Izabela da Silva Santos

Graduated in 2018 in the Nutrition and Metabolism course at the Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP). During her graduation period, she completed 4 years of scientific initiation at the Alzheimer's Disease Biochemistry Laboratory of the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, working with cell culture and DNA sequence analysis of scFv antibodies (FAPESP scholarship holder). During her last year of college, she completed a 7-month internship in hospital clinical nutrition at the Hospital das Clínicas of the Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine - USP (HC-USP). In 2020, she obtained her master's degree in science from the Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Metabolism (FMRP-USP), defending her dissertation entitled: Diet quality during pregnancy and its relationship with birth weight (FAPESP scholarship holder). In 2022, she completed her specialization in Hospital Clinical Nutrition at the Rio Preto University Center (UNIRP). She obtained her doctorate in 2024 from the Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Metabolism (FMRP-USP) defending the thesis entitled: Effect of a nutritional intervention in overweight pregnant women and the quality of the maternal diet on child growth up to six months (CAPES and FAPESP scholarship holder). She is currently a clinical dietitian in the nutrology clinic, treating cases of weight loss, changes in body composition, pre and post-operative orthognathic surgery and prenatal monitoring of pregnant women (focus on gestational diabetes mellitus). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)