Dr. Viviane de Cássia Oliveira holds a degree in Biological sciences from Araxa University Center (2005) and had technical training at the Ribeirao Preto Blood Center Foundation in the fields of cytogenetics, immunofluorescence, and cell biology. Dr. Viviane de Cássia Oliveira holds a master's degree in experimental Pathology from the Ribeirao Preto/USP School of Medicine and a PhD from the Ribeirao Preto/USP School of Nursing and is a member of the Full Mouth Prosthetics Maintenance Research Group (FORP/USP), the Health Services Infection Prevention and Control Research Centre (NEPECISS) and the Health Biosecurity Research Centre (NUPBios), and is a member of the Human Exposure and Infectious Disease Network (HEID). Dr. Viviane de Cássia Oliveira conducted the study in collaboration with researchers at the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria, University of Minho in Portugal and University of Barcelona in Spain. Dr. Viviane de Cássia Oliveira is currently an employee of the Dental Institute of Ribeirao Preto - Laboratory of Oral Rehabilitation. Her research interests include the control of biofilms and infections, phages, and the role of chemical solutions in dental and health services.