Dr Leonardo Bastos, PhD

Leo at 2024 ISBA World meeting, Venice, Italy

• Public health researcher at PROCC/Fiocruz, Brazil.

  

• Associate professor at IMPA tech

  

• Specialist at statistical models for Infectious disease epidemiology.

• Coordinator of the InfoGripe system (Dashboard by Dr. Daniel Camara).

• CNPq and FAPERJ research fellow.

Filliation

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz, Presidência, Programa de Computação Científica - PROCC, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada e Tecnologia - IMPA Tech, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Education

• PhD in Statistics, 2006-2010, The University of Sheffield, UK.
  Thesis: Validating Gaussian Process Models in Computer Experiments
  Supervisors: Prof. Jeremy Oakley and Prof. Tony O’Hagan

• MSc in Statistics, 2002-2003, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  Dissertation: Modelos dinâmicos e estáticos de sobrevivência com fragilidade espacial
  Supervisor: Prof. Dani Gamerman

• BSc in Statistics, 1998-2002, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Awards

• Study UK Alumni Awards 2024 Brazil in the area of Science and sustainability (News and Video)
• UFMG medal of honour 2024 (News and about the prize)
• Travel support award for the participation at the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) World Meeting, 2016.
• 3rd place on Best MSc dissertation competition at the National Symposium of Statistics and Probability, 2004 (News)

Students and collaborators awards

First place to Guilherme Silva in the Master dissertation award at the 25th SINAPE, 2024.

Honour mention to Fernanda Oliveria’s PhD thesis in the 2023 Oswaldo Cruz Thesis Award (Prêmio Oswaldo Cruz de Teses 2023) in the category Population Health, 2023.

Best hemotherapy paper at the HEMO2022, Congresso Brasileiro de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular, 2022.

Honour mention to Gisele V. Rocha paper at the IV Escola Brasileira de Modelagem Molecular (EBMM) , 2017.

Second place to Natalia Paiva in the Scientific Initiation award at the 20th SINAPE, 2012.

Address:

PROCC, Residência Oficial, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, 
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. CEP: 21040-900. 

Contact:

leonardo.bastos @ {fiocruz.br; impatech.edu.br}

Last update:

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