The microbiologist and editor of the scientific journal Evidence, from Bahiana Journals, Natália Pasternak, está entre as 100 mulheres mais inspiradoras e influentes do mundo, segundo a lista da BBC, publicada no início de dezembro. Denominado 100 Women, o projeto da emissora britânica destaca mulheres que vêm promovendo ações que ressignifiquem a sociedade.

Along with the Nobel Peace Prize winner, the young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, Natália Pasternak has been actively leading the discourse against scientific fake news in columns published in national newspapers and in her social media profiles. 

Na Bahiana, the Brazilian scientist is editor of the Bridging the Gap section, in the magazine Evidence, which is aimed precisely at publishing scientific content aimed at combating medical misinformation and its harmful effects on global health and trust in science, in addition to preventing avoidable deaths, especially at this time of global health crisis.