Helena Batatinha is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, whose research focuses on understanding how physical activity influences the immune system. Her work aims to: 1) Investigate how acute and chronic exercise modulates immune cells function to enhance anti-tumor immunity. 2) Explore how fitness level, body composition and chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, may alter immune cells metabolism. Dr. Batatinha’s ultimate goal is to develop exercise interventions that support immune function and improve recovery outcomes in cancer patients. Dr. Batatinha earn her doctorate from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. She then moved to the United States to complete her postdoctoral training at the University of Arizona, where she conducted pre-clinical studies investigating the effects of exercise on immune cells mobilization and anti-tumor capacity. Dr. Batatinha is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the International Society of Exercise Immunology.