Sara Teresinha Olalla Saad

Holds a degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of Jundiaí (1979), a specialization in Medicine from the University of São Paulo (1983), a Master's degree in Internal Medicine from the State University of Campinas (1987), and a PhD in Internal Medicine from the State University of Campinas (1989). Completed postdoctoral training at Elizabeth Hospital of Boston, Tufts University (1991), Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University (1992), and the Laboratoire de Thérapie Génique, Hôpital St. Louis-Paris, INSERM (1999). Currently, she is a Full Professor in the Hematology Department at the State University of Campinas.She began her career researching the clinical and molecular aspects of chronic anemias, including hereditary anemias such as sickle cell disease, pyruvate kinase deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, spherocytosis, and elliptocytosis, among others; as well as acquired anemias such as myelodysplastic syndromes, deficiency anemias, and aplastic anemia.Over the past 20 years, she has also investigated the relationship between normal or leukemic hematopoietic stem cells and the bone marrow niche in both animal models and humans. She is the author of more than 400 scientific articles published in specialized journals.She plays a major role in the training of human resources, with the vast majority of her former students being successful researchers in Brazil and the United States. She has supervised over 200 students, including those at the masters and doctoral levels, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral fellows, medical residents, and newly graduated trainees.In recognition of her work, she has received several national and international awards, including the SCOPUS Award in 2010 and the National Order of Scientific Merit in 2018. She also works in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with anemia, especially those with hereditary diseases, and serves on technical committees of the São Paulo State Department of Health and the Ministry of Health. She has been an elected member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) since 2010. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)