Diane Ávila graduated in Medicine at the UNESA, Brazil (2013). Clinical doctor, cardiologist and researcher. She completed her Master's degree in Cardiovascular Sciences at the Fluminense Federal University (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016). Currently, she is a coinvestigator in the APOLLO B trial, is a coordinator of the amyloidosis center CHN-DASA and a PhD student in heart failure. Dr. Ávila's research interests include systemic amyloidosis, chronic heart failure, cardiomyopathies, biomarkers, cardiometabolism and COVID-19.
Humberto Villacorta Junior graduated in Medicine at the Federal University of Pará, Brazil (1987). He completed his Master's degree in Cardiovascular Sciences at the Fluminense Federal University (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998) and his PhD in Cardiology at the University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil, 2002). He completed his MBA in Health Management at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas in 2015 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). He attendeda Precepto