Aim of the webinar:
To provide a panorama of the emerging pathogenic arboviruses and discuss the real threat each of the agents represent for the blood supply.
Level of education required:
1 - Fundamental Awareness (basic knowledge)
Target audience
Scientists, blood bankers, transfusion practitioners, master and PhD students, experts in transfusion-transmitted infections, public health professionals, managers, technicians etc
Please be aware that if you attend the webinar, your data will be shared with Grifols Diagnostic. If you do not want your data to be shared, please send us an email at [email protected].
The Speakers
Jose Eduardo Levi
Regional Director Latin America (2022-2026)
José Eduardo Levi is a biologist. He obtained his Master and PhD degrees at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. He has worked for more than 20 years in blood banks in São Paulo city with a major focus on blood screening. In parallel, José Levi has developed academic activities in the Virology Lab from the Tropical Medicine Institute from the University of São Paulo since 1995, doing research in blood-borne viruses but also Human Papillomaviruses and Arboviruses, having published 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles and supervised 20 thesis on these subjects. He has been a member of the ISBT Working Party in Transfusion-Transmitted Infections for many years, also coordinating the Virology subgroup for some time. Currently he is the head of Research and Development at Dasa, the largest clinical pathology lab in South America.
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