Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1983), Master's in Medicine (Cardiology) from UFRJ (1988), and Doctorate in Clinical Medicine from UFRJ (2005). Served as Director of the Research Division at the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital (HUCFF-UFRJ) from July 2018 to March 2020. Physician in the Clinical Medicine Service at HUCFF, coordinator of the Resistant Arterial Hypertension Program (ProHArt-HUCFF), the first Center of Excellence in Arterial Hypertension in Brazil, a title conferred by the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) in 2011. Responsible for the Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring - MAPA and Home Blood Pressure Monitoring - MRPA sectors of ProHArt-HUCFF. Credentialed as a Permanent Faculty Member of the Graduate Program in Clinical Medicine at UFRJ (CAPES-score 7). Collaborative faculty member of the Graduate Program in Dentistry IDOMED/Estácio and the Graduate Program in Family Health IDOMED/Estácio. Full professor in the Medicine Course at IDOMED/Estácio de Sá University, where she teaches Clinical Medicine and is the coordinator of the LapARC Study (Study of Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in young adults living in Lapa), a project involving Extension and Scientific Initiation students from the Medicine Course at IDOMED/Estácio, Campus Vista Carioca, and the CuidArt Study on the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions in controlling arterial hypertension and reducing cardiovascular risk - a randomized clinical trial. Member of the Advisory Council for Latin America of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH). Member of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH), the Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH), and the Brazilian Societies of Cardiology (SBC) and Hypertension (SBH). Has experience in the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Clinical Medicine, mainly focusing on the following topics: Arterial Hypertension, Resistant Arterial Hypertension, MAPA, MRPA, Cardiovascular Risk, and Sleep Apnea. Was a FAPERJ Fellow - Young Scientist of Our State from 2010 to 2015 (two terms). Has held a CNPq Level I-B Productivity in Research Grant since 2011. Fellow of the Productivity Research Program at Estácio de Sá University from 2016-2020. Included in the list of Latin America Top 10,000 Scientists at AD Scientific Index 2021, being one of the 323 listed at UFRJ and one of the 6 listed at UNESA.

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