Leandro Menezes de Souza

Graduated in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Santo Amaro (2019). Participated in a research group in Biochemistry at the Lipid Metabolism Laboratory of InCor Heart Institute of HCFMUSP, focusing on plasma lipid quantification, anthropometric assessment, glycemic profile, HDL-C functionality, and Paraoxonase 1 enzyme activity, aimed at investigating cardiovascular disease risk factors. Also served as an intern in the same laboratory.From 2020 to 2022, was part of the CADDE project (Brazil-UK Centre for Arbovirus Discovery, Diagnostics, Genomics and Epidemiology), holding a FAPESP Technical Training III scholarship at the Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo (LIM-46, HCFMUSP). Actively contributed to SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance and was part of the team that sequenced the viral genome during the COVID-19 pandemic.Between 2022 and 2023, joined the Quantitative Pathology Core at the Adolfo Lutz Institute, as a FESIMA fellow, conducting research on the genomic surveillance of emerging and re-emerging arboviruses.Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Health Sciences at the Institute for Medical Assistance to State Public Servants (IAMSPE), in collaboration with the Laboratory of Medical Investigation LIM-42 at HCFMUSP. Research focuses on classification and quantification of somatic variants in adrenocortical carcinoma and pediatric adrenal tumors. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)