
RENÉ MENDES
Présentation
PROF. RENE MENDES
Physician (School of Medicine/1971). Specialist in Public Health (USP, 1974) and Occupational Medicine (ANAMT/AMB, 1975). Master, Doctor and Associate Professor in Public Health (USP) and Titular Professor of Preventive and Social Medicine at UFMG (retired) at the Faculty of Medicine/UFMG (1991-2007). Senior Associate Professor, School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University (1983-2011). Collaborating Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies/USP (2019-2021). Fifty years of professional experience, having held management positions at Fundacentro, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and International Labor Organization (ILO). Organizer and main author of the treaty “Pathology of Work” (3 editions) and of the “Dictionary of Occupational Health and Safety: Concepts - Definitions - History - Culture" (2018). Workers” and is linked to the Instituto Saúde e Sociedade (ISS) – Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp-Baixada Santista), as a “Senior Professor.” He coordinates the project for the future “Observatory of Work and the Working Class” at Unifesp (multi and intercampi).
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