Positions and Honors
– PhD degree in Epidemiology – University of Pittsburgh, USA (2002)
– Master’s degree (MSc) in Medicine (Infectious and Parasitic Diseases) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) (1998)
– Degree in Medicine – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) (1993)
– Full Professor of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
– Permanent Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Maternal and Child Health at UFRJ
Main research areas
- Pediatric Maternal-Child Infectious Diseases
- Infections associated with healthcare in pediatrics
- Congenital infections
- Epidemiology
Main publications
1. VELÁSQUEZ, SABINA RODRIGUEZ ; JACQUES, LÉA ; DALAL, JYOTI ; SESTITO, PAOLO ; HABIBI, ZAHRA ; VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, AKARSH ; NGUIMBIS, BENEDICT ; MESA, SARA BOTERO ; CHIMBETETE, CLEOPHAS ; KEISER, OLIVIA ; IMPOUMA, BENIDO ; MBOUSSOU, FRANCK ; WILLIAM, GEORGE SIE ; NGOY, NSENGA ; TALISUNA, AMBROSE ; GUEYE, ABDOU SALAM ; HOFER, CRISTINA BARROSO; CABORE, JOSEPH WAOGODO . The toll of COVID-19 on African children: A descriptive analysis on the COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality among the pediatric population in Sub-Saharan Africa. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, v. 1, p. 1-14, 2021.
2. LIMA, GIULIA P. ; ROZENBAUM, DANIEL ; PIMENTEL, CLARISSE ; FROTA, ANA CRISTINA CISNE ; VIVACQUA, DANIELA ; MACHADO, ELIZABETH S. ; SZTAJNBOK, FERNANDA ; ABREU, THALITA ; SOARES, RAQUEL A.; HOFER, CRISTINA B. . Factors associated with the development of Congenital Zika Syndrome: a case-control study. BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, v. 19, p. 277, 2019.
3. FROTA, ANA CRISTINA C.; FERREIRA, BIANCA; HARRISON, LEE H.; PEREIRA, GISELE S.; PEREIRA-MANFRO, WANIA; MACHADO, E. S.; DE OLIVEIRA, RICARDO HUGO; ABREU, THALITA F.; MILAGRES, LUCIMAR G. ; HOFER, C. B. Safety and immune response after two-dose meningococcal C conjugate immunization in HIV-infected children and adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. VACCINE, v. 1, p. 1, 2017.
4. HOFER, CRISTINA BARROSO; EGGER, MATTHIAS ; DAVIES, MARY-ANN; FROTA, ANA CRISTINA CISNE; DE OLIVEIRA, RICARDO HUGO; ABREU, THALITA FERNANDES; ARAÚJO, LÚCIA EVANGELISTA; WITTHLIN, BERNARDO BASTOS; CARVALHO, ALICE WEBER; CORDEIRO, JANAÍNA RIVAS; LIMA, GIULIA PASQUALINI; KEISER, OLIVIA. The cascade of care to prevent mother-to-child transmission in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1996-2013: improving but still some way to go. TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, v. 22, p. 1266-1274, 2017.
5. PUCARELLI-LEBREIRO, GIULIANA; VENCESLAU, MARIANNA TAVARES; CORDEIRO, CATHERINE CRESPO; MACIEL, FERNANDA QUEIROZ; ANACHORETA, THIAGO DIAS; ABREU, THALITA FERNANDES DE ; FROTA, ANA CRISTINA CISNE ; CASTIÑEIRAS, TEREZINHA MARTA PEREIRA PINTO ; COSTA, ANALUCIA MENDES DA; LOPES, ADRIANA CRISTINA DA LUZ; CAMPOS, LUDMILA NASCIMENTO RODRIGUES; CALVANO, LUIZA MARIA; GUIMARAES, MARIA ANGELICA ARPON MARANDINO; HOFER, CRISTINA BARROSO. Clinical Manifestations and Complications of Children With COVID-19 Compared to Other Respiratory Viral Infections: A Cohort Inpatient Study From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Frontiers in Pediatrics, v. 10, p. 1, 2022.