Carlos José Sousa Passos
Dr. Passos is biologist by training and holds a master and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQÀM, Canada), in addition to a post-doctorate in environmental toxicology from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil). He has developed a large expertise in the evaluation of human exposures to environmental contaminants (e.g., metals and pesticides) and the associated toxic risks as well as early health effects resulting from such exposures, particularly in traditional populations (e.g., indigenous peoples and small riparian communities) living in the Brazilian portion of the Amazonian rainforest. He currently holds a tenure-track professorship position at the University of Brasilia (UnB - Associate Professor), and he has also been acting as invited professor of the Institute of Environmental Sciences of UQÀM to teach the field course “Amazon: milieu, intervention and conservation” at their Program of Graduate Studies in Environmental Sciences. At UnB, he teaches different courses both in the undergraduate (e.g., Environmental Management Bachelor Degree) and graduate level (master and doctoral degrees in Sustainable Rural and Urban Development), focusing on aspects relating to environmental and public health issues in a context of development.
Among others, his research interests comprise studies about the influence of local and regional development models and strategies on increasing risks of human multiple exposures to and early health effects resulting from environmental pollutants (Hg, Pb, glyphosate-based herbicides, organophosphate insecticides, etc.). He is currently involved in the conduction of some small research projects along these lines in Brazil and other Amazonian countries (e.g., Colombia), and he is an active member of the Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health in Latin America and Caribbean (CoPEH-LAC), besides being the UnB representative at the Brazilian National Commission for Chemical Security (CONASQ), particularly acting in the Permanent Committee for the Implementation of the Minamata Convention - http://www.mercuryconvention.org/ - in Brazil. He is also an active member and former Executive Secretary (for three consecutive mandates) of the International Association for Ecology & Health - http://www.ecohealth.net
Among others, his research interests comprise studies about the influence of local and regional development models and strategies on increasing risks of human multiple exposures to and early health effects resulting from environmental pollutants (Hg, Pb, glyphosate-based herbicides, organophosphate insecticides, etc.). He is currently involved in the conduction of some small research projects along these lines in Brazil and other Amazonian countries (e.g., Colombia), and he is an active member of the Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health in Latin America and Caribbean (CoPEH-LAC), besides being the UnB representative at the Brazilian National Commission for Chemical Security (CONASQ), particularly acting in the Permanent Committee for the Implementation of the Minamata Convention - http://www.mercuryconvention.org/ - in Brazil. He is also an active member and former Executive Secretary (for three consecutive mandates) of the International Association for Ecology & Health - http://www.ecohealth.net
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