Chief, Vector-Pathogen-Host Interaction Unit
NIH Distinguished Scholar, Tenure-Track Investigator
Education:
D.V.M., M.S., State University of Londrina, Parana, Brazil
Ph.D., State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Biography
Dr. Saito received a D.V.M. from the State University of Londrina, Parana, Brazil. She completed a residency in clinical practice and small animal surgery as well as a Master of Science degree at the same University. Dr. Saito then earned her Ph.D. in veterinary medicine and infectious diseases at the State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2009, she moved to the U.S. to conduct postdoctoral research at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). Later she was appointed as an Instructor at UTMB and as a Research Assistant Professor in 2017. Dr. Saito was recruited to the DIR NIAID in 2020 as a tenure-track investigator and is currently Chief of the Vector-Pathogen-Host Interaction Unit in the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research. She serves as a review editor for Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology and as ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals in her field.