Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra, PhD, MPH, Mayor of Fortaleza, Brazil, will speak at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health on Friday, June 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Drachman Hall, Room A114. The title of his talk is “Public Health Systems in a Major Brazilian Urban Center”.

Dr. Cláudio was elected President of the Legislative Assembly and served between 2011-2013. Prior to his appointment in the Legislative Assembly, Dr. Cláudio served as State Representative in 2006 and 2010.

Dr. Cláudio is a medical health officer with the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). As a public health professional, his focus is planning and evaluation of public health policies, including the ‘Family Health Program,’ a Brazilian federal health program. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees in Public Health from the University of Arizona.

For more information, please contact Laura Shriver, shriverl@email.arizona.edu, (520) 626-7914.