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Fabio Zicker

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Global Health Specialist at Fiocruz
📍 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fabio Zicker is a Senior Professor at Fiocruzs Center for Technological Development in Health, with over 20 years of experience in global health. His career includes senior roles at the WHOs Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the Pan American Health Organization, focusing on communicable diseases.

He has managed extensive research and implementation projects across South America, Africa, and Asia.

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Experience
50 Years
Current Role
Global Health Specialist
Job Level
Junior
Location
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Communicable Diseases
His career and research focus on tropical diseases such as Chagas, malaria, and leishmaniasis, backed by numerous publications and leadership roles at WHO and PAHO.
Global Health Strategy
Held strategic roles at the WHO and PAHO, defining priorities and developing programs for health research in low- and middle-income countries.
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Career

Work history

1-2014
Global Health Specialist
Fiocruz
3-2010 - 12-2013
Coordinator, Research Capacity Strengthening and Knowledge Management
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
4-2008 - 4-2010
Coordinator, Portfolio Policy and Development
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
3-1997 - 3-2008
Scientist and Coordinator Research Capacity Strengthening
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
10-1990 - 3-1997
Regional Advisor, Communicable Disease Research
PAHO/WHO - Pan American Health Organization
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CDTS ENTREVISTA: Publicação científica e ética em pesquisa durante a pandemia. Featured in CDTS – Center for Technological Development in Health (Fiocruz)
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Leadership and international collaboration on COVID-19 research: reducing the North–South divide?. Featured in Scientometrics (via PubMed Central)
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Education
1985 - 1990
Master and PhD
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1985 - 1985
Diploma
MacMaster University, Canada
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