Andre Machado Siqueira

Determined and well-rounded individual with more than 14 years working as Infectious Diseases Clinical Researcher. Sharp and focused professional offering skills in the design and conduction of clinical research projects for clinical characterization, prevention and treatment of acute febrile illnesses, including malaria, dengue, Chikungunya and COVID-19. Throughout the career, has been involved in relevant enterprises, such as the description of the risk for microcephaly development in fetuses from Zika infected pregnant women, the characterization of severe vivax malaria syndromes, the clinical and translational characterization of Chikungunya infection and the clinical trial for a dengue preventive vaccine, amongst others. Strong communication, relationship and leadership skills have contributed to the participation of WHO, PAHO and National advisory and technical committees and the election to the Board of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine. Excellent team builder and leader of initiatives.

• Zika Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, P., Pereira, J.P., Jr., Raja Gabaglia, C., Damasceno, L., Wakimoto, M., Ribeiro Nogueira, R.M., Carvalho de Sequeira, P., Siqueira, A.M., Abreu de Carvalho, L.M., Cotrim da Cunha, D., Calvet, G.A., Neves, E.S., Moreira, M.E., Rodrigues Baiao, A.E., Nassar de Carvalho, P.R., Janzen, C., Valderramos, S.G., Cherry, J.D., Bispo de Filippis, A.M., Nielsen-Saines, K., N. Engl. J. Med 2016, 2016
• Characterization of Plasmodium vivax-Associated Admissions to Reference Hospitals in Brazil and India, Siqueira, AM, Lacerda, M V G, Magalhães, BML, Mourão, MPG, Melo, GC, Alexandre, MAA, Alecrim, MG, Kochar, D, Kochar, S, Kochar, A, Nayak, K, Del Portillo, H, Guinovart, C, Alonso, PL, Bassat, Q, BMC Medicine, 2015
• Fixed-Dose Artesunate–Amodiaquine Combination vs Chloroquine for Treatment of Uncomplicated Blood Stage P. vivax Infection in the Brazilian Amazon: An Open-Label Randomized, Controlled Trial, Siqueira AM, Alencar AC, Melo GC, Magalhaes BL, Machado K, Alencar Filho AC, Kuehn A, Marques MM, Manso MC, Felger I, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2016
• Epidemiology of acute febrile illness in Latin America, Moreira J, Bressan CS, Brasil P, Siqueira AM, Clin Microbiol Infect 2018, 2018

• Awarded the Ruth Nussenzweing Medal as a distinguished Brazilian Malaria Researcher, 2015.
• Awarded the Young Investigator Award by Institut Mérieux, 2018.