Marcia de Souza Carvalho Melhem graduated at Farmácia e Bioquímica from Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, and she obtained a master’s and doctorate in Public Health from Universidade de São Paulo. She has much experience in Public Health Services and in acting on the following subjects: laboratory control quality, diagnosis of fungal infections, drug discovery, and antifungal mechanisms of resistance. She has more than 100 publications with 4836 citations and an h-index of 27 (Scopus, 27 January 2024) in these areas.