Lead, ReCoDID Project

Priscilla is a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Reconciliation of Cohort Data in Infectious Diseases Project (ReCoDID) with the Institute on Ethics & Policy for Innovation (IEPI). She joined IEPI to be part of a diverse, multidisciplinary team, collaborating with worldwide partners at the intersection of ethics, global health, law, innovation, and public policy. Through her work, she strives to propose innovative legal, policy, and regulatory frameworks that contribute to ethical problem-solving in partnership with countries in the Global South.

Priscilla has worked as a lawyer specializing in intellectual property, data protection and privacy, and international law; as a consultant and negotiator for the private sector in Brazil and Canada; as the first executive director of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM-Brazil) in Brazil; and as a lecturer and tutor for institutions such as the University of Sao Paulo, McGill Faculty of Law, and the World Intellectual Property Organization Academy. Through her vast range of experiences, Priscilla has honed her areas of expertise in intellectual property rights, data protection and privacy, open science, innovation, complex adaptive systems (complexity science and systems thinking), law and development, global health, and infectious diseases.

Priscilla holds a Doctorate of Civil Law from McGill University Faculty of Law (2022), a Master’s in International Law (2011) and Bachelor of Laws (2005) from the University of São Paulo, and a Degree Certificate (Post-Graduation) in Industrial Property (2007) from the University of Buenos Aires.