We are pleased to inform that the student of the Graduate Program in Health Sciences FÁBIO DE CARVALHO PEIXOTO, advised by Professor Lucas Pedreira de Carvalho, was the winner of the UFBA Award for Thesis, Academic Dissertation, and Final Work of Professional Programs for the years 2021 and 2022, with the dissertation defended in 2022, in the Health Sciences area, entitled "EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF Leishmania braziliensis EXOSOMES IN THE PRODUCTION OF INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS BY MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTES"