Dr. Fernanda Dórea is a veterinarian from Brazil. She contributed to various animal health programs in Brazil as an epidemiologist in the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. Driven by her growing interest in quantitative epidemiology, she completed a Masters degree in Infectious Disease Modeling, followed by a PhD during which she developed syndromic surveillance systems based on laboratory submissions in Canada and Sweden. Her research continues to focus on exploring ways to automatically extract surveillance information from electronically available health data.
Contact: nanda@datadrivensurveillance.org