DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES
PUBLIC HEALTH SEMINAR
Presented by: Breno Diniz, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Center on Aging
UConn School of Medicine
Title: “Chagas Disease: History, Epidemiology, and Manifestations”
DATE: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TIME: 12:00-1:00 pm
LOCATION: Hybrid - 195 Farmington Ave., Ste. 2100 & Teams
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Bio:
Dr. Diniz is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Center on Aging, and Co-Leader, UConn Pepper Center Biomarker Core. He also holds a joint faculty appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences.
Dr. Diniz’ lab is focused on investigating how age-related changes in biological processes (the Pillars of Biological Aging) affect the development and outcomes of late-life mental and neuropsychiatric disorders and how it translates into the repurpose or development of novel interventions to treat and prevent these disorders across the lifespan. However, in this presentation, he will bring back a long-lost expertise in tropical infectious disease to discuss the epidemiology of Chagas Disease.
For more information, contact: Lisa Cook at lcook@uchc.edu