Expertise in: Humanitarian Access

Renata Reis has been the General Director of Médecins Sans Frontières-Brazil (MSF-Brazil) since October 2022, after previously serving as Deputy Director; Advocacy Specialist at MSF-Brazil; and Humanitarian Access Specialist for Latin America at MSF-Belgium.  

She holds a PhD in Public Policies, Strategies, and Development from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a Master’s degree in Social Policies. She worked as a lawyer for the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) and coordinated the Intellectual Property Working Group of the Brazilian Network for the Integration of Peoples (REBRIP). She was also a member of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission.  

In addition to being a lawyer, Renata is also a journalist and has experience in human rights, institutional and government relations, intellectual property with an emphasis on patents, medicines and access to health, and international cooperation. Since 2016, she has been teaching advocacy at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro.