Helena Nader
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil
Life and Food Sciences | L1
Helena B. Nader is Professor Emeritus at the Escola Paulista de Medicina of the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp).
She obtained her PhD at Unifesp and post-doctoral training as a Fogarty (NIH) fellow at the University of Southern California.
Since 1985, she is a 1A (highest level) research fellow of the National Research Council for the Scientific and Technological
Development (CNPq). She serves as president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), co-chair of the Inter-American
Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS), vice-president for the Latin America and the Caribbean of The World Academy
of Sciences (TWAS), vice-president of the Alliance of National and International Science Organizations for the Belt and Road
Regions (ANSO), Governing Board member of the International Science Council (ISC), Advisory Committee member of the
InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), and Strategic Committee member of the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA). In 2024 she
chairs the Science20, which is the Engagement Group for S&T of the G20. She is member of the ABC, TWAS, and the Latin
America Academy of Sciences (ACAL). Former president of the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, she
is honorary president, former vice-president and former president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science
(SBPC).