Dr. Maria Lucia Zaidan Dagli is a full professor of General and Animal Pathology and Head of the Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Oncology at the Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Her main research interests include animal and toxicological pathology, carcinogenesis, cancer chemoprevention, and new cancer therapies. Dr. Dagli received her professional degrees (DVM, Residence in Anatomic Pathology, MSc and PhD) from the University of São Paulo, and did her post-doctorate training at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC, Lyon, France. She was president of the Latin American Society of Toxicologic Pathology (LASTP), and president of the Brazilian Association of Veterinary Oncology (ABROVET). She was member and vice president of the National Technical Committee on Biosafety (CTNBio, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil) and coordinator of the Graduate Program on Biotechnology of the University of São Paulo. Since 2009, she has been a member of the Expert Panel for Fragrance Safety. Dr. Dagli has authored or co-authored more than 900 publications, and delivered over 300 oral and poster presentations and lectures. She supervised more than 20 MSc dissertations, 15 PhD theses and 20 post docs. She is a member of the Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP), Society of Toxicology (SOT), Veterinary Cancer Society (VCS) and Toxicology Forum, serving in many committees in these societies.
Maria Lucia Zaidan Dagli
