Daniella Ferreira BSc, PhD

Daniela obtained a BSc in Biological Sciences in 2005 and a PhD in Immunology and Biotechnology in 2009 from the University of Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil). From 2001 to 2009 Daniela trained at Butantan Institute (Sao Paulo, Brazil) on development of novel vaccines against pneumococcal carriage, pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease using different vaccine formulations, new adjuvants and routes of immunization. During her PhD Daniela was awarded the prestigious Robert Austrian Research Award in Pneumococcal Vaccinology sponsored by Wyeth to develop novel mucosal vaccines (2006).

Daniela joined the Respiratory Infection Group at LSTM in December 2009 as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist and help developing the only Experimental Human Pneumococcal Carriage model in the world. Her work has been focusing on mucosal (nasal and lung) and systemic responses to pneumococcal carriage and development of novel respiratory vaccines. Daniela was appointed Lecturer and promoted to Senior Lecturer within the Department of Clinical Sciences in 2015.