiology. She is a researcher for the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) and a member of the steering committee of the Brazilian Research Group on Multimorbidity (GBEM). She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases through the Fiocruz Innovation Promotion Program. Previously, she was a professor in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at the UFMG School of Medicine, where she taught theoretical and practical courses in Primary Health Care, Occupational Health, and Social Sciences Applied to Health. Her expertise focuses on Life Course Epidemiology, social determinants of health, racial and gender inequalities, intersectionality, and multimorbidity using advanced statistical and computational modeling.

Education

2019 – 2023 | Ph.D. in Epidemiology in Public Health - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil 2017 – 2018 | M.Sc. in Public Health - Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil 2012 – 2016 | B.S. in Health Services Management - Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil 2008 – 2010 | Associate Degree / Vocational Program in Healthcare Equipment - Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET/MG), Brazil

Recent Google Scholar Publications

  1. Duration of COVID-19 symptoms in children: a longitudinal study in a Rio de Janeiro favela, Brazil
    BMJ open 15 (7), e095622 , 2025, 2025.0
  2. Racial inequalities in the development of multimorbidity of chronic conditions: results from a Brazilian prospective cohort
    International Journal for Equity in Health 23 (1), 120 , 2024, 2024.0 | Citations: 7.0
  3. Prevalence, incidence, risk factors and residual risk associated with viral infections among eligible Brazilian blood donors
    Transfusion Medicine 34 (1), 46-53 , 2024, 2024.0 | Citations: 1.0
  4. Multimorbidity prevalence and patterns at the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
    Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity 13, 26335565231173845 , 2023, 2023.0 | Citations: 7.0
  5. Adaptação transcultural de escalas de discriminação e vigilância no ELSA-Brasil
    Revista de Saúde Pública 56, 110 , 2023, 2023.0 | Citations: 2.0

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