Áquila Carolina Fernandes Herculano Ramos Milaré holds a degree in Biomedicine from the State University of Maringá (UEM), with a specialization in Health Auditing. She earned both her Master’s and PhD in Health Sciences, with an emphasis on infectious and parasitic diseases, from the Graduate Program in Health Sciences (PCS-UEM). Currently, she is an adjunct professor at UEM, affiliated with the Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine (DAB), where she teaches courses in Clinical Immunology, Epidemiology, and Public Health. As a researcher, she conducts preclinical and epidemiological studies on leishmaniasis, focusing on improving diagnostic methods, exploring new therapeutic alternatives, and understanding the prognosis and epidemiological patterns of the disease. She also performs systematic reviews on a range of topics involving both infectious and non-infectious diseases.