Benedita Barata da Rocha
Benedita Barata da Rocha, is a Portuguese immunologist.
She earned her M.D. 1972 from the University of Lisbon, and her Ph.D. 1978 from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is "directeur de recherche classe exceptionel" of the CNRS and director of a research unit of the INSERM at the Necker Institute, Paris, France. Her major scientific contributions are in the areas of T cell immune tolerance, T cell memory and development of intraepithelial lymphocytes.
In 2007 she received the CNRS Silver Medal award and in 2009 a European Research Council advanced grant.
She has published more than 100 research articles.Major works
