Susana Frazao Pinheiro
Portuguese, lived in Oxford for 8 years. DPhil in HIV Immunology and an MBA under a Skoll scholarship. Carried out research work in West Africa on HIV infection and produced a documentary on HIV/AIDS in this region. Working on HIV/AIDS in Portug...
| Headline: | Scientist |
| Industries: | Biotech, Education, Health, Information Technology, Media, Nanotech |
| Skills: | English, French, Languages, Spanish, Writing |
| Location: | Lisbon (base) |
| Groups: | Oxford Entrepreneurs |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding team mates, Giving back, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Trading services |
| Tags: | development, Economics, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, Immunology, international affairs, memory, Strategy |
| Schools: | University of Oxford |
FULL BIO
Portuguese, lived in Oxford for 8 years. DPhil in HIV Immunology and an MBA under a Skoll scholarship. Carried out research work in West Africa on HIV infection and produced a documentary on HIV/AIDS in this region. Working on HIV/AIDS in Portugal, West Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Ministry of Health, Portugal |
| Position: | Advisor, National Coordination for HIV/AIDS |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Employer: | Portugal Regional Chapter, 85Broads |
| Position: | Leader |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Employer: | I-TECH, USA International Training and Education Centre on HIV |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • I-TECH HIV Project in Mozambique
• I-TECH provides technical assistance for developing human and organizational capacity to provide clinical care and treatment for HIV/AIDS |
| Employer: | Social Venture on Health Infrastructure in West Africa |
| Position: | Founder |
| Time period: | January 2006 - Present |
| Description: | Awarded the Idea Idol 2006 for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford |
| Employer: | Peacekeeping Financing Division, United Nations |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | June 2006 - September 2006 |
| Description: | • Department of Peacekeeping Operations, General Assembly Resolution A/60/278
• Developed a new model/mechanisms for the UN Peacekeeping and Support Account budget (filed missions) successfully tested and approved for presentation to the 62 Second Session of the General Assembly • Supervisor: Dr Linda Wong, Deputy Director, PFD, DPKO, United Nations |
| Employer: | Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship 2006 |
| Position: | Leader |
| Time period: | November 2005 - March 2006 |
| Description: | • Organised case study session with Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory, Harvard
University; Initiated and led team of Forum Rapporteurs |
| Employer: | Aspire Oxfordshire |
| Position: | Board Member |
| Time period: | October 2005 - September 2006 |
| Description: | • A non-profit organization that helps make homeless people employable
• Evaluated and promoted new initiatives for the social enterprise |
| Employer: | Oxford University Strategic Studies Group, All Souls College |
| Position: | Secretary |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2005 |
| Description: | • Co-organised and Host the Forum on “Private Military Companies in the Current Global
Order” with Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies • Organised Weekly Discussion Seminars at All Souls College, inviting leading figures in international affairs, military, media, politics and business • Led promotional activities with Oxford organisations (doubling of membership) |
| Employer: | Oxford Entrepreneurs |
| Position: | Member of Founding Committee and Internal Relations Officer |
| Time period: | October 2003 - December 2005 |
| Description: | • Society set up to encourage entrepreneurship within the University of Oxford, now the
largest Oxford Society |
| Employer: | HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials |
| Position: | Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| Time period: | August 2003 - September 2005 |
| Description: | • Analytical Project Manager in vaccine trial OXAVI 016 - a Phase I, double-blind clinical
trial for an HIV vaccine to evaluate peak T cell response times, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford • Supervision of lab research team (Doctoral student and research assistants) • Analysis of all data produced during the vaccine trial; Developed and implemented Standard Operating Protocols for use in the IAVI laboratories in the UK and Africa • Research presented at several International Meetings; one publication (J Virol) • Sponsored by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) |
| Employer: | St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford |
| Position: | Tutor for Pathology and Immunology |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2004 |
| Description: | • Taught Second Year Medical students, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oxford
• Set College Pathology and Immunology exams |
| Employer: | Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford |
| Position: | Postdoctoral Research |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2004 |
| Description: | • Led and conducted research in the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, Fort Detrick,
Frederick, National Cancer Institute/NIH, USA • Taught Doctoral students and supervised one medical student dissertation thesis |
| Employer: | University of Oxford |
| Position: | Teaching of HIV Immunology and Molecular Biology |
| Time period: | January 2000 - September 2005 |
| Description: | • Taught and supervised Doctoral students
• Supervised Final Year Medical student dissertation thesis |
| Employer: | The Gambia, West Africa |
| Position: | Field work in HIV/AIDS |
| Time period: | January 2000 - December 2001 |
| Description: | • Research in the MRC Unit, Fajara in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection; one publication (EJI)
• Traveled with local field workers through rural areas and produced a documentary on HIV-infection in West Africa that was shown at Oxford, UK and Maryland, USA |
| Employer: | Portuguese/Spanish speaking HIV-infected individuals |
| Position: | Voluntary translator |
| Time period: | January 1999 - September 2005 |
| Description: | • The Churchill Hospital out-patient clinic, Oxford
• Counseling and support on antiretroviral therapy intake |
| Employer: | Human Immunology Unit, JR Hospital, University of Oxford |
| Position: | PhD Student |
| Time period: | October 1998 - January 2003 |
| Description: | • Research in The role of cellular immunity in HIV infection:
Immunology; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Genetics; Virology • Five scientific journal publications (Cell, Immunol. Lett., Eur J Immunology) • Discovered new HIV epitopes -HIV Molecular Immunology Database, Los Alamos |
| Employer: | Programa GABBA, Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Position: | Project |
| Time period: | September 1997 - September 1998 |
| Description: | • Short-term research projects in Developmental Biology, Genetics, Pharmacology |
| Employer: | Abraço, HIV/AIDS NGO, Portugal |
| Position: | Voluntary work |
| Time period: | September 1996 - September 1998 |
| Description: | • Teamwork in fund raising, event organisation and prevention campaigns that attracted
national media coverage; led to establishment of a care-centre for AIDS patients |
| Employer: | Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Position: | Research Training |
| Time period: | September 1996 - June 1997 |
| Description: | • Assessment of new method for diagnosis of Tuberculosis; one publication |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2006 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 1998 - 2002 |
| Degree: | HIV Immunology, PhD |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | PUBLICATIONS
Rowland-Jones S, Pinheiro S, Kaul R. New insights into host factors in HIV-1 pathogenesis. Cell. 2001 Feb 23; 104(4):473-6. Review. Co-authorship paper. Rowland-Jones SL, Pinheiro S, Kaul R, Hansasuta P, Gillespie G, Dong T, Plummer FA, Bwayo JB, Fidler S, Weber J, McMichael A, Appay V. How important is the 'quality' of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response in protection against HIV infection? Immunology Letters. 2001 Nov 1; 79(1-2):15-20. Co-authorship paper. Missale G, Papagno L, Penna A, Pilli M, Zerbini A, Vitali P, Pieroni G, Urbani S, Uggeri J, Pinheiro S, Rowland-Jones S, Ferrari C. Parenteral exposure to high HIV viremia leads to virus-specific T cell priming without evidence of infection. European Journal of Immunology. 2004 Nov; 34(11):3208-15. Pinheiro S, Gillespie GM, Sayeid-Al-Jamee M, Alabi A, Kaye S, Sabally S, Sarge-Njie R, Njai H, Joof K, Jaye A, Whittle H, Rowland-Jones S, Dorrell L.CD8+ T cell responses to human immunodeficiency viruses type 2 (HIV-2) and type 1 (HIV-1) gag proteins are distinguishable by magnitude and breadth but not cellular phenotype. European Journal of Immunology. 2005 May; 35(5):1445-53. Co-authorship paper. Discovery of new HIV-1 (eight) and HIV-2 epitopes (five), HIV Molecular Immunology Database, Los Alamos National Laboratory Goonetilleke N, Moore S, Dally L, Winstone N, Cebere I, Mahmoud A, Pinheiro S, Gillespie G, Brown D, Loach V, Roberts J, Guimaraes-Walker A, Hayes P, Loughran K, Smith C, De Bont J, Verlinde C, Vooijs D, Schmidt C, Boaz M, Gilmour J, Fast P, Dorrell L, Hanke T, McMichael AJ. Induction of multifunctional human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific T cells capable of proliferation in healthy subjects by using a prime-boost regimen of DNA- and modified vaccinia virus Ankara-vectored vaccines expressing HIV-1 Gag coupled to CD8+ T-cell epitopes. Journal of Virology. 2006 May; 80(10):4717-28. Viveiros M, Pinheiro S, Moreira P, Pacheco T, Brum L. Evaluation of a commercial ligase chain reaction assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 1999 Jun; 3(6):508-14. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Oxford University Fencing Club, Member of the British Fencing Association |
| Hobbies: | Piano, Violin, Running |
| Memberships: | Royal Society of Arts and Commerce (Fellow), Oxford Union, 85Broads, Oxford University
Strategic Studies Group, Oxford Entrepreneurs, Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Oxford University European Affairs Society, Oxford Business Alumni |
| Awards: | 2006 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts and Commerce
2006 Winner of Social Entrepreneurship Award, Idea Idol 2006, UK 2005 - 2006 Skoll Scholar, Skoll Foundation and Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship • Awarded a full one-year scholarship for an MBA at Oxford SAID Business School 2000 - 2003 Fellowship Awards from International Meeting Scientific Committees • AIDS Vaccine Meeting 2003, New York City, USA • International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, USA • Eighth Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Chicago, USA 2001 Prémio de Excelência em Imunologia Mário Arala Chaves, Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Lisboa, Portugal |
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