Honorary Committee: 

Ana Isabel Simões – CIUHCT/FCUL
Fernando Santana – FCT/UNL
Marcos Cueto - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
Maria Paula Diogo – CIUHCT/FCT-UNL
Mitermayer G. Reis - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
Nísia Trindade Lima - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
Paulo Elian - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
Paulo Ferrinho – IHMT, New University of Lisboa
Paulo Gadelha - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
Sanjoy Bhattacharya – Centre for Global Health Histories - University of York

Scientific Committee

Alexander Medclaf– University of York
Amélia Ricon-Ferraz – Universidade of OPorto
Ana Cristina Roque – Tropical and Scientific Research Institute, Lisbon
André Felipe Cândido da Silva – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
André Mota – University of São Paulo
Cristiana Bastos – ICS, University of Lisbon
Henrice Altink – University of York 
João Rui Pita – CEIS, University of Coimbra
Jorge Seixas – IHMT, New University of Lisbon
Marta Lourenço – CIUHCT, University of Lisbon
Monica Saavedra – University of York 
Nelson Sanjad – Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Rita Garnel - CESNOVA, New University of Lisbon
Rita Pemberton, The University of the West Indies, St.Augustine,Trinidad and Tobago
Sandra Caponi – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Sílvio Marcus de Souza Correa – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Simone Kropf – Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
Stefan Rinke –Lateinamerika-Institut. Freie Universität Berlin 
Tânia Salgado Pimenta – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)

Local Organizing Committee

Ana Carneiro – CIUHCT, New University of Lisbon
Ana Rita Lobo – CIUHCT, New University of Lisbon 
Isabel Amaral– CIUHCT, New University of Lisbon
Jaime L. Benchimol – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
João Machado – CIUHCT, New University of Lisbon 
José Luís Dória – IHMT, New University of Lisbon
Luís Neves Costa – University of Coimbra
Magali Romero Sá – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
Maria Paula Diogo – CIUHCT, New University of Lisbon 
Philip Havik – IHMT, New University of Lisbon
Ricardo Castro – FCSH, New University of Lisbon
Sanjoy Bhattacharya – Centre for Global Health Histories – University of York
Zulmira Hartz – IHMT, New University of Lisbon

Affiliated organizations

Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon (FCT/UNL)
Centre for History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT)
Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT/UNL)
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
Centre for Global Health Histories (CGHH), University of York
Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal

Institutional Support

The organizers are grateful for the support of the following institutions: