João Batista da Silva Junior

Research Consultant- IDEA- Initiative for Drug Equity and Access-University of Toronto- Canada, Brazil. Undergraduate CNPq Science Without Borders Program (SwB) at University of Toronto (UofT) - Canada (September 2012-December 2013). Speaker at the Farewell Ceremony of the First Group of SWB Students at UofT CSF- Speech available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBYUctTUXA. Experience in academic research about the Brazilian public health policies- access to medicines, at UofT- Canada, and in laboratory, at University of São Paulo (USP) - Brazil- FAPESP Scholarship (Aug 2011- Jul 2012). Experience in Pharmacovigilance- University Hospital / USP. Research Interests: Access to medicines in Brazil, generic drugs, domestic and multinational pharmaceutical industry and drug patents (Anvisa x INPI). My goals are to build a solid career within the academic research, approaching the Pharmaceutical Policies in Brazil and, in the future, to be able to represent Brazil in this sector. Finally, I was volunteer in various events in São José dos Campos SP Brazil and in São Paulo SP Brazil, focusing on the pharmaceutical care. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)