Dr. Carolina Rosadas De Oliveira

Biography

Carolina Rosadas de Oliveira is a Research Fellow at Imperial College London, with a keen focus on improving access to diagnostics and public health responses to neglected infections. Her primary research interest is HTLV, a sexually transmitted infection that disproportionately affects communities with a low human development index. She is particularly committed to optimizing the diagnosis of HTLV and associated diseases to prevent transmission. As a lead consultant for HTLV at the World Health Organization, she is actively involved in the HTLV Guideline Steering Committee. Additionally, she supports the Pan-American Health Organization in building effective responses to HTLV, especially in the context of mother-to-child transmission. Dr. Rosadas de Oliveira collaborates extensively with the Brazilian Ministry of Health to foster an evidence-based public health response to HTLV, serving on the National Validation Commission for the certification of the elimination of vertical transmission of HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B in Brazil. A member of Technical Advisory Committees within the Ministry, her interests also include sexually transmitted infections and vertical transmission issues. Passionate about science communication and community engagement, she co-founded the HTLV Channel platform to raise awareness about the virus, share research findings with the community, and empower civil society for inter-sectoral collaboration.

Research Interests