Andrei Sposito is Full Professor of the Department of Cardiology at UNICAMP. He was awarded his PhD for his work on lipid metabolism and atherogenesis while at the USP, and completed his postdoctorate in this same field at the University of Paris VI, France. He served as Chairman of the Department of Atherosclerosis of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and currently he is Senior Associated Investigator of the NIH, Member of the Regional Executive Committee for the Americas of the International Atherosclerosis Society and Visiting Professor at the University of Parma, Italy.