Dr Sergio Sosa-Estani

Sergio Sosa-Estani, MD, MPH, PhD, Medical Surgeon, joined DNDi in December 2016. Dr Sosa-Estani is currently the Latin America Director. He joined DNDi’s Executive Team in January 2025 as Continental Lead for the Americas.

Dr Sosa-Estani has led many epidemiological and clinical research projects on tropical and infectious Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, HIV/AIDS, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), and hantavirus. He joined DNDi from the National Institute of Parasitology ‘Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben’, Argentinian Ministry of Health, where he served as Institute Director.

Dr Sosa-Estani was DNDi’s Head of Chagas Program from 2017 until 2021. He was also a Researcher of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET) in Argentina. He has occupied several positions leading control programmes and research institutions, also serving as advisor at national and international organizations such PAHO/WHO.

Dr Sosa-Estani is physician graduate in medicine at School of Medicine, University of Córdoba-Argentina; Magister in Public Health, School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro- Brazil; Doctor in Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires-Argentina; and earned a post-doctoral degree at CEBGH/SPHTM Tulane University, New Orleans-USA. His scientific production includes more than 120 original articles; 11 book chapters and 2 theses.