Roberto Badaró is amongst the 100 most-cited infectious diseases scientists in the world. His research publications include more than 300 articles, reviews, and book chapters. He leads the Institute of Technologies for Health at SENAI-CIMATEC. He has been appointed as an advisory member of the COVID-19 Northeast States Committee of Brazil and as the Director of the Emergency COVID-19 Hospital Espanhol of the State of Bahia, Brazil. He is an Associate Professor at the Division of International Medicine, Cornell University Medical College (1986–1992), a Visiting Professor at Harvard School of Public Health (1992–1994), and a Full Professor at the UCSD School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases (2004–2008).