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Celebration of the 150th anniversary of Oswaldo Cruz's birth

That Oswaldo Cruz and the history of Brazilian – and world – science are metonymically linked is an indisputable fact. And this finding was evident during the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the scientist's birth, held by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) on August 05, 2022, the date on which not only the birthday of the patron of the Institute and the Fiocruz, but also the National Health Day, instituted in his honor.
Tania Araujo-Jorge and Nisia Trindade Lima, the first women to lead the IOC and the Fiocruz, during the opening ceremony
The president of Fiocruz, Nísia Trindade Lima, during the beginning of the activity based on the theme “Oswaldo lives and inspires the future”
Tania Araujo-Jorge and Nisia Trindade Lima, the first women to lead the IOC and the Fiocruz, during the opening ceremony
José Paulo Gagliardi Leite, former director of the IOC, Ademir Martins, current Deputy Director of Teaching, Information and Communication, Marcelo Alves Pinto, former Deputy Director of Teaching, Information and Communication at IOC, and Norma Brandão, advisor to the Deputy Board of Education and head of the Institute's Academic Secretariat, during the symbolic inauguration of the accessibility platform at the Arthur Neiva Pavilion
Ademir Martins during the presentation of the short film “Letters to Oswaldo: the renewed commitment to health and science”, prepared by the Department of Journalism and Communication (DEJOR/IOC) based on contributions from the Institute community
Emotion gripped the auditorium during the premiere of the short film
Emotion gripped the auditorium during the premiere of the short film
Afterwards, the dean of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Denise Pires de Carvalho, began the lecture “Oswaldo Lives and inspires the future” recalling the historical link between the IOC and UFRJ
In the spotlight, Sergio Coutinho, Carlos Morel, Nisia Trindade Lima and Cristiani Machado
Denise recalled that the partnership between the institutions was established especially by Carlos Chagas Filho, who worked at both in the 1930s and 1940s, bringing to the University the teaching and research integration model of the IOC
Director between 1985 and 1989, Carlos Morel recalled the battle faced by Oswaldo Cruz to impose vaccination against smallpox, which triggered the vaccine revolt in 1904
Sergio Coutinho, who was ahead of the IOC from 1989 to 1993, recalled Oswaldo Cruz's priority: the life and health of the Brazilian people
The training of students from IOC in line with Oswaldo Cruz's vision of science for the health of the Brazilian population was highlighted by Claudio Ribeiro, director of 1993 and 1995
The importance of cutting-edge scientific knowledge and attention to the country's inequalities was the focus of Wilson Savino's speech, who headed the IOC between 2013 and 2017
José Paulo Leite (management 2017 to 2021) highlighted the relevance of research networks, the challenges in vaccination, the risk of the diaspora of Brazilian scientists and pointed out ways in the example of Oswaldo Cruz
Tania Araujo-Jorge (2005 to 2009; 2009 to 2013; 2021 to 2025) corroborated the proposals of the other former directors and emphasized the relevance of a more creative, solidary, cooperative and feminine science
“The future in Oswaldo’s eyes: how would the patron think about the next decades of the Institute?” Based on this interrogation, former directors of the IOC and the current director, elected for the third term, discussed perspectives and challenges for the Unit. The session had the participation, in person or virtually, of Carlos Morel, Sergio Coutinho, Claudio Ribeiro, Renato Cordeiro, Wilson Savino, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite and Tania Araujo-Jorge
The director of the National Institute of Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health Fernandes Figueira (IFF/Fiocruz), Antônio Meirelles, honored the event
Fátima Rocha, deputy director of Health Care and Laboratories at the National School of Public Health/Fiocruz, representing the director of the Unit, Marco Menezes
In the final stretch of the celebration, the bond between scientists Oswaldo Cruz and Carlos Chagas was highlighted in the block “Oswaldo and Chagas: the permanent legacy of partnership and collaboration”, led by Joseli Lannes, head of the Interaction Biology Laboratory of the IOC. On the occasion, initiatives were launched with the disease as a theme
Researcher Eduardo Caio presented the project “Escape Room: The Enigma of Lassance”, an interactive experience conceived by the Trypanosomatid Biochemistry Laboratory of the IOC
Researcher Anunciata Sawada presented the exhibition “Chagas disease from prehistory to the present day”, a partnership between the Universidad Mayor de San Simon (Bolivia), the Sérgio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP) and the IOC
The Institute's Entomological Collection, under the responsibility of curator Marcio Félix (Laboratory of Entomological Biodiversity), was also part of the activity - with emphasis on the exhibition of specimens of triatomines, popularly known as "kissing bugs", which act as vectors in the transmission of the disease of Nasturtium
The “Expresso Chagas” workshop and the launch of the online course “Expresso Chagas 21: training popular health agents for endemic areas”, which use social technology to disseminate knowledge about the condition, developed at the Laboratory of Innovations in Therapies , Teaching and Bioproducts of IOC, were presented by Tania Araujo-Jorge.
Closing the commemorative date activities, the 'Covid-19 Memorial' project was launched, a monument that reaffirms the solidarity of the IOC to the victims of the pandemic. The presentation was in charge of the Deputy Director of Institutional Development and Management, Wania Santiago