Graduated in Biochemical Pharmacy from Universidade Federal Fluminense (1992), received a Master's in Experimental Pathology from Universidade Federal Fluminense (1996) and a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from IOC/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (2006). She is currently an associate professor at the Department of Pathology at the Fluminense Federal University School of Medicine and coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Pathology, where she works on topics related to immunological biomarkers in infectious diseases. She is also a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, where she coordinates the Multiuser Laboratory for Research Support in Nephrology and Medical Sciences / LAMAP. In addition, she works in the area of ​​experimental meningoencephalitis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, where she is a collaborator in this line of research (neuroimmunology). She was recently at the University of California, San Francisco as a Visiting scholar (2018-2020) participating in translational and experimental research in the field of immunology using experimental models of diabetic nephropathy. Thus, her experience includes viral and parasitic diseases with a focus on the immune response to therapy and the search for immune biomarkers applied to immunodiagnosis, such as cytokines and extracellular vesicles