João Monteiro (editor)

João P. Monteiro is a Brazilian doctor, academic and the chief editor of Nature Medicine.

Early life and education

Monteiro was born in Brazil.[1] He obtained his medical degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro where he also obtained his PhD studying the mechanisms of tolerance to self-antigens in autoimmune diseases.[2]

Career

After his PhD, Monteiro moved to the US having been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from The Pew Charitable Trust to study T cell antigen recognition and in vivo dynamics of the immune responses at the National Institutes of Health.[2][3]

In 2013, Monteiro joined Cell where he worked as the senior editor for immunology and translational medicine until 2017.[2] In 2017 be was appointed as the chief editor of Nature Medicine.[2] In 2021, he joined the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.[2]

Personal life

Monteiro is based in New York City, USA.[2]

References

  1. ^ "João P. Monteiro, Ph.D." Pew. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "About the Editors | Nature Medicine". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  3. ^ "João Monteiro". Nature Masterclasses. Retrieved 2022-04-04.