Drauzio Varella
Antônio Drauzio Varella is a Brazilian physician, scientist, writer, and medical science communicator. Varella has often commented publicly on issues such as prison conditions, social welfare, government, literature, medicine, and skepticism, and has frequently debunked pseudoscientific medical claims.
Varella was born in the Brás district of São Paulo to a family of Portuguese and Spanish descent and studied medicine at the University of São Paulo. While an undergraduate, he co-founded preparatory course Sistema Objetivo, where he taught chemistry for several years. The institution was later expanded into Universidade Paulista Varella received the 2000 Prêmio Jabuti for his book Estação Carandiru.
Varella was born in the Brás district of São Paulo to a family of Portuguese and Spanish descent and studied medicine at the University of São Paulo. While an undergraduate, he co-founded preparatory course Sistema Objetivo, where he taught chemistry for several years. The institution was later expanded into Universidade Paulista Varella received the 2000 Prêmio Jabuti for his book Estação Carandiru.
