Filipe Rocha Lima
Internal Medicine · University of São Paulo
Biography
Main activity: study of biomarkers of the humoral immune response in leprosy, pathogen-host interaction, prospecting for diagnostic tests, and immunopathogenesis studies. Experience in applied immunology, translational research, immunoassays, cell and tissue culture, ex vivo model of human organotypic skin explant culture (hOSEC), in vivo experimentation, cytotoxicity tests, functional assays for screening biocompounds, clinical research, and clinical trials. Work in active search actions for leprosy and training of primary health care professionals of the Ministry of Health in partnership with the National Reference Center for Sanitary Dermatology and Leprosy of the department of clinical medicine/dermatology (CRNDSHansen) of the Hospital das Clínicas (HCFMRP - USP). Co-responsible for the undergraduate extension activity and for Achieving sustainable Development Goals.
Education
Biomedical scientist | Clinical pathologist | MSc in Human Pathology | PhD in Science | Postdoctoral Internal Medicine
Recent Scopus Publications
- Serum geoepidemiology of leprosy biomarkers in a city-wide COVID-19 survey in Brazil
- Pure neural leprosy in a child: case report and diagnostic challenges
- RIMOXCLAMIN: New therapeutic regimen for Hansen's Disease cure based on effective sensitivity recovery
- Editorial: Enhancing leprosy diagnosis: new tools and approaches for global health impact
- Efficiency of the Sensory Mapping Score for Hansens’s disease diagnosis and follow-up: a functional cure criterion?
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000000176294963
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57190744373