She holds a degree in Nursing from the School of Nursing at USP (1982), a Master's in Nursing from the School of Nursing - USP (1996) and a PhD in Nursing from the School of Nursing - USP (2001) in the area of Gerontology. Post-Doctorate in Epidemiology from the Faculty of Public Health at USP with an internship at the Sealy Center on Aging - University of Texas Brunch (2005). She is currently an Associate Professor (MS5) at the School of Nursing and the Faculty of Public Health at USP. She is the Coordinator of the SABE Study, a longitudinal study of multiple cohorts on the living and health conditions of the elderly living in the city of São Paulo, a FAPESP thematic research with 22 years of existence. She has been coordinator of the USP-NAPSABE Research Center since 2012. She coordinated the National Survey of Long-Stay Institutions linked to SUAS (2015-2019). Responsible for creating the first Bachelor's Degree in Gerontology at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanity (EACH) USP (2005). Executive member of the YouTube channel @oquerolanageronto and the group @velhicescidadas. She has experience in the field of Geriatrics and Gerontology, working mainly on the following topics: elderly, SABE study, aging, families, caregivers, home care. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Healthy aging and longevity are a growing topic of interest. They depend on the complex interplay between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, the environment and the microbiota, that is, the whole set of bacteria living in the different parts of our body with their whole set of genes. Understanding this complex nature versus nurture balance is one of the greatest challenges in human genetics a…
The SABE Study began in 2000 under the coordination of the Pan American Health Organization as a multicenter study developed in seven urban centers of Latin America and the Caribbean to determine the health and living conditions of older adults. In Brazil (AU)
The ageing of populations raises major challenges at all levels, individual, local, national and international. The health of older people is an area of concern for governments throughout the developed world because older people are the main users of health services. Yet, the healthcare needs of older people (those aged 80 years or more) are, in many places such as in LA, unknown despite …
There is scientific evidence showing that the variation of serum levels of cardiometabolic, inflammatory, hormonal and nutritional biomarkers can be associated with body composition of elderly and other risk variables and contribute to the development and/or aggravation of diseases and impair quality of life these individuals. This research project will consist of analysis of the effect o…
The maintenance of cognitive and functional abilities is one of the factors associated with better quality of life. The literature has little data about the factors associated with better cognitive performance in old age. The aim of this study is to identify the factors associated with better cognitive performance among older adults of São Paulo. The data were collected by SABE Study - th…
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