Professor, Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Associate Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), working for 20 years in Perioperative Nursing and in surgical patient care, and is considered an impact researcher with a focus on perioperative nursing, patient safety, evidence-based practice, and biomedical engineering. She holds a Ph.D. in Nursing from the Escola de Enfermagem de RibeirãoPreto of Sao Paulo University (USP), Master's Degree in Fundamental Nursing by USP, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Federal University of Alfenas - National Program of Post-doctoral, Brazil). She is a Specialist in: - Fundamentals of Clinical Research (HARVARD Medical School - USA); - Biomedical Engineering ( INATEL- Brazil); - Medical-Surgical Nursing (FederalUniversity of Sao Paulo - Brazil); - Pro-oxidative therapies, Applied Human Physiology and Ozontherapy (ABOZ - Brazil). Also, is the Author of ELPO, a Risk Assessment Scale for the development of injuries due to surgical positioning (ELPO) and the ELPO App used all over Brazil and other nine countries.