Carla Brigagão Pacheco da Silva

She holds a Bachelor's degree in General Pharmacy from the Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG) (2008-2012). She earned a Masters degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, specializing in toxicological analysis and toxicology, from UNIFAL-MG (2013-2015). She completed her Ph.D. in Sciences, with a focus on Toxicology, at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto - University of São Paulo (USP-RP) (2016-2020). She underwent technical training at the Center for Pharmacometrics and Toxicological Analyses at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (FCFAr-UNESP), where her project focused on proposing health-based exposure limits (HBELs) (2021).Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at the Ribeirão Preto Medical School at University of São Paulo (FMRP/USP), with international experience at the University of South Carolina, United States (USA). She served as a member of the Young Toxicologists Committee (CJTOX) of the Brazilian Society of Toxicology (SBTox) (2020-2024).Her expertise includes occupational, analytical, and experimental toxicology; drug and toxicant analysis; chromatographic techniques such as liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS); cardiovascular pharmacology; ethanol toxicity mechanisms; molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in oxidative stress and inflammatory processes; and gut microbiota. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)