Milton Moraes is an associated researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, a world-class research institution on tropical diseases in Brazil, where he leads the Leprosy laboratory
In this episode we talk about building a top researcher career in a developing country, translational research and how to end neglected diseases such as leprosy.
I really enjoyed talking to Milton and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
- Went from intern to head of the laboratory doing translational research on leprosy, that aims to go from the understanding of the molecular mechanism of the disease to its cure
- Health development are very serious and don't allow for 'in house' solutions. It requires good practices of production and that is why it took 15 years to bring a diagnostic kit to the market.
- Scientists need to go beyond publications
- In 2050 10M people dying of resistant bacteri because we didnt develop antibiotics in the last 30-40 years, because Antibiotics are not lucrative
- We need health preparedness to fight the new pandemics. But this investment will contribute to technology that will exponentially increase our quality of life
- We need specific funding to develop a vacine that may not be lucrative
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e-mail: milton.moraes@fiocruz.br
