Relationship between muscle quality, systemic inflammation and autonomic regulation in obese adults: purpose of international and interinstitutional cooperation in educational and research activities - UQAM-UFSCar

• Grant number: 14/18957-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: February 27, 2015
• End date: March 07, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Audrey Borghi Silva
• Grantee: Audrey Borghi Silva
• Visiting researcher: Mylene Aubertin-Leheudre
• Visiting researcher institution: Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Canada
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of the project is to purpose to the visitant professor the partnership collaboration between universities and to invite her to be an advisor researcher in our laboratory in her expertise area. The detailment of activities is listed in the document attached in documents. In this context, the contribution of the professor will be important since the research areas and the methodologies applied in both labs will allow a mutual exchange of scientific knowledge. This financial support will provide a fruitful partnership and will permit the improvement of scientific quality of our research group. Besides the related research activities, there is a schedule for conducting educational activities aimed at graduate students in the area of Health Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos and region, so that will be widely circulated a schedule of a course provided by Prof. Dra. Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre, which follows this document. Allow the visit of Professor. Dra. Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre as a collaborator in the research Direct PhD project (funded by FAPESP) in progress will be extremely important to the extent possible the discussion of various issues and the improvement of design and analysis and preparation of scientific articles. (AU)