Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel holds a degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1986), a Master's degree in Medicine (Dermatology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1993), and a Ph.D. in Medicine (Dermatology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1999). She is currently a senior researcher and head of the Laboratory of Clinical Research and Surveillance in Leishmaniasis at the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, which is a national reference for American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis according to the Ministry of Health. She is dermatologist at the Management of Diseases Transmitted by Vectors and Zoonoses from the State Department of Health of Rio de Janeiro. She has been an effective member of the INI/Fiocruz Research Ethics Committee (CEP) since 2014 and deputy coordinator of the INI/Fiocruz CEP since March 2022. She participates in the Leishmaniasis Researchers and Collaborators Network (redeLEISH) organized by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi ) since 2018. She has experience in the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Dermatology, working mainly with leishmaniasis, sporotrichosis, leprosy, and other infectious dermatoses.