Otavio Cintra graduated from the University of São Paulo Medical School in Ribeirão Preto and was board certified by the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. He holds a master’s degree and his doctorate focused on RSV and other respiratory viruses. He has served as a visiting professor at Baylor College of Medicine and Virginia School of Medicine in the United States. He was also a professor of pediatrics at the University of São Paulo Medical School in Ribeirão Preto and served as principal investigator in several clinical trials. He has advised the Brazilian Ministry of Health and has had peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and abstracts, as well as speaking at conferences. He has worked at GSK Vaccines Brazil and Latin America, on the Global Medical Affairs team as Head of Scientific Affairs and Public Health for GSK Vaccines based in Belgium, and at GSK Vaccines Emerging Markets based in Brazil, leading the team of medical experts, supranational organizations and medical leaders for clinical trials. He is currently Regional Medical Affairs Lead for RSV Vaccines.