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Daniel Brito de Araujo is a physician specialized in Rheumatology and Associate Professor at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. He holds a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of São Paulo. His clinical and research activities focus on autoimmune rheumatic diseases, particularly idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, systemic sclerosis, and psoriatic arthritis. He is the coordinator of the Inflammatory Myopathies Committee of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology and leads the Brazilian Multicenter Registry of Autoimmune Myopathies (REMAS).

Dr. Araujo participates in several international collaborative research networks including GRAPPA, EUSTAR, the Myositis Clinical Trials Consortium (MCTC), the International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS), and the International Myositis Society (iMyos). His work involves multicenter research projects, disease registries, and clinical studies aimed at improving the understanding of autoimmune rheumatic diseases and their outcomes.

He is responsible for the Rheumatology outpatient clinic at the Faculty of Medicine of UFPel and has served in leadership roles in postgraduate medical education, including past Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and Director of the Medical Residency Committee. His academic work integrates clinical practice, medical education, and collaborative research in rheumatology.