Marcus Vinicius Barbosa Verly Miguel
GHTM Group: Population health, policies and services
Marcus Verly Miguel is a doctoral candidate in Public Health and holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ). He is also pursuing a PhD in International Health at NOVA University Lisbon under a joint supervision agreement and undertook his doctoral internship at Sichuan University in 2025. Marcus’s research focuses on Chinese health cooperation, particularly in Portuguese-speaking countries and Timor-Leste, with an emphasis on the deployment of Chinese medical teams.
Marcus Verly Miguel‘s research focuses on China’s international health activities, particularly Chinese foreign aid and South–South cooperation. In his doctoral thesis, he provides a historical analysis of China’s impact on health development in the Global South. He compares this to Western models and examines the training of professionals, infrastructure construction, and the role of multilateral forums such as the Macau Forum, the Health Silk Road, and the Belt and Road Initiative.
- Verly-Miguel, Marcus, Ribeiro, Carolina Madalena. Mortalidade por Câncer Colorretal nos Países dos BRICS de 1990 a 2019: Análise de Idade-Período-Coorte. Rev. Bras. Cancerol. 2026; 72(1): e-115403.
- Verly-Miguel, Marcus. Participação do Secretariado Permanente do Fórum de Macau em iniciativas de Saúde Global entre 2015 e 2022. PHYSIS. REVISTA DE SAÚDE COLETIVA (ONLINE), v. 34, p. 1-15, 2024.
- Tofani, Andrea Almeida; Verly-Miguel, Marcus Vinícius Barbosa; Marques, Marcio Candeias; De Almeida, Marina Rodrigues; Rezende, Patricia Moreira Dos Santos Menezes; Da Nobrega, Viviane Azevedo; Cunha, Lysia Daniela Santos; Leite, Tatiana Henriques. Mortalidade por Câncer de Cólon e Reto no Brasil e suas Regiões entre 2006 e 2020. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CANCEROLOGIA, v. 70, p. 1-10, 2024.
- Verly-Miguel, Marcus; Lopes, Claudia De Souza; Freitas, Jade Veloso; Garcia, Magno Conceição; Marques, Marcio Candeias; Paravidino, Vitor Barreto; Sichieri, Rosely. Depression, anxiety and change in eating habits during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian university students. PLoS One, v. 20, p. e0326856, 2025.