Álvaro Borges is a physician-scientist educated in Brazil, the United Kingdom and Denmark. He has an MSc in Tropical and Infectious Diseases (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 2011) and a PhD in Immunology and Infectious Diseases (University of Copenhagen 2015). He  joined the Center for Vaccine Research at Statens Serum Institut as chief medical officer to work on clinical trials testing new candidate vaccines in humans. He has been actively involved in 1) design and coordination of clinical trials and research projects primarily within vaccines, 2) studies of pathogen mechanisms and natural immunity / vaccine immunity in human cohorts, 3) clinical data interpretation, preparation of scientific manuscripts and presentations at international meetings and 4) fundraising for clinical trials.