Dr. Debora Heller is a dental scientist and Assistant Professor in Dentistry at Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul and Researcher at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil. She has a PhD in oral biology from Boston University, an MSc from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and a DDS from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She leads the Saliva Lab, a salivary research laboratory in São Paulo, Brazil, and mentors undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students. She served as Public Relations Officer and Councilor for the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) Salivary Research Group (SRG). She is currently Vice- President for the IADR Salivary Research Group and a member of both the IADR Science Information Committee and the Woman in Science Network. Brazilian and international grants fund her research, which focuses on how saliva could be used to improve the health of patients, both as a diagnostic tool and as a source for therapeutics. Dr. Heller’s studies go from comprehensive salivary biomarker identification for diseases such as breast cancer to the development of an innovative approach to analyzing Brazilian first division soccer players’ performance through saliva. Debora’s scientific dissemination on Instagram called “A Dentista Cientista” ("The Dental Scientist”) has over 28,000 followers.