Mario Santos Moreira

At the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) since 1994, Mario Moreira holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Federal University of Paraná, with a doctoral internship at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He also holds master’s degrees in Public Health from the Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP/Fiocruz) and in Technology and Innovation Management from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. In addition, he earned an MBA in Public Administration from the Getulio Vargas Foundation.

In 2017, he was appointed Vice President of Management and Institutional Development at Fiocruz. He was elected President of Fiocruz in 2023 and subsequently re-elected for the 2025–2028 term.

Dr Moreira serves as the representative of the Region of the Americas on the Board of Directors of the Pasteur Network; is a member of the Steering Committee of the International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat (IPPS); Chair of the Strategic Advisory Group on Strengthening Regional Innovation and Manufacturing Capacities for Medicines and Other Health Technologies at the Pan American Health Organization; member of the Emergency Advisory Group at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; Chair of the Assembly of the Paraná Institute of Molecular Biology (IBMP); and President of the Pasteur Network.