Antonio José Ledo Alves da Cunha MD, MPH, PhD

Publicado em 04/11/2025 11h31 Atualizado em 27/03/2026 18h10

Positions and Honors

Graduated in Medicine (MD) (1979) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Specialization (Residency) in Pediatrics (1982) at IPPMG-UFRJ
Postgraduate (MSc) in Pediatrics (1989) at UFRJ
Fellowship em Epidemiologia Clinica (1992) pela University of North Carolina em Chapel Hill -UNC-CH
Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH)(1992) – UNC-CH
PhD degree in Epidemiology (1996) UNC-CH
Post-doctorate (2018) from the National School of Public Health – FIOCRUZ
Member of the International network INCLEN (International Clinical Epidemiology Network)
President of LATINCLEN, INCLEN’s regional network for Latin America and is currently a member
Member of the Cochrane network
Advisor/consultant to the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization
Collaborated on the implementation of the IMCI strategy in Latin America and the world
Ex-Coordinator of the Medical Residency at IPPMG, Head of the Research Division at IPPMG, Head of the Pediatrics Department at FM-UFRJ
Director of IPPMG (2002-2006), Director of the Faculty of Medicine (2006-2011), and Vice-Dean (2011-2015)
Coordinator of the Academic Master’s Degree in Maternal and Child Health at IPPMG (2016-2018)
Executive Leadership Program in “Early Childhood Development” at Harvard University (2016)
Coordinator of Health and Epidemiology Multidisciplinary Lab– LAMPES at UFRJ
Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (UFRJ)
Coordinator of the “Laboratório Multidisciplinar de Epidemiologia e Saúde” – LAMPES at UFRJ
Coordination of Special Projects of the Dean’s Office of the UFRJ Health Sciences Center
Current Holder (2019-) of the Carlos Chagas CATEDRA at the “Colégio Brasileiro de Altos Estudos” (CBAE) of UFRJ.
Professor in several Postgraduate programs in the country, including the UFRJ Clinical Medicine Program (CAPES Grade 7), IESC Public Health Program (Grade 5)
Member of the Scientific Committee of “Núcleo Ciência Pela Infância” (NCPI)
Associate Researcher at the “Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisa Aplicada à Primeira Infância” (CEPAPI). He conducts research using epidemiological methods and clinical epidemiology in various areas of health.
In 2020, he was mentioned among the 160,000 most influential scientists in the world in the two rankings published in the scientific journal PLOS Biology (2020): the impact throughout his career (Table-S6-career-2019) and the impact in 2019 (Table-S7-singleyr-2019)

Main research areas

Child development
Clinical Epidemiology

Main publications

1) Genu DHS, Lima-Setta F, Colleti J Jr, de Souza DC, Gama SD, Massaud-Ribeiro L, Pistelli IP, Proença Filho JO, Bernardi TMC, de Castilho TRRN, Clemente MG, Borsetto CCMR, de Oliveira LA, Alves TRS, Pedroso DB, La Torre FPF, Borges LP, Santos G, de Mello E Silva JF, de Magalhães-Barbosa MC, da Cunha AJLA, Soares M, Prata-Barbosa A; Brazilian Research Network in Pediatric Intensive Care (BRnet-PIC). Multicenter validation of PIM3 and PIM2 in Brazilian pediatric intensive care units. Front Pediatr. 2022;10:1036007. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.1036007

2) Martins MM, Prata-Barbosa A, da Cunha AJLA. Update on SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2021;41(1):56-64. doi: 10.1080/20469047.2021.1888026.

3) Martins MM, Medronho RA, Cunha AJLAD. Zika virus in Brazil and worldwide: a narrative review. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2021;41(1):28-35. doi: 10.1080/20469047.2020.1776044.

4) de Araújo BES, da Silva Fontana R, de Magalhães-Barbosa MC, Lima-Setta F, Paravidino VB, Riveiro PM, Pulcheri LB, Dos Santos Salú M, Genuíno-Oliveira MB, Robaina JR, da Cunha AJLA, Cruz FF, Rocco PRM, Bozza FA, de Castro-Faria-Neto HC, Prata-Barbosa A. Clinical features, electroencephalogram, and biomarkers in pediatric sepsis-associated encephalopathy. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):10673. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14853-z.

5) Chalfun G, Reis MM, de Oliveira MBG, de Araújo Brasil A, Dos Santos Salú M, da Cunha AJLA, Prata-Barbosa A, de Magalhães-Barbosa MC. Perinatal stress and methylation of the NR3C1 gene in newborns: systematic review. Epigenetics. 2022;17(9):1003-1019. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2021.1980691