Prof. Dr. Vanessa Machado received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the ICBAS School of Medicine and Biomedicine Sciences, University of Porto. Since 2017, she has been a consultant for research and education at Egas Moniz—Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL. Since 2021, she has been an Associate Editor of BMC Oral Health and Frontiers in Dental Medicine. Since 2021, she has been a collaborator member of the Global Burden of Disease. Her research focuses mainly on the mechanisms of the association between periodontal conditions and female infertility and the inflammatory processes and burden to systemic health from oral sources.