Dental & Oral Health

Magda E G Portugal is a Ph.D student in the Internal Medicine post-graduation programe at Universidade Federal do Parana in Brazil. She is a dental surgeon and has been working in virology research, epidemiology and teaching for five years. Currently, her research is related to know the frequency of HPV infection and its association with head and neck tumors, identifying the HPV genotypes, the expression of viral genes and cellular proteins. Her expertise in Public Health Education, specially with elderly patients came after some years of experience in research and teaching both in hospitals and education institutions.