Graduated in Dentistry at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (1993), master's degree in Public Health from the National School of Public Health (1997) and PhD in Public Health from the National School of Public Health (2002). She is currently associate professor at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Guiding the stricto sensu graduate programs in Health and Public Health (UFJF). Vice coordinator and education coordinator in the Academic Master's and Doctoral Program in Public Health and and former Deputy Coordinator of Administration and Planning Master's Program and Academic Doctorate in Health (2006 to 2014). Academic tutor of the Multidisciplinary Residency in Family Health - Dental. It has experience in Public Health with emphasis in Chronicles Disease Epidemiology, acting on the following topics: cancer epidemiology, quality of life in chronic conditions and public health dentistry. Productivity scholarship in research by the National Scientific and Technological Development Council. Member of the House Health Sciences Advisory - CDS FAPEMIG