Maysa Alves Rodrigues Brandão Rangel

PhD in Sciences from the Human Movement Sciences and Rehabilitation Program at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). Master in Medicine from Universidade Nove de Julho. Graduated in Physiotherapy from the Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo (2000), with Improvement in Motor and Respiratory Physiotherapy from the Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual (2000) and Hospital Improvement from Santa Casa de São Paulo (2001). Postgraduate in Pediatric Physical Therapy and in Physical Therapy in Orthopedics and Traumatology.She worked as a physiotherapist in the hospital area from 2001 to 2017, performing activities in the Adult ICU, Adult Ward and Emergency, in addition to collaborating in the development of protocols for ventilatory weaning, non-invasive mechanical ventilation and weaning from tracheostomies. Responsible for the spirometry exams at the Specialty Medical Outpatient Clinic of São Paulo from 2017-2018.She is currently a researcher at the PhysioSign Research Center lab at UNIFESP, which conducts clinical and experimental research, focusing on the cellular and molecular immunological aspects involved in both the pathophysiology of metabolic diseases and physical exercise, as well as in the study of analysis and transmission of biomedical signals. She has professional certification by the Florida Board (USA) as a physical therapist and was invited by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to receive the Green Card due to her special abilities. During this period, he lived for nine months in the United States, where he developed research in the health area. She is physiotherapist recognized by the three main scientific societies of world reference in the respiratory area: European Respiratory Society (ERS), American Thoracic Society (ATS) and Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT). He received the 2018 ERS award in Paris, the 2020 and 2021 ALAT awards, and the 2022 ATS award in San Francisco, California. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)