Margareth Dalcolmo is a pulmonologist and researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, one of the most important health bodies in Brazil, with experience in conducting and participating in protocols for clinical research and treatment of tuberculosis and other mycobacterioses. She is a member of the Advisory Committee on Tuberculosis of the Ministry of Health. She is also a member of the WHO Expert Group for Essential Medicines List and the World Bank Regional Advisory Committee for health projects in Sub-Saharan Africa on Tuberculosis and occupational respiratory diseases.