Ana C. R. Cruz holds a Bachelor’s degree in biomedicine from the Federal University of Pará (1989), a Master’s degree in cellular and molecular biology (1994), and a Ph.D. in parasite biology from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (2005). Currently, she is a senior researcher in public health at the Evandro Chagas Institute. She has experience in microbiology, with an emphasis on virology, working mainly on studies of pathogenesis and molecular characterization, and genetic diversity of arboviruses and their relationships with reservoirs and hosts.