Graduated in Nursing by Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). MSc and PhD in Neuroscience by the Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho/UFRJ. Postdoctoral research by Neurocentre Françoise Magendie (INSERM/France; 2008-2010) and SEMEL Institute (UCLA/USA, 2011-2012). Assistant Professor at Federal University of Pará (UFPA) since 2014. At UFPA my research focus in on sexually transmissible infections employing epidemiological analysis, including spatial and temporal analysis.