Recently, Dr. Verocai visited the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), northeastern Brazil from October 22nd to 29th. The campus is located in Recife, the capital city of the State of Pernambuco. This visit was supported by the CAPES-PrINT program of the Brazilian government through a competitive process. Dr. Verocai was hosted by Drs. Leucio Câmara Alves (UFRPE) and Rafael Antonio do Nascimento Ramos from the Federal University of the Agreste of Pernambuco (UFAPE), who recently spent one year at Texas A&M University.
During his stay as a visiting professor, Dr. Verocai lectured in a graduate course “Special Topics in Diagnostic Parasitology” and had the chance to closely interact with graduate students and veterinary students interested in Parasitology.
Dr. Verocai meet with the upper administration, including Dr. Rinaldo Aparecido Mota, Dean of Research and Graduate Studies; Dr. Ana Paula Monteiro Tenório, head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine; and Dr. Fábio Mendonça, coordinator of the Graduate Program in Animal Biosciences. Naturally, there were also opportunities to discuss future collaboration with various parasitologists, including Drs. Alves and Ramos, and Drs. Renata Bandeira de Melo and Gílcia Aparecida de Carvalho.
