Helena B. Nader Farfesa ne kuma Shugaban Cibiyar Nazarin Magungunan Magunguna da Halittar Halitta a Jami'ar Tarayya ta São Paulo (UNIFESP). Ta sami digiri na uku a Unifesp da kuma horo na gaba da digiri a matsayin ɗan'uwan Fogarty (NIH) a Jami'ar Kudancin California. Tun daga 1985, ita 'yar'uwar bincike ce ta 1A (mafi girman matakin) na Majalisar Bincike ta Kasa don Ci gaban Kimiyya da Fasaha (CNPq).
Filin bincikenta shine kwayoyin halitta da ilimin halitta na glycoconjugates. Ta samu kyautuka da yabo na kasa da kasa da dama. A jami'arta ita ce mace ta farko da ta zama Pro-Rector of Undergraduate kamar yadda Pro-Rector of Research and Graduate Programs. Ta kasance abin koyi ga mutane da yawa mata a jami'o'in Brazil, suna taimakawa wajen inganta karfafawa mata da karya shinge a cikin al'umma. Ta shawarci fiye da 100 masters na kimiyya da daliban PhD, da kuma fiye da 20 masu bincike bayan kammala karatun digiri.
Ita ce shugaban kungiyar IANAS (Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences) da kuma mataimakin shugaban Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Brazil (ABC). Ita memba ce ta ABC, Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Duniya (TWAS), da Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Latin Amurka (ACAL). Tsohuwar shugaban kungiyar Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq, 2007-2008), ita ce kuma shugabar girmamawa, tsohon mataimakin shugaban kasa (2007-2011) da kuma tsohon shugaban kasa (2011-2017) na Brazil Society for the Advancement of Kimiyya (SBPC). Ta kasance memba na majalisar dokoki na kasa da yawa masu alaka da kimiyya da ilimi. Gudunmawarta ta wuce bincike, bayan da ta ba da gudummawa tare da shirye-shiryen da ke nufin rage gibin ci gaban kimiyya tsakanin yankuna daban-daban na Brazil, da inganta matakan ilimin sakandare na ƙasa baki ɗaya.
An sabunta shafin a watan Mayu 2024.