Álvaro Borges is a physician-scientist educated in Brazil, the United Kingdom and Denmark. He has an MSc degree in Tropical and Infectious Diseases by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (2011) and a PhD in Immunology and Infectious Diseases by the University of Copenhagen (2015). He has joined the Center for Vaccine Research (CVR) at Statens Serum Institut in Denmark as Chief Medical Officer to work on clinical trials testing new candidate vaccines in humans.
Álvaro has been actively involved in 1) design and coordination of clinical trials and research projects primarily within vaccines, 2) studies of pathogen mechanisms and natural immunity / vaccine immunity in human cohorts, 3) clinical data interpretation, preparation of scientific manuscripts and presentations at international meetings and 4) fundraising for clinical trials.
Álvaro has more than 8 years’ experience working as a medical officer of multinational trials involving participants with infectious diseases. He has considerable expertise in clinical research, clinical trials, infectious diseases, vaccines, epidemiology, tropical medicine and HIV.