Nutritionist Fernanda Mattos, PhD in Nutritional Sciences; Master's Degree in Clinical Medicine and Lato Sensu Postgraduate Degree in Clinical Nutrition from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Diploma of Competence in Overweight and Obesity from the Official College of Physicians of Barcelona. University extension in Continuing Medical Education Program in Obesity from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Nutritionist for the Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Program at HUCFF/UFRJ. Lecturer for the Obesity and Bariatric Surgery module of Lato and Stritu Sensu postgraduate courses. Associate Member of the Brazilian Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (SBCBM). Member of the Brazilian Association for the Study of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (ABESO). Member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO). Member of the Portuguese Society for the Study of Obesity (SPEO). Areas of expertise: Clinical Nutrition, Obesity, Intragastric Balloon, Bariatric Surgery, Orthognathic Surgery, and High-Risk Pregnant Women (obese or undergoing Bariatric Surgery).

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She holds a degree in Medicine from Universidade Federal Fluminense (1999). She completed her medical residency in Pediatrics at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG/UFRJ) in 2002, where she also specialized in Pediatric Hematology (2003). In 2004, she obtained the title of Pediatric Oncologist from the National Cancer Institute (INCA). She earned her PhD in Clinical Medicine from UFRJ (2019), which included a doctoral sandwich program at the Cancer Research Center of the University of Salamanca, Spain, under the supervision of Professor Alberto Orfao, with a CNPq fellowship. She works on the investigation of new methods for diagnosing and monitoring pediatric solid tumors through flow cytometry at IPPMG/UFRJ, and also serves as a transfusion medicine physician at the Transfusion Medicine Service of IPPMG/UFRJ. She is a member of the European consortium on flow cytometry – EuroFlow.

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Biotechnology technician with an emphasis on animal cell culture, biologist from UFRJ (2009), Master's degree in Biological Chemistry - medical modality (2012), with a dissertation covering basic research, using cell culture and murine guinea pigs, and applied research, with samples from pediatric patients at the UFRJ Pediatric Hospital (IPPMG). Doctor of Science (2016) from the UFRJ Graduate Program in Clinical Medicine, presenting microarray, PCR, and flow cytometry as part of the experimental component. She completed a sandwich doctorate at the University of Salamanca, Spain (2012-2013), in the cancer research sector. She completed her postdoctoral studies in collaboration between UFRJ and the University of Maryland (USA), receiving a scholarship from the NIH (2017) for a project on molecular biology, African ancestry, and sickle cell anemia. Since 2010, she has been a member of the team at the Multidisciplinary Laboratory of IPPMG/UFRJ - Flow Cytometry Laboratory. She is currently a civil servant at UFRJ, responsible for the immunophenotyping of hematological neoplasms affecting the myeloid sector. She has experience in the field of biological sciences, with an emphasis on the following topics: immunophenotyping, molecular biology, myelodysplastic syndromes, pediatric acute leukemias, science communication, sickle cell anemia and thalassemias, heme metabolism, and hematopoiesis.

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She holds a degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1998). Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics. Health Management from COPPEAD-UFRJ. Master’s and Ph.D. in Medicine from UFRJ. Awarded as a Young Scientist of Our State – RJ. She has experience in health regulation, having worked as a regulatory physician at the State Health Department of Rio de Janeiro from 2001 to 2014, and was head of the Regulation and Evaluation Sector of the Maternity School between 2011 and 2014. She works in screening programs for pre-eclampsia, gestational risk, and congenital heart disease at the Maternity School of UFRJ. She was responsible for the Statistics and Ultrasound sectors of the Maternity School of UFRJ and served as deputy coordinator of the Obstetrics internship in 2014. She was a substitute professor of Obstetrics at the UFRJ School of Medicine for two terms: in 2014 and in 2017–2018. She was Coordinator of the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Support Service (SADT) and the Therapeutic Support Service (SAT) until August 2024. She is currently Head of the Research and Technological Innovation Management Unit of the Maternity School, UFRJ/EBSERH Hospital Complex. Young Scientist of Our State – FAPERJ (2023–2025). Industrial Technological Development Grant Holder – Level A (2024–2026).

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