Faculty
Professors/Responsible for the disciplines
Ana Carolina de Castro Issy Pereira
School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto – USP
carol_issy@hotmail.com
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Dentistry from the University of Ribeirão Preto-UNAERP (2000), a master’s degree (2005) and a doctorate in Pharmacology from the University of São Paulo (2010). Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto FORP-USP supervised by Professor Dr. Elaine Del Bel. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Ana Paula Crestani
Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences-FMRP
She is a Bachelor of Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2012). She holds a Master and PhD degree in Biological Sciences-Neurosciences from this same university (2014 and 2018, respectively). She completed part of her PhD (2016-2017) at the University of California, Davis (USA). She has worked with topics related to the processes of formation, reconsolidation, and extinction of aversive memories. In 2018, she completed a postdoctoral internship at the Karolinska Institute (Sweden). Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow and collaborating professor at the FMRP-USP. She investigates the mechanisms of homeostatic synaptic plasticity (through electrophysiological, molecular, and morphological techniques) involved in situations of uncontrolled neuronal activity in animal models of epilepsy (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Carlos Renato Tirapelli
School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto
CNPq research productivity fellow-level 1D.
He holds a degree from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto/USP (1998), a master’s degree (2001), and a doctorate (2005) in Pharmacology from the FMRP/USP. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada (2005-2006). Currently, he is an Associate Professor 1 of the School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto-USP. He is an advisor in the graduate programs in Pharmacology at the FMRP-USP and in Psychiatric Nursing at the School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto/USP. He has experience in Cardiovascular Pharmacology working mainly in the following research areas: Pharmacology/Toxicology of ethanol, cellular/molecular mechanisms involved in vascular dysfunction, and oxidative stress. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Eduardo Henrique de Lima Umeoka
University Center of Goiatuba, Unicerrado, Brazil
He has a degree in Biological Sciences from Barão de Mauá University Center (2005), a Master and PhD degree in Medicine (Neurosciences) from the FMRP-USP, with a sandwich internship at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands (2013-2014). He holds a Postdoc in Gynecology and Obstetrics from the FMRP-USP (2015-2016), Neuroscience from the FMRP-USP (2016-2019), and the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2017-2018). Currently, he is a Professor at the School of Santa Rita De Cássia, Itumbiara-GO and the Medical School of Unicerrado in Goiatuba-GO. He has experience in Neurosciences and Behavior and works mainly on the following topics: Neurophysiology, Neuroendocrinology, Physiology, Stress, Epilepsy, Experimental Models of Psychopathologies, Neuroplasticity, Cognition, Memory. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Jorge Eduardo Moreira
Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences-FMRP
He is a Senior Professor at the FMRP-USP. Postdoctoral fellow and “Staff Scientist” at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (NIH 1985-1997). He holds a PhD in Medicine (Morphology and Cell Biology) from the University of São Paulo, FMRP (1982). Graduated in Veterinary Medicine from UNNE, Argentina (1966). He has experience in cell neurobiology, synapses of the central nervous system of vertebrates and cephalopods, and cell secretion (glandular tissues). Methodology in various aspects of light microscopy, fluorescence, confocal, laser microdissection, ultrastructure and molecular methods. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
José Aparecido da Silva
FFCLRP-USP
He holds a Master and Doctorate Degree in Psychology from the Institute of Psychology of USP and a Postdoc in Perception and Psychophysics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He is a retired Professor of the Department of Psychology of the FFCLRP-USP. With several papers published in national and international indexed journals, often cited in the international literature, he is one of the researchers in Psychology in Brazil most often referenced by his peers in journals, books, and book chapters. He is a Member of the American Psychological Association, the International Society for Psychophysics, a member of the Academy of Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, and the only researcher in Psychology in Brazil member of the Psychonomic Society. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA), University of Hokkaido (Japan), University of Padua (Italy), University of Paris, XI – Orsay (France), and University of Coimbra (Portugal). At the University of Coimbra, he is the Co-coordinator of the Master’s degree in Experimental Psychology and, at the National University of Tucumán (Argentina), he is the co-coordinator of the Associate Graduate Center supported by CAPES (Brazil) and SPU (Argentina). In 2017, he created and has been the coordinator of the MBA course at USP, Behaviour in Institutions – PECE USP/POLI. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
José Geraldo Speziali
Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences-FMRP
jgspecia@fmrp.usp.brCurrículo Lattes
He is a retired Professor of the Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences of FMRP-USP. He received the “Sérgio Henrique Ferreira” award from the Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain, in recognition of the relevant services provided in the area. He founded the Outpatient Clinics of Headache, Craniofacial Pain and Neuropathic Pain of the HCRP. He is a Board member of SBCe.
José Luiz Liberato
Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences-FMRP
jll@usp.br
He is a Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences of the FMRP-USP. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences (2004) from the FFCLRP-USP, a Master (2008) and PhD (2013) in Psychobiology from FMRP-USP. He works in the area of Neurosciences, mainly in the subareas of Neurochemistry, Neuropsychopharmacology, and Animal Behavior. Currently, he studies the role of the GABAergic substrate in the neuroanatomic and electrophysiological dynamics of the Hippocampal-Prefrontal Cortex Circuit during the progression of Epileptogenesis. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Lucas Albrechet de Souza
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology
Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from USP (Bachelor’s degree-2004 and Teaching Certification-2006); Master’s degree (2006) and doctorate (2010) in Psychobiology from USP (2010); postdoctoral degree from USP (2010-2012), Tufts University (2013-2015) in Boston (USA), and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (January to October 2018) in New Orleans (USA). He worked as a researcher (level A, Science Without Borders) at the Institute of Psychology of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul/Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (2015-2018). He is currently an Instructor-Research in the Department of Physiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He has more than 15 years of experience in Psychobiology, in the fields of Neuropharmacology, Neurophysiology, and Animal Behavior, with an emphasis on the investigation of the biological bases of mental disorders and the mechanisms of neurobiological linked to stress and drugs of abuse (cocaine and alcohol) in animal models. He is a member of the Brazilian Society of Physiology (SBFis), the National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP), the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS), the board of directors for the Institute for Neuroscience and Behavior (INeC), among others. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Maria José Alves da Rocha
Faculdade de Psicologia da FFCLRP – USP
mjrocha@usp.br
Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurologia e Neurociências da FMRP-USP desde 2014 e Professora Sênior do departamento de Psicologia da FFCLRP desde 2020. Graduada em Ciências Biológicas pela FMRP, USP, mestrado em Farmacologia e doutorado em Fisiologia pela mesma faculdade. Pós-doutorado pela Wake Forest University, EUA (1990-1991) e Universitäet Tübingen, Alemanha (1992-1995). Foi Professora na UFSC, SC (1985-1990). Vínculo institucional na USP a partir de 1999 onde foi Professora de Fisiologia na FORP até 2020. Foi membro do Comitê de Educação (2008-2010) e de Internacionalização (2012-2015) da American Physiological Society (APS). Foi membro da comissão de Graduação da SBFIS (2010-2020) e do Comitê de Ensino de Fisiologia da APS (2015-2018) e em 2018 nomeada membro da Diretoria da Assembléia Geral da International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) onde exerceu também o cargo de co-presidente do Comitê de Educação ( 2015-2020). Foi também secretária do Instituto de Neurociências de Ribeirão Preto (INeC-USP) de 2016 a 2021 onde realizou trabalhos de divulgação em Neurociências . Estabeleceu ao longo de seus 20 anos na USP intercâmbios com Universidades Americanas (Winston Salem, Ohio, Iowa), Alemã (Universidade de Tübingen), inglesa (Universidade de Bristol) e Francesa (Universidade de Versalhes) além do Instituto Pasteur. Tem organizado eventos nacionais e internacionais relacionados a ensino e pesquisa e publicado, além de artigos científicos, textos e artigos sobre ensino. Como pesquisadora científica elenca vários auxílios aprovados pelo CNPq e FAPESP e palestras nacionais e internacionais proferidas entre outros países: Alemanha,Chile, China , Cuba, Estados Unidos,França, Japão, e Nova Zelândia. Tem experiência em Neurociências nas áreas de Fisiologia, Farmacologia e Odontologia Experimental atuando mais recentemente nos seguintes temas: alterações imunoendócrinas e comportamentais em processos inflamatórios e neurodegenerativos . Detentora de vários prêmios sendo um deles na categoria de produção Acadêmica do CNPq/Renama. Foi Editora da revista Journal of Neuroendocrinology (2017-2018) onde faz parte do do corpo editorial.
Faculdade de Psicologia da FFCLRP – USP
mjrocha@usp.br
Professor in the Postgraduate Program in Neurology and Neurosciences at FMRP-USP since 2014 and Senior Professor in the Department of Psychology at FFCLRP since 2020. Graduated in Biological Sciences from FMRP, USP, with a master’s degree in Pharmacology and a doctorate in Physiology from the same institution. Postdoctoral studies at Wake Forest University, USA (1990-1991) and Universitäet Tübingen, Germany (1992-1995). She was a Professor at UFSC, SC (1985-1990). Institutional affiliation with USP from 1999, where she was a Professor of Physiology at FORP until 2020. She was a member of the Education Committee (2008-2010) and the Internationalization Committee (2012-2015) of the American Physiological Society (APS). She was a member of the SBFIS Graduation Committee (2010-2020) and the APS Physiology Teaching Committee (2015-2018), and in 2018 was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the General Assembly of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS), where she also served as co-chair of the Education Committee (2015-2020). She was also secretary of the Ribeirão Preto Institute of Neurosciences (INeC-USP) from 2016 to 2021, where she carried out outreach work in Neuroscience. Throughout her 20 years at USP, she established exchanges with American universities (Winston Salem, Ohio, Iowa), a German university (University of Tübingen), an English university (University of Bristol), and a French university (University of Versailles), as well as the Pasteur Institute. She has organized national and international events related to teaching and research and has published, in addition to scientific articles, texts and articles on teaching. As a scientific researcher, she has received several grants approved by CNPq and FAPESP and has given national and international lectures in countries including Germany, Chile, China, Cuba, the United States, France, Japan, and New Zealand. She has experience in Neuroscience in the areas of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Experimental Dentistry, most recently working on the following topics: immunoendocrine and behavioral alterations in inflammatory and neurodegenerative processes. She has received several awards, including one in the Academic Production category from CNPq/Renama. She was an editor of the Journal of Neuroendocrinology (2017-2018) where she is part of the editorial board.
Mariza Bortolanza
School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto – USP
marizabortolanza@usp.br
Currículo Lattes
She holds a bachelor’s degree (2003) and a master’s degree (2005) in Biological Sciences and a PhD (2010) in Pharmacology from the Federal University of Paraná. She was a Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Strathclayde in Glasgow, Scotland for one year (2010-2011); participated in the program “Mission in France, INSERM/FAPESP”, at the Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris, France. Currently, she has been a postdoc fellow at the University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto campus. She has training in Pharmacology, with emphasis on Neuropsychopharmacology, experience in the evaluation of animal behavior, ability to perform stereotactic surgery and histological and immunohistochemistry techniques. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Matheus Teixeira Rossignoli
Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences-FMRP
Currículo Lattes
He is a Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences of the FMRP-USP. Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the FFCLRP-USP. Master’s degree and PhD from the Graduate Program in Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences of FMRP-USP. He has experience in the following topics: animal models of psychiatric disorders and their electrophysiological correlates, synaptic plasticity in the prefrontal hippocampus-cortex pathway, endocannabinoid system and the therapeutic potential of cannabidiol in experimental models. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Maurício dos Santos Pereira
School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto – USP
Currículo Lattes
He is a Professor at the School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto – USP. Postdoctoral fellow at the Institut du cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière (Université de Sorbonne, Paris) and School of Dentistry – USP). He holds a PhD from the Department of Physiology of the FMRP-USP and a Master’s degree in Neurosciences from the Universidade Federal Fluminense. He has collaboration with the Experimental Therapeutics of Parkinson’s disease Laboratory (ICM, Paris), with the Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas (INSIBIO), and the Instituto de Química Biológica Dr Bernabé Bloj (CONICET-UNT, Tucumán), and with research groups from the Biomedical Institute of Universidade Federal Fluminense and the FMRP. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Millene Rodrigues Camilo
Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences-FMRP
Currículo Lattes
She has a Degree in Medicine from the University of Ribeirão Preto (2004), Master degree in Medical Sciences, Neurology area, from the Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences of FMRP-USP (2013), PhD in Medical Sciences, Neurology area, from the same institution (2017), and a “sandwich” PhD at Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland. Currently, she is an assistant neurologist at the HCFMRP-USP, she Coordinates the Stroke Unit and Preceptor of Neurology residents. The main fields of clinical research involve Cerebrovascular Diseases and respiratory sleep disorders. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Pedro José Tomaselli
Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences-FMRP
pedrojtomas@yahoo.com.br
He graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, 2006. He has Medical Residency in Neurology from HCRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto, 2011. Fellow in Neuromuscular Diseases and Neuroimmunology, HCRP-USP, 2012. Master degree in Neurology from FMRP-USP (2014). Fellow in clinical research related to hereditary neuropathies from the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of the United Kingdom (Queen Square, London), from 2014 to 2016. PhD from FMRP-USP, 2018. International Master-Peripheral Nervous System Disorder, University of Milan, 2020. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Priscila Medeiros de Freitas
Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences-FMRP
Junior Postdoctoral Fellow at CNPq. She Graduated in Nursing from the University of San Francisco (2010). She holds a Master’s degree from the Interdisciplinary Program in Health Sciences of the Federal University of São Paulo-UNIFESP and PhD from the Graduate Program in Medicine (Neurology) of FMRP/USP, area of concentration Neurosciences. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Pharmacology of FMRP-USP. Internship at the Department of Experimental Medicine, Division of Pharmacology, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples-Italy (2015/2016). She works in the area of Neurosciences with emphasis on studies that address the sensory, emotional, and cognitive aspects of chronic pain and its psychiatric and neurological comorbidities. She is a member of the Committee of Basic Research and Integrative and Complementary Practices of SBED (Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain). Mother of Leonardo, who was born in 2014. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Rafael Carvalho Almada
School of Sciences and Arts of Assis, Department of Biological Sciences. Unesp-Campus Assis
He is currently an associate researcher (Young Researcher – FAPESP) and lecturer without employment (discipline: General and Human Anatomy) linked to the Department of Biological Sciences of the School of Sciences and Arts of Assis (UNESP – Assis). Teaching Certificate and Bachelor’s degree (2005) in Biological Sciences from UNESP. Master (2009) and Doctor (2013) in Science from FFCLRP-USP. He held a postdoctoral degree at the Dept. of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience and Behavior at FMRP-USP, and the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (Mpip) in Munich, Germany. He has experience in teaching and research in the areas of Morphology (Anatomy), Pharmacology (Neuropsychopharmacology), and Physiology (Neurophysiology), acting in research mainly on animal models of psychiatric disorders, optogenetics, the endocannabinoid system, and the orexin system. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Rafael Guimarães dos Santos
Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences-FMRP
Graduated in Biology from the University Center of Brasilia (2005); Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Brasilia (2006); doctorate in Pharmacology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2012), and postdoctoral from the University of São Paulo (2018). He currently holds a postdoctoral degree in Mental Health at FMRP-USP, where he also acts as an accredited advisor. He is a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology: Translational Medicine (INCT/CNPq). He has experience in Pharmacology, with emphasis on psychopharmacology, acting mainly on the following topics: psychoactive drugs, hallucinogens, cannabinoids, serotonin, glutamate, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, substance-related disorders, mental health. It has more than 100 publications on hallucinogens and cannabinoids, more than 60 of these publications on ayahuasca. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).
Veriano Alexandre Junior
Epilepsy Surgery Center (CIREP) – FMRP
alexandreveriano@gmail
Neurologist and Electroencephalographer; Master and Doctor from the University of São Paulo; doctoral internship at the University of Pavia; postdoctoral at the University of Lyon; Assistant Doctor of the Epilepsy Surgery Center at the HCFMRP-USP. He works as an epileptologist and electroencephalographer at the Center for Epilepsy Surgery (CIREP) and is responsible for the Therapeutic Monitoring Laboratory of HCFMRP-USP. He is interested in care and research with a focus on the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of epilepsies, including video-electroencephalography, epilepsy surgery, and clinical studies of new antiepileptic drugs. (Lattes Curriculum: 07/07/2021).