About
Dr. Pettan-Brewer received her veterinarian degree in Brazil and moved to the USA to pursue her career in Zoological/Wildlife Medicine with Dr. Murray E Fowler and Comparative Pathology. She accredited her DVM degree in the USA, concluded a Master’s of Science in Comparative Pathology and three years Residency Program in Zoological/Wildlife Medicine at the University of California, Davis and Los Angeles Zoo. The prior focus of Dr. Pettan-Brewer’s research was medical genetics and the basic biology of aging and age-related diseases, particularly healthspan and cancer. She concentrated her studies on DNA damage and oxidative stress, genetic instability in different polymorphisms, and the investigation of DNA repair and antioxidant mechanisms during neoplastic progression by showing that a single nucleotide mutation in the oxidant-sensitive DNA repair gene, XRCC1, suppressed tumor progression, a major discovery for application to translational research. Her personal interests and passion in research, zoological and wildlife medicine provide her with continuous inspiration and direction for the interface of human and animal medicine, and wildlife as reservoirs of neglected and emerging infectious diseases. Dr. Pettan-Brewer received the 2014-2015 One Health Fulbright Scholar Award and is the One Health Brazil Latin America founder, and OHLA representative. She collaborates with microbiome and AMR research partnerships with the UW and Latin America.