Helder Nakaya

Principal Investigator

Passionate about science, soccer, teaching, travel, and of course, gorgonzola, Helder Nakaya is a senior researcher at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo and an associate professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He holds a PhD in Molecular Biology and has extensive training in Bioinformatics. An expert in Systems Immunology, he works at the intersection of system-wide measurements, networks, and predictive modeling, particularly as they relate to vaccines and infectious diseases. His lab concentrates on investigating the foundations of infectious diseases through computational systems biology. Additionally, Dr. Nakaya serves as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Medicine, in the Department of Pathology.

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