January 2017
We welcome the appointment of Nísia Trindade Lima as the new president of Fiocruz by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. She was elected on November 25th by Fiocruz employees (with 59.7% of votes) to lead the institution.
In an interview with O Globo newspaper, Nísia Trindade reaffirmed Fiocruz’s commitment to public health in Brazil and the institution’s role in addressing the health crisis, mainly represented by the threat of zika, dengue and chikungunya epidemics.
Revista Historia Ciência Saúde-Manguinhos is very proud to have Nísia Trindade Lima among the members of its editorial board.
We congratulate Nísia Trindade Lima, the first woman president of Fiocruz, and wish her success in conducting the institution in these particularly difficult times.
Nísia is a sociologist and joined Fiocruz as a researcher almost thirty years ago. Her projects and publications deal mainly with discussions related to the role of sciences and intellectuals in the construction of national identity, especially with regard to territorial conformation, organization of health and education services, and relations between regional and national arrangements in twentieth-century Brazil .
See her articles already published in Manguinhos:
Lima, Nísia Trindade and Botelho, André. Malária como doença e perspectiva cultural nas viagens de Carlos Chagas e Mário de Andrade à Amazônia. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Set 2013, vol.20, no.3, p.745-763. ISSN 0104-5970
Lima, Nísia Trindade and Maio, Marcos Chor. Ciências sociais e educação sanitária: a perspectiva da Seção de Pesquisa Social do Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública na década de 1950. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 2010, vol.17, no.2, p.511-526. ISSN 0104-5970
Lima, Nísia Trindade. Uma brasiliana médica: o Brasil Central na expedição científica de Arthur Neiva e Belisário Penna e na viagem ao Tocantins de Julio Paternostro. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jul 2009, vol.16, suppl.1, p.229-248. ISSN 0104-5970
Sá, Dominichi Miranda de, Sá, Magali Romero and Lima, Nísia Trindade. Telégrafos e inventário do território no Brasil: as atividades científicas da Comissão Rondon (1907-1915). Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Set 2008, vol.15, no.3, p.779-810. ISSN 0104-5970
Schweickardt, Júlio César and Lima, Nísia Trindade. Os cientistas brasileiros visitam a Amazônia: as viagens científicas de Oswaldo Cruz e Carlos Chagas (1910-1913). Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dez 2007, vol.14, p.15-50. ISSN 0104-5970
Lima, Nísia Trindade. Missões civilizatórias da República e interpretação do Brasil. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jul 1998, vol.5, p.163-193. ISSN 0104-5970
Kropf, Simone Petraglia and Lima, Nísia Trindade. Os valores e a prática institucional da ciência: as concepções de Robert Merton e Thomas Kuhn. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Fev 1999, vol.5, no.3, p.565-581. ISSN 0104-5970
