Physician and global health leader with 2 decades of experience in the field. As a physician she has worked on the frontlines of some of the most complex and neglected health challenges in the world, tackling infectious diseases in conflict settings, among refugees and other humanitarian contexts.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has been involved in the global response in various capacities, including leading Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Navajo Nation response in the USA, supporting local responses among indigenous and migrant communities in her home country Brazil, as well as joining the COVID-19 Lancet Commission. As the head of global health at Baraka Impact Finance, she supports social entrepreneurs who are developing and scaling up innovative solutions to address health-seeking behavior, health education, and enhancing healthcare delivery to populations in LMICs.
Dr. Batista has worked alongside MSF’s leaders to guide the organization and uphold its mission of providing medical humanitarian aid. She has held leadership positions with MSF, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) and serves at various boards and advisory panels of global organizations including: Health in Harmony, the International Society of Neglected Tropical Diseases and others.