Dr. Roberto Pecoits-Filho is currently a Distinguished Research Scientist at Arbor Research Collaborative for Health and the Scientific Director of the DOPPS Program Area. He is a Professor of Medicine at Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná in Brazil and a Visiting Professor at George Clinical for Global Health in Australia. Dr. Pecoits-Filho is a Scientific Leader for Nephrology clinical trials in North and Latin America with George Clinical, affiliated with the George Institute for Global Health. Dr. Pecoits-Filho received his M.D. degree in 1993, trained in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, and completed a research fellowship at the University of Missouri. He received a Ph.D. from the University of São Paulo and was a Post-Doc fellow at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He was also a visiting scholar at the George Institute for Global Health. Throughout his career, he has continuously balanced his activities as a clinician, educator, and investigator.