Danielle was born and raised in Salvador, BA, Brazil, where she completed her BSc in Biomedical Sciences from the Bahian School of Medicine and Public Health in 2012. During her graduation, she developed a deep interest in cell and molecular biology. Danielle obtained her MSc in Health Sciences from the Federal University of Bahia in 2014, where she investigated the prognostic role of BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid carcinomas.

Dr. Christine Petersen graduated with her DVM from Cornell University in 1998, and completed her PhD in Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard School of Public Health in 2004. With the first seeds planted as a veterinary student doing a summer research project on African Trypanosomiasis in Nairobi, Kenya, Dr. Petersen’s scientific career has focused on the prevention of zoonotic diseases, which primarily focuses on leishmaniasis. Dr.