Dr. Andréa Silvestre-Sousa holds a medical degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1995), as well as a Master’s (2000) and PhD (2003) in Medicine (Cardiology) from the same institution. She is currently a senior public health researcher at the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INI) of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), an adjunct professor of Cardiology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and a research associate at the D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR).  Her work focuses on Cardiology and Infectious Diseases, and she has published more than 200 publications. Her research focuses primarily on Chagas disease, including vertical transmission, implementation research, and chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy.