The People Behind æqualis
Building the future of healthcare simulation requires expertise across medicine, artificial intelligence, data science, and innovation.æqualis brings together clinicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, and technologists working toward a common mission:
Accelerating Medical Discovery Through Simulation
Gustavo Jacob
Founder & CEO
Building the infrastructure needed to accelerate medical discovery through simulation.
Surgical oncologist, entrepreneur, inventor, and researcher focused on the intersection of healthcare and artificial intelligence.
Ricardo Cabral
COO & CCO
Connecting healthcare innovation with real-world adoption.
Physician and health IT executive with extensive experience in digital health, healthcare transformation, and international business development.
Helena Couto
CFO
Building sustainable foundations for long-term innovation.
Responsible for governance, operations, financial strategy, and organizational development.
Anísio Lacerda
Scientific Director
Advancing trustworthy artificial intelligence through world-class research in causal inference, machine learning and AI.
Professor, Department of Computer Science, UFMG.
Gisele Pappa
Academic Lead
Exploring causal reasoning, machine learning, generative AI, and decision science to support the future of healthcare simulation.
Professor, Department of Computer Science, UFMG.
Lucas Santiago
Data Science Lead
Transforming scientific concepts into scalable data-driven systems.
Specialized in machine learning, synthetic data generation, and computational experimentation.
Why This Team Matters
Medicine Expertise Alone Is Not Enough
Healthcare simulation requires more than clinical expertise.
It requires combining medicine, artificial intelligence, data science, software engineering, and scientific validation into a single multidisciplinary effort.
æqualis was built at the intersection of those disciplines.
Our Shared Mission
Every Healthcare Hypothesis Deserves The Chance To Be Tested
We believe innovation should not be limited by access to data.
We believe simulation will become a fundamental capability of healthcare innovation.
And we believe multidisciplinary collaboration is essential to making that future possible.