Mara Patricia Traina Chacon Mikahil

Head Professor at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, 2022), acting since 2002 as a teacher and researcher at the Department of Studies of Adapted Physical Activity (DEAFA) at the Faculty of Physical Education (FEF), UNICAMP. Graduated (Full Degree) in Physical Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1985), Master's Degree in Physical Education from the State University of Campinas (1993), Ph.D. in Functional and Molecular Biology from the State University of Campinas (1998) and Title of Livre Professor at the State University of Campinas (2017). She works in undergraduate (Physical Education) and postgraduate (Master and Doctorate programs in Physical Education (FEF) and Gerontology (FCM)-UNICAMP) teaching. In administration, she has served as Coordinator and Associate Coordinator of the Undergraduate Course, Head of the Department of Adapted Physical Activity Studies, and Associate Director of the Faculty of Physical Education at Unicamp, and was an advisor to the Pro-Rectory of Graduate Studies at Unicamp (2017-2021 ), and she working on various commissions and working groups at UNICAMP. In research, she does projects at the Exercise Physiology Laboratory-FISEX-FEF-UNICAMP and in collaboration with research institutions in Brazil and abroad. She works mainly on: aerobic and combined physical training, middle age and aging, hypertension, and physiological, molecular, and metabolic adaptations. CNPq Research Productivity Scholar, level 2 since March 2013. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6109-5141 (Source: Lattes Curriculum)