Nísia Trindade Lima, new President of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Brazil´s most important health institution, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), has a new President. Nísia Trindade Lima, a highly awarded researcher, teacher, sociologist and former vice-president of Fiocruz, is the first woman to chair the institution in its 116-year history.

After winning the internal elections with 59.7% of votes over second-place-runner Tania de Araujo-Jorge’s 39.6%, Nísia was nominated on January 4^th by the President of Brazil, Michel Temer, and his Minister of Health, Ricardo Barros, to rule from 2017 to 2020.

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