Nísia Trindade

Nísia Trindade
Minister of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byMarcelo Queiroga
Chairwoman of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
In office
4 January 2017 – 1 January 2023
Preceded byPaulo Gadelha
Succeeded byMario Moreira
Personal details
Born
Nísia Trindade Lima

(1958-01-17) 17 January 1958 (age 66)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Profession
  • Social scientist
  • sociologist
  • researcher
  • university professor
Awards Legion of Honour (Chevalier)[1]
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisO Movimento de Favelados do Rio de Janeiro: Políticas do Estado e Lutas Sociais (1989)
Doctoral advisorLuiz Antonio Machado da Silva

Nísia Trindade Lima (born 17 January 1958 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian social scientist, sociologist, researcher and university professor who has been serving as Minister of Health of Brazil since 2023. She served as chairwoman of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation from 2017 to 2023.

Early life and education

Trindade was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1958, raised in the neighbourhood of Flamengo. She is the daughter of Nivaldo de Assis Lima, who had been a judge. Inspired by her high school sociology teacher, Nisia attended the Social Sciences School of the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), in 1976.[2][3]

During her university studies, Trindade joined a pro-democracy student movement and was part of the construction of the Human Sciences academic center of the university. After graduation, Trindade began teaching in state and municipal public schools in Rio. In 1982, she began her Master's Degree in Political Sciences at the Researches University Institute of Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ), nowadays the Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP), with the thesis "O Movimento de Favelados do Rio de Janeiro: Políticas do Estado e Lutas Sociais".[4]

Career

Academic career

During the elaboration of her thesis, Trindade joined the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC) as researcher.[5] In 1992, she began her studies for a doctor degree, also at IUPERJ. In 1997, she defended the thesis "Um sertão chamado Brasil: intelectuais, sertanejos e imaginação social",[6] won the Best Doctor of Sociology Thesis of IUPERJ and it was published on book by the institution's publisher, with a second edition published by Hucitec in 2013.[7]

Trindade was head of the research department of the COC (1989–1991), deputy director (1992–1994) and director between 1998 and 2005. Trindade was member of the elaboration team of Museu da Vida project, opened in 1999. In 2000, she received the Centenary Medal of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). As COC director, she created the Post-graduation Program in Sciences and Health History (PPGHCS) in 2000.[8]

In December 2020, Trindade was elected member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) in the Social Sciences category.[9] On 1 January 2022, she became member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advance of science in developing countries.[10]

As productivity researcher of higher education of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Trindade is recognized for her scientific production and for her actions to improve the dialogue between science and society. She is a reference in the Brazilian social thinking, sciences history and public health areas. She taught and advised students from all education levels, from lower education to post-doctorate, as professor at UERJ and Fiocruz. Trindade is the author of dozens of articles, books and chapters with reflections about the dilemmas of the national society, specially the division between urban and rural Brazil. In the field of social sciences, she contributes through many different initiatives for the strengthening of actions of research and teaching. One of her accomplishments was the creation of the Social Thinking Virtual Library (BVPS), in collaboration with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and institutions networks.

Chairperson of Fiocruz, 2017–2023

First woman as chairperson of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in 120 of history, Trindade assumed office on 4 January 2017 as the most voted in the internal election.[11][12][13] During her term, she was committed to the expansion of Fiocruz's role in the global health community. She participated in many programs and international networks in the fields of Science History and Health History. Nísia coordinated the Zika Social Sciences Network, which is part of Zika Alliance Network, a multination and multidisciplinary research group formed by 54 members from all over the world. She was member of the work group of the World Health Organization Global Action Plan, whose goal is to optimize the global research for the countries' health systems, and of the WHO consultant group for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Nísia was member of the International Director Committee to oversee and facilitate the implementation of the Nairobi Summit on CIPD25 and assumed the co-presidency of the UNSDSN Health for All Network in 2019.[14]

During her tenure, Trindade led Fiocruz in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Some of the initiatives implemented were: the creation of a new Hospital Center in Manguinhos campus; the coordination of the Solidarity clinical trial of the World Health Organization in Brazil; measures for the increase of the national capacity of production of diagnostic kits and processing of tests results; the organization of emergency actions to aid the vulnerable population; the offer of virtual classes for professionals of the Unified Health System (SUS) in clinical magament and hospital attention for COVID-19 patients; and the launch of a biosecurity guide in schools. Fiocruz became a reference laboratory for the WHO regarding COVID-19 in the Americas.[14]

Trindade was also responsible for the creation of COVID-19 Observatory, a transdisciplinary network which searches and systematizes epidemiological data; monitors and publishes informations to subside public politics about the spread of the new coronavirus and its social impacts in different regions of Brazil.

Trindade coordinated a technological deal in articulation with the Ministry of Health, the Oxford University, the pharmaceutic company AstraZeneca and local production units for clinical tests, sanitary registration and production of million of doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil.[15]

On 11 January 2021, Trindade was reelected as chairwoman of Fiocruz, after she received 87% of the valid votes in the internal election.[16]

Minister of Health, 2023–present

On 22 December 2022, Trindade was announced by president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Minister of Health, assuming office on 1 January 2023. Nísia is the first woman to head the Ministry.[17] The choice was praised by WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, both in a press conference[18] and in his personal Twitter account.[19]

Other activities

Recognition

On 1 September 2021, Trindade received the Knight degree of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur) of France, recognizing her actions as chair of the Foundation in the areas of science and health, specially the institution actions in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Trindade Lima, Nísia". The World Academy of Sciences (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Nísia Verônica Trindade Lima". Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Nísia Trindade Lima - Trajetória Profissional" (PDF). Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. ^ Trindade Lima, Nísia Verônica (1989). O Movimento de Favelados do Rio de Janeiro: Políticas do Estado e Lutas Sociais (PDF). Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (MSc thesis) (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Nísia Trindade Lima". Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  6. ^ Trindade Lima, Nísia Verônica (1997). Um sertão chamado Brasil: intelectuais, sertanejos e imaginação social (PhD thesis) (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos.
  7. ^ Trindade Lima, Nísia (1997). Um sertão chamado Brasil (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Editora Revan. ISBN 9788571061729.
  8. ^ "Nísia Trindade Lima, presidente da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, faz a abertura do Ciclo de Conferências 'O que falta ao Brasil?'". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Portuguese). 24 July 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Nísia Trindade assume a Saúde com foco na reconstrução". Academia Brasileira de Ciências (in Portuguese). 4 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Nísia Trindade, presidente da Fiocruz, nomeada para a Academia Mundial de Ciências". Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (in Portuguese). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Nísia Trindade Lima é a nova presidente da Fiocruz". Sociedade de Medicina e Cirurgia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Nísia Trindade lima é a nova presidente da Fiocruz". Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (in Portuguese). 4 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Nísia Trindade Lima: a mais votada nas eleições para presidente da Fiocruz". Revista História Ciências Saúde (in Portuguese). November 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Nísia Trindade Lima: conheça a trajetória da presidente da Fiocruz". Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Fiocruz assina contrato de 100 milhões de doses da vacina". Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (in Portuguese). 10 September 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  16. ^ Oliveira, Mayara (11 January 2021). "Planalto reconduz Nísia Trindade Lima para continuar à frente da Fiocruz". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  17. ^ Ferreira, Paula (22 December 2022). "Quem é Nísia Trindade, escolhida por Lula para comandar o Ministério da Saúde". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  18. ^ Veloso, Natália (4 January 2023). "Nomeação de Nísia na Saúde é 'excelente', diz diretor da OMS". Poder360 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  19. ^ "Diretor da OMS celebra indicação de Nísia ao Ministério da Saúde: 'trabalharemos juntos'". O Globo (in Portuguese). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  20. ^ Two expert health leaders join CEPI Board Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), press release of 16 September 2021.
  21. ^ CEPI Board membership updates Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), press release of 5 April 2023.
  22. ^ Valente, Ricardo (2 September 2021). "Presidente da Fiocruz recebe a Legião de Honra da França". Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
Government offices
Preceded by
Paulo Gadelha
 Chairwoman of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
2017–2023 		Succeeded by
Mario Moreira
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Health
2023–present 		Incumbent

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