Cardiologist and clinical researcher with a passion and commitment to prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Brazil and worldwide. Having graduated in Medicine at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and after 5 years of training and clinical experience in Internal Medicine and Cardiology in Brazil, Dr Santo decided to improve her research skills by pursuing a PhD degree in Australia. After recently completing her PhD in Medicine at The University of Sydney and The George Institute for Global Health in 2018, she is now working as a researcher back in her home country of Brazil at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein with a desire to make a meaningful difference to the society and the cardiovascular research community.