Associate Professor of Economics at the São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP) and Director of Research of Instituto de Estudos para Políticas de Saúde (IEPS). NIHR Global Health Research Academy Member, President of the Scientific Advisory Board of Instituto Escolhas, member of the Scientific Committee of Núcleo Ciência pela Infância (NCPI), CNPq Productivity Fellow 1D, and research associate at the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC/Essex). Awarded the Haralambos Simeonidis Prize (30th Edition, 2012), the Newton Advanced Fellowship by the British Academy (2016-2019), the GCE Brazil Grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2018-2020) and international awards from ESRC, NIHR and CAF. Tenured assistant professor at IE-UFRJ (2012-2018), appointed vice-president of the Brazilian Econometric Society (2014-2016) and chapter head of the LACEA/IADB/World Bank/UNDP Research Network on Inequality and Poverty (NIP, 2004-2008). 

BA (summa cum laude) and MSc in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). PhD in Economics from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Further details about previous and current professional appointments can be found on this Curriculum Vitae. For additional information on academic achievements see Google Scholar Citations and Lattes.