Licy L. Yanes Cardozo, MD, is a Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine/Endocrinology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). She received her Medical Degree at the National University of Asuncion (Paraguay) and performed her residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution. Later on, she conducted postdoctoral studies studying the mechanisms by which androgens regulate blood pressure under the mentorship of Dr. Jane Reckelhoff at the Department of Physiology at UMMC. After she rose to the academic rank of Assistant Professor in Physiology, she joined the Department of Medicine, completing a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Endocrinology at the same institution.

She is a physician-scientist and practicing endocrinologist engaged in basic and clinical research. Her research focuses on the role and mechanisms by which androgen excess mediates Cardiovascular Disease in women.