- Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program, University
of California, San Francisco
- Global Health Sciences Scholar Fall-2005
- B.S. Pharmacy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
2001-2005
- B.S. Pharamcy- Student Exchange Program, University of Texas
at Austin
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Rafaela Salgado Ferreira, 22, has been selected
to be the first graduate student in Chemistry and Chemical Biology to
be offered a scholarship in the area of concentration in Global Health
Sciences.
A native of Brazil, Ferreira developed a passion
for Chemistry and Biology in high school. While at school and throughout
college, Ferreira was able to apply her enthusiasm towards Chemistry by
working on tropical diseases with the Rene Rachou Research Center-Oswaldo
Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)- Ministry of Health, Brazil.
Primarily interested in structure-based drug development, she believes
the CCB program at UCSF offers an interdisciplinary environment in which
there are people working in different stages giving her the opportunity
to get more information about the entire drug development process.
The weakness to develop drugs in Brazil for tropical diseases is one
of the important aspects that brought her to the United States. Ferreira
is inspired and motivated to work on these diseases because she feels
they are neglected. She hopes to be part of a team that works towards
building development in this area.
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