Patricia Borges Botelho graduated from the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG) (2006), studying nutrition, and earned a master's and a doctorate in sciences: experimental nutrition from the University of São Paulo (USP) (2009 and 2012, respectively). She is currently Adjunct Professor C, level II, in the Department of Nutrition of the Faculty of Health Sciences at UnB and a permanent professor and vice-coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Human Nutrition at UnB. She has experience in the field of nutrition, with an emphasis on the biochemistry of nutrition and clinical nutrition, working mainly on the following topics: foods claiming functionality and reducing the risk of non-communicable chronic diseases, the study of bioactive compounds with antioxidant action for use in food or for dietary supplementation and vitamin D and its role in health maintenance.