Thais Borges Lessa has a Bachelor in Physiotherapy. Following, she received her Master and Doctorate degree in Science in the Department of Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal science at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Currently Dr. Lessa is a Post-Doctoral fellow in the Duan Lab in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri-USA. Her research interests include Muscle physiology, Gene therapy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.