Rosauro Varo

During my career as a pediatrician, with special interest in infectious disease epidemiology and public health, I have combined clinical work with biomedical research in those diseases most prevalent in poor settings. Specifically relevant, I have been focused in the epidemiology, differential diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria in children and I have also been part of Phase II trials of new therapeutics tools for malaria in the last years. Furthermore, I have been involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of different clinical and epidemiological studies currently ongoing in Southern Mozambique. Finally, I have participated in the development and implementation of a minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) methodology to better understand the underlying pathophysiology and mechanisms leading to death of any cause (including malaria) in resource-constrained settings.