Vitor Chiarini Zanetta

Vitor Chiarini Zanetta, a forth year graduation student at the school of medicine of Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP) was born and lives in São Paulo, one of the largest metropolis in the world, with more then 11 million habitants. Vitor is concerned about Brazil’s lack of quality in health care and structure. Having passed 30 days travelling through the Northeast of Brazil by car, driving over 9.000 kilometers, in straight contact with the whole population of that area, helped him to understand the poverty that still prevails in Brazil and the urgent need of assistance. Academically Vitor took part in many extra-curricular activities during his years at FMUSP, such as being the vice-president of the Orthopedics and Traumatology students group for one year, which is a group devoted to get graduation students in contact with the orthopedics area, and having studied the causes of sudden death in São Paulo state. Also, Vitor was a monitor in surgical techniques classes, helping third year graduation students during their course. Currently Vitor is studying the data collected in a field research referring to the quality of sleep of sugarcane harvesters, a group of people that has a hard working journey and is exposed to large amounts of inhaled CO in the process of cane burning.Vitor is also a member and director of Show Medicina, which is a comedy theater group of FMUSP students, that is performed twice a year Harvard is thought to be a priceless opportunity due to its structure and organization. This exchange program could expand his academic view and improve his scientific research practice. The outcome of this opportunity could contribute to his professional skills and also to both universities.