Filipa Tavares

Filipa Tavares is a PhD student in International Health from Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT-NOVA) since 2024. She has a master’s degree in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia – Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA-FCT), concluded in December 2023, and a bachelor’s degree in Biologia Aplicada from Universidade do Minho, concluded in 2021. Her master’s dissertation focused on the study of ART-resistant HIV mutations, titled “Characterization of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase mutations in Brazil”.

PhD Thesis in International Health entitled “Decoding the Emergence and Impact of HIV-1 Drug-Resistant Mutations in Brazil: Bioinformatics Informing Public Health Strategies”.