Executive Director Paola Minoprio will attend the Directors’ Assembly, while researcher Mauro César Cafundó de Morais will present a study using AI to analyze the distribution of dengue in Brazil.
Paola Minoprio, Executive Director of the Institut Pasteur de São Paulo (IPSP), and Mauro César Cafundó de Morais, Head of the institute’s Climate and Health Laboratory, will participate in the Pasteur Network Annual Meeting, taking place from November 3 to 5 in Laval, in the Greater Montreal area, Canada. The meeting will focus on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies and their impact on research, diagnostics, and public health.
During the event, Minoprio will attend the assembly of directors from the network’s member institutions. The annual meeting provides an opportunity to discuss and vote on matters related to the Pasteur Network’s ongoing activities, as well as to exchange information about its member institutes.
Morais will deliver a presentation during a session dedicated to the future of AI-driven research. He will share preliminary findings from a study on the distribution of dengue in Brazil and discuss how AI tools have contributed to data analysis and improvements in the study’s methodology.
Dengue and artificial intelligence — The study led by Morais uses publicly available data on dengue cases in Brazil to assess how the geographical distribution of the disease has changed over the past decade. According to the researcher, preliminary findings indicate a trend toward a southward shift in dengue incidence across the country.
With the support of artificial intelligence, Morais refined the analysis and estimated the rate of this geographical shift. The underlying causes of the trend have yet to be investigated. Possible explanations include changes in climatic conditions favorable to dengue transmission and differences in population susceptibility to different dengue virus serotypes.
International cooperation — The sessions will bring together researchers, clinicians, and public health leaders from Pasteur Network institutions to share experiences in applying artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to their work.
With a presence in different regions of the world, the Pasteur Network brings together 33 research institutes working on local public health priorities and their global implications. Cooperation among its members also contributes to the surveillance of emerging infectious diseases.