Mauricio Polidoro

Maurício Polidoro holds a Bachelor's degree in Geography (2010), a Ph.D. in Geography (2016), and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Public Health and Epidemiology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He is currently an Associate Professor at the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre Campus), seconded to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, where he serves as Executive Coordinator of Information Management at the Department of Evaluation, Monitoring, Studies, and Strategic Information under the Executive Secretariat. He is a member of the Thematic Working Group on Health and Environment of the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (ABRASCO), and a permanent faculty member of the Professional Masters Program in Family Health (FIOCRUZ/UFRGS). He leads the research group "Health, Environment, and Development." His areas of expertise include Geography and Public Health, with a focus on urban and regional studies, geographic information systems, health information systems, health education and promotion, health and environment, climate change, and vulnerable populations. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)