A/Prof Helder Nakaya

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Helder Nakaya is a senior researcher at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP), internationally recognized for pioneering systems vaccinology, which integrates immunology, genomics, and data science to understand vaccine responses. He has published over 200 papers in high-impact journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, and PNAS. Nakaya leads the Computational Systems Biology Laboratory (CSBL, csbiology.org), developing AI-driven tools for immunology, precision medicine, and digital epidemiology. His work bridges molecular and population health, advancing predictive and personalized approaches to vaccines and immune-mediated diseases.