M.D., Ph.D. Family doctor specialized in Mindfulness and Health Promotion with focus in Self-Care in Chronic Conditions. Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of the Department of Preventive Medicine - Escola Paulista de Medicina - UNIFESP. Vice-Coordinator of the Master and Doctorate Program in Population Health at UNIFESP (Stricto Sensu Post-Graduation). Full advisor at the Doctorate level of the Graduate Program in Organization Administration. Graduated from FMRP-USP (Ribeirão Preto Medical School - University of Sao Paulo) in 2000, PhD in Pathology at USP in 2005, and Post-Doctor in Mindfulness and Mental Health at the University of Zaragoza, Spain in 2012-2013 | Specialist in Family and Community Medicine, and in Sports Medicine and Exercise | Permanent Advisor in the Master's Program and Doctorate in Population Health of UNIFESP | Researcher at USP and Universities of Zaragoza and Valencia (Spain), Harvard University (USA), and University of Oxford (United Kingdom) | Senior Fellow of the International Primary Care Research Leadership Program (Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford) since 2012 | Senior Fellow of the International Complementary & Integrative Medicine Research Leadership and Capacity Building Program (Australian Research Centre for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM)) since 2020 | He has experience in Preventive Medicine, with emphasis on Health Behaviour and Wellbeing, Self-Care, Mindfulness, Implementation Science, Mental Health, Longevity, Primary Health Care (PHC), Health Technology Innovation, Big Data | Coordinator of the Mente aberta (Open Mind) - Brazilian Center for Mindfulness and Health Promotion (https://mindfulness.unifesp.br/) | Coordinator of the Master in Mindfulness of UNIFESP | Honorary member of the Advisory Board Committee of the ACCESS MBCT (https://www.accessmbct.com/) | Holder of the CNPq Scientific Performance Special Grant | Regular Member of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society | Medical Member of the Brazilian College of Lifestyle Medicine | Father of 3 sons, 17, 12 and 7 year-old. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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In the last few decades, the world has seen a significant increase in the occurrence of occupational diseases related to Burnout Syndrome (professional exhaustion) and stress in educators. These disorders affect mental health and teaching activity. In this way, they need to develop socio-emotional skills to cope with the psychosocial stressors related to the school environment. Currently…
Previous data obtained for our group showed that educators significantly improved the memory after mindfulness meditation practices when compared with a control group. Mindfulness meditation training plays a substantial role in shaping behavior and brain function, often with lasting effects. How these lasting effects occur has been an enduring question for the field. Brain image studies (…
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