Letícia Perticarrara Ferezin

Graduated in Gerontology from the Federal University of São Carlos (2012), with a Master's degree in Science from the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing (EERP/USP) Fundamental Nursing Program (2016), where she investigated the association between genetic polymorphisms and health parameters in women aged 50 and older. She earned a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Genetics) from the Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP/USP) Graduate Program in Genetics (2021), researching the relationship between PIK3CA and PIK3CG gene polymorphisms and the risk of erectile dysfunction.Completed two postdoctoral research fellowships at the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing (EERP/USP). From 2021 to 2023, she conducted a comparative study on the antihypertensive and biochemical effects of beetroot extract in hypertensive Black and White individuals. From 2023 to 2025, she joined the Operational Epidemiological Studies Group on Tuberculosis, where she developed the project Health Conditions of Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness and/or Living in Favelas in Brazil: Evidence from the COVID-19 Social Thermometer Project, as part of the broader COVID-19 Social Thermometer initiative in Brazil. Currently, they are developing the postdoctoral research project "Intersection between NOX5 genetic polymorphisms and oxidative stress biomarkers in the risk of erectile dysfunction and therapeutic response to Sildenafil" at the Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP/USP). Experience in Gerontology, Genetics, Clinical Research, and Data Analysis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)