Stefanie Costa Pinto Lopes

Stefanie Costa Pinto Lopes is a biologist with a PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), with a strong background in parasitology, particularly in research on Plasmodium vivax and malaria. She is currently a Public Health Researcher at Fiocruz and Director of the Leônidas and Maria Deane Institute (ILMD/Fiocruz Amazônia), where she also served as Deputy Director for Research and Innovation (20222023). She holds a CNPq Research Productivity Fellowship (Level 2).Her academic background includes a bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree from UNICAMP, followed by postdoctoral training at the same institution. Throughout her career, she has led innovative projects focused on the control, treatment, and understanding of P. vivax malaria, with emphasis on vaccine development, novel therapeutic strategies, and the investigation of the parasites latent hepatic stage (hypnozoite). She is also noted for her work in the bioprospecting of natural compounds and the study of pathogenesis and immunity in infectious diseases in the Amazon.She teaches and supervises graduate students in the Tropical Medicine Program (UEA) and the Graduate Program in Pathogen-Host Biology (ILMD/Fiocruz Amazônia). She coordinates several research projects funded by national and international agencies and has a solid scientific output, with more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and an h-index of 19. She serves on editorial boards of international journals and as an ad hoc reviewer for high-impact publications.In addition to her scientific career, Stefanie has contributed to public policy formulation and institutional strengthening at Fiocruz in the Amazon, integrating science, health, innovation, and regional development with a focus on equity, sustainability, and social impact.She is a mother of two daughters and highlights in her academic and institutional trajectory a firm commitment to gender equity in science, recognizing care, inclusion, and the promotion of motherhood as essential to building an ethical, plural, and sustainable scientific career. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)