We are pleased to inform that the student of the Graduate Program in Health Sciences THIAGO CERQUEIRA SILVA was the winner of the CAPES Thesis Award 2023 Edition in the field of Medicine I, with the thesis entitled "Digital health for monitoring the effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19 in Brazil (Saúde digital para monitoramento da efetividade das vacinas contra COVID-19 no Brasil)". Supervised by Prof. VIVIANE SAMPAIO BOAVENTURA DE OLIVEIRA and co-supervised by Prof. MANOEL BARRAL NETTO, Thiago is the first M.D./Ph.D. student to join the PPgCS. With this distinction, the PPgCS has now received two CAPES Thesis Awards in a 5-year period.