Background
FONTENELLE, José P was born in 1887 in Belem, Para, Brazil.
FONTENELLE, José P was born in 1887 in Belem, Para, Brazil.
Professor of statistics, Institute de Educaçâo, 1931-1937. Superintendent of health centers of Rio de Janeiro, 1934-1936. Commissioner of health, Rio de Janeiro, 1937-1939.
Chief epidemiologist, public health service of federal district, since 1940. Professor, of public health, Institute Oswaldo Cruz, since 1940. Doctor of Medicine, University do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1910.
Special training in statistics, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, United States of America, 1925-1926.
Member: Inter-American Statistical Institute (charter member), American Public Health Association.