Prof. Silvana Belo holds a Pharmacy degree from the University of Coimbra (1978), an MSc in Medical Parasitology from the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL, 1990), and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the same institution (IHMT/UNL, 2000). She has also completed post-graduate studies in Clinical Pathology at the Hospital de Egas Moniz in Lisbon and in Tropical Medicine & Public Health at the IHMT/UNL. As an Associate Professor in Medical Helminthology/Parasitology at the IHMT, UNL, Portugal, she is a member of the Global Health & Tropical Medicine Centre. Since 2010, she has been the Head of the Laboratory of Immunodiagnostics of Helminthology and coordinator of the Medical Helminthology and Malacology Group. Her primary research interests are Immunoepidemiology, Diagnosis, Therapeutic Compounds, and Control Approaches, with a focus on Schistosomiasis, Filariasis, and Zoonotic Helminthiasis. She conducts field and laboratory studies in these areas. She has supervised numerous MSc and PhD students and has numerous publications in the field of helminthiasis. She is involved in scientific projects funded by national and international agencies, serving as Principal Investigator, Co-PI, and team member.