Francisco José dos Santos Merca
GHTM Group: TB, HIV and opportunistic diseases and pathogens, THOP non PhD members
Francisco Merca is a PhD student in International Health from Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT-NOVA) since 2022. He has a master’s degree in Biopharmaceutical Sciences from Faculdade de Farmácia – Universidade de Lisboa, concluded in September 2022, and a bachelor’s degree in Biotechonology from Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, concluded in 2020. His Master’s Dissertation focused on the COVID-19 seroprevalence in the Cascais municipality, titled “SARS-COV-2 Serological Survey on Cascais: A Comparative Study Between Migrants and Natives”.
PhD Thesis in International Health entitled “PADRE: Predicting Antiretroviral Drug Resistances before its Emergence”.
- Seabra SG, Merca F, Pereira B, et al. Serological screening in a large-scale municipal survey in Cascais, Portugal, during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for future pandemic preparedness efforts. Front Public Health. 2024;12. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1326125.