Prof. Dr. Eloisa Amália Vieira Ferro is currently a Full Professor of Histology, Cell Biology, and Embryology at the Federal University of Uberlândia and the Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Federal University of Uberlândia. She graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Uberlândia (1987), Master's in Sciences (Cell and Tissue Biology) from the University of São Paulo (1991), PhD in Sciences (Cell and Tissue Biology) from the University of São Paulo (2000), and post-doctorate from the Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy (2006). She supervised 46 scientific initiation and/or undergraduate course completion works, 13 master's dissertations, 10 doctoral theses, and supervised 8 post-doctorates. She was coordinator of the postgraduate program in Applied Immunology and Parasitology at the Federal University of Uberlândia from 2007 to 2011 and a member of the evaluation chamber of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology of the Minas Gerais State Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG) from 2009 to 2013. She has experience in Morphology and Cell Biology, with an emphasis on cell biology of the maternal-fetal interface and vertical transmission of toxoplasmosis.