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Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci

Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
310 Trent Dr, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


mSaada: a mobile application to strengthen community-based cervical cancer screening

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Capacity building for injury and trauma care implementation and data science research training

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEInvestigator · Awarded by Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre · 2021 - 2025

Understanding patient perspective in ED triage: Opportunities to reduce bias in intake psychiatric patients

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2023 - 2025

Developing a Stigma-Responsive Intervention to Offer Cervical Cancer Prevention Services in HIV Care Facilities

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Fogarty International Center · 2022 - 2025

Increasing Accessibility of Laparoscopic Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025

Developing Capacity to Improve Care Transitions for Injury Patients in Tanzania

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

Shame, Guilt, and Error in EMS: A Qualitative Analysis of Culture and Attitudes in Prehospital Emergency Care

FellowshipMentor · Awarded by Emergency Medicine Foundation · 2020 - 2021

Decision-making process of prescribing anti-venom in snake envenomation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by BTG International Inc · 2019 - 2021

Social Determinants of Health and COVID-19 Infection in North Carolina: A Geospatial and Qualitative Analysis

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Emergency Medicine Foundation · 2020 - 2021

Adolescent Wellness Visits in Tanzania

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2020

External Relationships


  • Federal University of Pelotas
  • Federal University of São Paulo
  • Fundacao de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado (FMT-HVD)
  • Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center
  • Scio Educação e Inovação LTDA
  • State University of Maringa, Maringa Brazil
  • University of Maastricht

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies, institutions, or organizations listed above. This information is available to institutional leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.