Daniela Mulari Ferreira

Areas of interest: Vaccine development, controlled human infection models, immune responses to pneumococcal carriage, mucosal vaccines and adjuvants, pneumococcal infection. Background Daniela obtained a BSc in Biological Sciences in 2005 and a PhD in Immunology and Biotechnology in 2009 from the University of Sao Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil). From 2001 to 2009 Daniela trained at Butantan Institute (Sao Paulo, Brazil) on development of novel vaccines against pneumococcal carriage, pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease based on protein antigens using different vaccine formulations, new adjuvants and routes of immunization. During her PhD Daniela was awarded the prestigious Robert Austrian Research Award in Pneumococcal Vaccinology sponsored by Wyeth to develop novel mucosal vaccines. Daniela joined the Respiratory Infection Group at LSTM in December 2009 as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist and help developing the only Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage model in the world. Her work has been focusing on mucosal (nasal and lung) and systemic responses to pneumococcal carriage and development of novel respiratory vaccines. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)