**About the Editors**

**Jorg Heukelbach**, MD MScIH Ph.D., is an internationally renowned specialist in the area of epidemiology and control of neglected tropical diseases and One Health, with extensive experience in many countries worldwide. He is a Professor at the Federal University of Ceara (Brazil) and ´ Editor-in-Chief of the journal *One Health and Implementation Research*.

**Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr.** MD MPH Ph.D., is a Professor of Epidemiology and Research Methods in Public Health at the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Ceara, Northeast ´ Brazil. He graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 1996, and concluded his specialization in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (UFRJ) and in Family and Community Medicine. He leads a research group focused on tropical medicine, public health, and infectious disease epidemiology (with an emphasis on Chagas disease, leprosy, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, syphilis, and HIV/AIDS) and health research methodology (health systems research, implementation research, and operational research). He participated as a member of Technical Advisory Committees of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (STI/AIDS, Leprosy, Chagas Disease, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Hemovigilance and Development of Operational Research, among others). He was part of the technical coordination group of the first (2005) and the second (2015) Brazilian Consensus on Chagas Disease. He was a member and coordinator of the Brazilian Attention and Studies Network on Co-Infection *Trypanosoma cruzi* and HIV. He is Associate Editor of *Cadernos de Sa ´ude P ´ublica*/*Reports in Public Health* (ENSP-Fiocruz), *Cadernos Sa ´ude Coletiv*a (IESC-UFRJ), *Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Fam´ılia e Comunidade*/*Brazilian Journal of Family and Community Medicine* (SBMFC), and *PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases* (PLoS). In all projects, social and environmental determinants of health, vulnerabilities, and health inequalities are included. He has actively participated in Brazilian and international campaigns against Neglected Tropical Diseases with a focus on Chagas disease, empowerment, and human rights.

**Andr´ea Silvestre de Sousa**, MD Ph.D., is a Researcher at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas (INI) of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and Adjunct Professor of Cardiology at the School of Medicine of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Graduated in Medicine at the UFRJ in 1995, she concluded her specialization in Cardiology (UFRJ) in 1998. She started her research activity in 1999 at the Department of Clinical Medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she obtained her Master's degree (2000) and a PhD (2003) in Medicine (Cardiology). Since 2018, she has been the Head of the Clinical Research Laboratory for Chagas disease at INI-Fiocruz. She has experience in the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Cardiology, working mainly on the following topics: Chagas disease, chronic Chagas heart disease, heart failure, cardiac rehabilitation, and echocardiography. She worked in different epidemiological scenarios as a doctor and researcher in Chagas disease, working with a strong interface with primary health care.
