Dr. Rogério Pinto

Biography

Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Rogério M. Pinto focuses on finding academic and sociopolitical cultural venues to broadcast the voices of oppressed individuals and groups. His community-engaged research, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, emphasizes the impact of interprofessional collaboration in delivering evidence-based services, particularly in HIV drug-use prevention and care for marginalized racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities in the United States and Brazil. Pinto conducts art-based scholarly research and has performed his one-person play, 'Marília,' at New York City’s Theatre Row in 2015. The work explores the tragic death of his three-year-old sister, which haunts and inspires the family left behind. Funded by the University of Michigan Office of Research and several other sources, Pinto built the art installation 'Realm of the Dead' (https://www.pintorealmdead.com), which investigates his own marginalization as a gender non-conforming, mixed-race Latinx immigrant, presented at the School of Social Work as part of its Centennial celebration.

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