Who we are

Dr. Carlos Isaia Filho

Physician
Director of the Isaia Institute

Physician, with a Bachelor’s Degree from the Federal University of Santa Maria in 1976, specializing in Gynecology and Obstetrics. He has extensive international experience, having been a Research Fellow of the World Health Organization at Withington Hospital, in Manchester (England), between 1978 and 1980, and a Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore (USA), in 1983. He is a specialist in Human Reproduction from UFRS(1990).

Throughout his career, he has played leadership roles in public health and invarious institutions. He was head of the Women’s Health Division at the Department of Health and Environment of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (1991-1998) and coordinator of the Maternal and Child unit at Hospital Mãe de Deus (1989-1993). He also served as a delegate for the Brazilian Society of Human Reproduction for Rio Grande do Sul (1984-1988) and held several prominent positions in the Brazilian Society of Laparoscopic Surgery and the Society of Gynecological Endoscopy of Rio Grande do Sul.

In addition, he was a health commentator on Jornal do Almoço on RBS-TV (1995-1998) and a member of the National Commission on Maternal Mortality of the Ministry of Health (1996-1998). During his career at the Regional Council of Medicine of Rio Grande do Sul (CREMERS), he served as a counselor and ombudsman from 2018 to 2023, and was chairman of the institution from 2020 to 2022.

Anamaria Feijó

PhD in Philosophy with emphasis in Bioethics
Bioethics Manager at the Clinical Research Unit

She holds a degree in Science, with a specialization in Biology, from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) (1982). She completed her Master’s Degree in Education from the same institution (1995) and obtained her PhD in Philosophy, with an emphasis on Bioethics and Ethics Applied to Animals, from Universidad de Buenos Aires (2003). She was an assistant professor at the School of Biosciences at PUCRS from 1986 to 2015. Between 2007 and 2013, she served as Coordinator of the Ethics Committee for the Use of Animals (CEUA/PUCRS) and, from 2006 to 2015, she set up and coordinated the Laboratory of Bioethics and Ethics Applied to Animals at the Institute of Bioethics at PUCRS. She was also an advisor to the National Commission for the Control of Animal Experimentation (CONCEA), linked to the MCTI, from 2012 to 2015. She currently holds the position of Bioethics Managerand Research Assistant at the Dr. Carlos Isaia Filho Clinical Research Unit.

Andréa Moura Gomes Locatelli

Physician
Sub-Investigator
Clinical Research Unit

Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio Grande (1994), she completed her Medical Residency at the Dr. Miguel Riet Corrêa Jr. University Hospital (1996). She is a gynecologist and obstetrician.

Eliane Amábile Holderbaum do Amaral

Physician
Sub-Investigator at the Clinical Research Unit

Bachelor’s degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Santa Maria, RS (1983). She completed her Medical Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics at the University of Passo Fundo, at the São Vicente de Paulo Hospital, Passo Fundo, RS, from 1984 to 1986. She has a specialization in Clinical Sexology from FUMEC University, in Belo Horizonte, MG, from 2003 to 2004. Additionally, she is a member of the International Society for Sexual Medicine.

Bárbara Feijó Wünsch

Biologist
Manager at the Isaia Institute

Graduated in Biological Sciences, with a Bachelor’s Degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. She has experience as a Laboratory Technician with Mesenchymal Stem Cells at CellMed Regenerative Veterinary Medicine and Scientific Consulting, from October 2015 to September 2017. She holds a Master’s degree from the Postgraduate Program in Pathology at UFCSPA.

Iandara Silva Neto

Biomedical
Manager

Graduated in Biomedicine from the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), with experience in clinical analysis and pharmacology. Currently works as a clinical study coordinator and study monitor at the Clinical Research Unit of the Isaia Institute since September 2025.