Ethel Maciel
Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel (born 17 November 1968; Baixo Guandu) is a Brazilian PhD, epidemiologist, nurse, and current Secretary of Health Surveillance and Environment, an internal secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Health and the Chairperson for the Tuberculosis Research Network from World Health Organization. She is a researcher in infectious diseases with a special focus on tuberculosis. Education She holds a degree in nursing from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Ufes), a master's degree in Public Health Nursing from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), a doctorate in Public Health/Epidemiology from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and completed her postdoctoral studies at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Career She is a full professor in the Nursing department at the Federal University of Espírito Santo and holds a productivity scholarship from CNPq in the field of Epidemiology. She chaired the Brazilian Tuberculosis Network (Rede – TB). She was a member of the Tuberculosis Advisory Technical Group at the Ministry of Health and the Tuberculosis Advisory Technical Group of the Pan American Health Organization, an entity linked to the WHO. Between 2013 and 2020, she served as the Vice Rector of the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Ufes). In 2019, she was democratically elected as the rector of the same university, following a consultation with the university community and the Ufes' superior council. She was the first woman to be elected to the position. Despite winning the election, Maciel was not appointed by the then-president Jair Bolsonaro. Since 2020, Maciel has gained prominence in the press as a leading Brazilian researcher involved in scientific dissemination during the COVID-19 pandemic. In October 2023 she assumed the chair for the Tuberculosis Research Network from World Health Organization, an United Nation's organization. References 1968 births Living people 21st-century Brazilian scientists 21st-century Brazilian politicians Brazilian epidemiologists