Samuel Araujo Gomes da Silva
FIOCRUZ
samaraujogo@gmail.com
Demographer working on LGBT+ demography, health inequalities and the evaluation of social policies. Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS/Fiocruz Bahia) and associate researcher in the Graduate Program in Collective Health at the Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia (ISC/UFBA). Former postdoctoral researcher in the Public Health Program and researcher at the Market Research and Signals Station (EPSM/NESCON), both at the School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Co-coordinated research at Instituto Matizes and the Population and Gender Working Group of the Brazilian Association of Population Studies (ABEP). Former individual consultant to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the modernisation of statistical and geoscientific production at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), and substitute professor in the Department of Demography, CEDEPLAR/UFMG. Winner of the 2022 CAPES Thesis Award (Urban and Regional Planning/Demography), the 2022 UFMG Thesis Award and the 2022 UFMG Grand Thesis Prize (Humanities, Applied Social Sciences, Linguistics, Letters and Arts). PhD in Demography (CEDEPLAR/UFMG), MSc in Administration (CEPEAD/UFMG) and BA in International Relations (PUC Minas). Has worked on studies for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Fundação Dom Cabral, the National Council of State Health Secretaries (CONASS) and the Governance…
Lena FF, Silva SAG, Acosta E. Same-sex marriage in times of political uncertainty: evidence from Brazil. Population and Development Review, 2026.
Silva SAG, Miranda-Ribeiro P, Noronha KVMS, Guedes GR, Cochran S. Estimation and discussion of the milestones of sexual identity development among sexual minorities in the Global South: the case of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Revista Latinoamericana de Población (RELAP), 20, 2026.
Silva SAG, Dias FS, Guimarães JMN, Casais G, Moncayo AL, et al. Impact of a non-contributory pension for older adults on hospitalisations and mortality: a protocol for a natural experimental study of the Brazilian continuous cash benefit (BPC). BMJ Open, 16, 2026.
Guimarães JMN, Pescarini J, Moncayo AL, Craig P, Silva SAG, et al. Racial inequities in cervical cancer mortality and the role of the Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer programme: results from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort. Lancet Regional Health – Americas, 62:101562, 2026.
Silva SAG, Miranda-Ribeiro P, Noronha KVMS, Guedes GR. Complexities and challenges of health care access for trans people in Minas Gerais: a qualitative study a decade after the implementation of the SUS gender affirmation process. Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, 33, 2024.
2022 CAPES Thesis Award – Urban and Regional Planning / Demography, Brazilian Ministry of Education
2022 UFMG Grand Thesis Prize – Humanities, Applied Social Sciences, Linguistics, Letters and Arts
2022 UFMG Thesis Award
2019 Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, Fulbright Commission Brazil