Marina de Borba Oliveira Freire

Marina de Borba Oliveira Freire is an epidemiologist at the Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) in Brazil, known for her research on the relationship between infant head circumference growth and future intelligence quotient (IQ). Her recent study, conducted in collaboration with the University of Oxford and supported by public health organization Umane, found that increased head circumference growth during the first year of life is associated with higher IQ in adulthood, highlighting the importance of early childhood development.