Priscila de Arruda Trindade is an associate professor of Pharmacy at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil. She holds a degree in Pharmacy and Biochemistry with a specialization in Clinical Analysis from the Federal University of Santa Maria (1997), a Masters degree in Pharmacy (Pathophysiology and Toxicology) from the University of São Paulo (2001), and a PhD in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases from the University of São Paulo (2005). She coordinates the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Applied to Clinical Microbiology (LABIOMIC) and her research focuses on clinical microbiology and infectious diseases, particularly next-generation sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, bioinformatics, molecular typing, and molecular epidemiology of pathogens involved in healthcare-associated infections.