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.

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)

Address:

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

Contact:

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

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