CRISTIANA TOSCANO (0000-0002-9453-2643)

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Cristiana is an Infectious Disease Medical Doctor graduated at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, where she also did her residency in Infectious Diseases and Master of Sciences (MSc) program. Cristiana holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and post-doctoral training in Health Technology Assessment from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil. In addition, she holds a Post graduate certificate in Health Economics from the University of York (York, UK) and has been trained as a field epidemiologist at the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Program of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After working as an adviser for the Brazilian Ministry of Health on Public Health research, she rejoined CDC as an epidemiologist working with the Global Immunization Program, when she was detailed to the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and later to the World Health Organization (WHO) for a decade. Since 2010, Cristiana is a professor of epidemiology and public health at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) in Brazil, where her main areas of research are epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and economic evaluation of public health interventions. She is a member of two WHO’s Strategic Adevisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) working groups – on COVID-19 and pneumococcal vaccines, and also a member of Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Technical Advisory Group of Experts (TAG) on immunization. She is currently involved in several COVID related research and support to public policies, coordinating a reserach network on COVID modelling supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CNPq), she sits in several COVID emergency operations committees at the University, municipal and state health levels. She is also a member of the Fiocruz Interinstitutional Technical-Scientific Advisory Board for Anti-Covid-19 vaccines. She has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers, several book chapters, and presented over 100 abstracts in international conferences.

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Universidade Federal de Goiás: Goiania, GO, BR

2010-09-16 to present | Professor Associado (Departamento de Saúde Coletiva)

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CRISTIANA TOSCANO

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Employment (5)

Universidade Federal de Goiás: Goiania, GO, BR

World Health Organization (WHO)/Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI/IVB) - Headquarters, Geneva - Switzerland: Headquarters, Geneva - Switzerland, CH

Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)/Family and Community Health, Immunization Unit – PAHO/WHO Country office: BRASILIA, BR

Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)/ Extended Program on Immunization, Country Office Haiti: Country Office Haiti, HT

Brazilian Ministry of Health/ Division of Health Policy : Brasilia, BR

Education and qualifications (7)

University of York: Iorque, Inglaterra, GB

UFRGS: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BR

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

Universidade de São Paulo: Sao Paulo, SP, BR

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Atlanta, GA, US

Universidade de São Paulo: Sao Paulo, SP, BR

Universidade de São Paulo: Sao Paulo, SP, BR

Professional activities (17)

U.S. Department of Human Health Services (HHS). Dedication and contribution toward reducing measles mortality, 2006: ., BR

Pan-American Health Organization, Outstanding Team/Unit Award - Expanded Program of Immunizations Team (EPI) at Headquarters and in the Country Offices. Pan American Health Organization. June 2003: ., BR

Incentive for Science and Technology in the SUS Award (Prêmio de Incentivo em Ciência e Tecnologia no SUS) – 2007. Brazilian Ministry of Health, Dept. of Science and Technology in the SUS. Brasília, Brazil. 2007: ., BR

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Group Honor Award - Statistics Research and Services, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Team. Hospital Infections Program (HIP), National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May 2001: ., BR

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Group Honor Award - International Health, Investigation and Prevention Branch (IPB). Hospital Infections Program (HIP), National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 2000: ., BR

Member of the Executive Council of Instituto Todos pela Saúde (ITpS): Brasilia, BR

Member of Scientific Committee for BMGF and WHO sponsored Maternal Health Research and Emergencies Meeting: Brasilia, BR

Member of the Fiocruz Interinstitutional Technical-Scientific Advisory Board for Anti-Covid-19 vaccines, July 2020 – ongoing. Designated by Portaria n.5542 SEI/Fiocruz : São Paulo, BR

Member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on COVID-19 vaccines Working Group: Geneva, CH

Member of the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Committee of the Federal University of Goiás : Goiânia, BR

Member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) pneumococcal vaccines Working Group: Geneva, CH

Member of Pan-American Organization (PAHO) Regional Technical Advisory Committee for Immunization (TAG): Washington, D.C, US

Member of the Executive Committee of the Brazilian Institutes for Health Technology Assessment (IATS), and coordinator of the capacity building activities of the network: Goiânia, BR

Member of the National Technical Support Team for COVID-19 Immunization, Brazilian Ministry of Health: Brasilia, BR

Member of the Emergency Operations for COVID Response (COE-COVID) for the Municipality of Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil: GOIANIA, BR

Member of the Center for Emergency Operations for COVID Response (COE-COVID: Goiania, BR

Funding (6)

Modelagem da dinâmica de transmissão do sars-cov-2 no brasil: ciência em tempo real para subsidiar gestores na tomada de decisão baseada em evidências

Capacitação de recursos humanos em Angola e avaliação de seu impacto para melhorias nas ações de imunização em Angola

Estimativa de custo do Programa Nacional de Imunizações na Região Norte do Brasil

Imunização materna por pertussis para redução de morbimortalidade em crianças: estudo de custos e custo-efetividade

Avaliação do impacto orçamentário e custo da introdução de novas vacinas no país

Estimativa de custo do programa de controle e prevenção da dengue no Brasil

Works (50 of 100)

Modelagem da COVID-19 no Brasil e a interação entre academia e gestores durante a pandemia

Protecting mother and baby: Learnings from an Ebola vaccination campaign on the evolving landscape of vaccines and pregnancy

Estimated Deaths Averted in Adults by COVID-19 Vaccination in Select Latin American and Caribbean Countries

The Full Value of Vaccine Assessments Concept—Current Opportunities and Recommendations

Deaths averted by COVID-19 vaccination in select Latin American and Caribbean Countries: a modelling study

Maternal and perinatal health research during emerging and ongoing epidemic threats: a landscape analysis and expert consultation

A systematic review of public policy implementation during the Covid‐19 pandemic: Current topics and future directions

Estimated Population-Level Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Against All-Cause Pneumonia Mortality Among Unvaccinated in 5 Latin American Countries

The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America, 2021: a multicenter regional case–control study

Modeling the impact of child vaccination (5–11 y) on overall COVID-19 related hospitalizations and mortality in a context of omicron variant predominance and different vaccination coverage paces in Brazil

Accuracy of rapid point-of-care serological tests for leprosy diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Vaccines on Otitis Media in Children: A Systematic Review

Modelling the impact of school reopening and contact tracing strategies on Covid-19 dynamics in different epidemiologic settings in Brazil

Modelling optimal vaccination strategies against COVID-19 in a context of Gamma variant predominance in Brazil

Systematic review of immunogenicity and duration of immunity of currently licensed pertussis wP vaccines in children [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]

Effect Of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions On COVID-19 Cases And Deaths In Brazil.

Bacterial etiology of pneumonia in children up to 2 months of age: a systematic review

Effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the 27 Brazilian states

Comparison of static and dynamic models of maternal immunization to prevent infant pertussis in Brazil

Cost-effectiveness of maternal pertussis immunization: Implications of a dynamic transmission model for low- and middle-income countries

Declines in Pneumonia Mortality following the Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Direct effects of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines among children in Latin America and the Caribbean

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of maternal pertussis immunization in low- and middle-income countries: A review of lessons learnt

Modeling the cost-effectiveness of maternal acellular pertussis immunization (aP) in different socioeconomic settings: A dynamic transmission model of pertussis in three Brazilian states

Modeling the impact of school reopening and contact tracing strategies on COVID-19 dynamics in different epidemiologic settings in Brazil

Modelling optimal vaccination strategies against Covid-19 in a context of Gamma variant predominance in Brazil

The data used to build the models: Pertussis morbidity and mortality burden considering various Brazilian data sources

Covid-19 pandemic, R&D, vaccines, and the urgent need of UBUNTU practice.

Assessment of the implementation of a nurse-initiated pain management protocol in the emergency department.

Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumonia hospitalization and mortality in children and elderly in Ecuador: Time series analyses

Medidas de distanciamento social para o enfrentamento da COVID-19 no Brasil: caracterização e análise epidemiológica por estado

Perspectives on battling COVID-19 in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

EBM distance learning course to support judicial decisions on healthcare: a case study.

Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine uptake on childhood pneumonia mortality across income levels in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru