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Monica Sanches Yassuda
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of São Paulo (1990), Master's degree (1994) and Ph.D. (1999) in Human Developmental Psychology from the University of Florida, Associate Professor at USP (2011). She is currently full professor at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH USP). She teaches and investigates topics related to the Psychology of Aging, such as: cognition and aging, memory, meta-memory, cognitive training, dementia, neuropsychology of aging. She has been the coordinator of the undergraduate bachelor course in Gerontology, (2009-2013), President of the Undergraduate Commission at EACH USP (2011-2013), Counselor at the State Council for the Elderly, representing the Higher Education Secretary (2009-2011), Member of the State Committee of Reference in the Health of the Elderly of the Health Department of the State of São Paulo, Dean of EACH USP (2018-2022). She is a research advisor of the Postgraduate Program in Gerontology at EACH USP and UNICAMP and in Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine of USP. She was responsible for the Thematic Project FAPESP 16/00084-8 "Follow-up study of the Campinas and Ermelino Matarazzo cohorts of the FIBRA study: predictors and outcomes of frailty in the elderly in Brazil". She is currently a member of the LatAm-FINGERS study, supported by the Alzheimers Association which brings together 12 countries. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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- Technical Reserve for Institutional Research Infrastructure, AP.RT.INST
- Technical Reserve for Institutional Research Infrastructure, AP.RT.INST
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- Technical Reserve for Institutional Research Infrastructure, AP.RT.INST
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Scholarships in Brazil
- Relationship between Sarcopenia and cognition in the old people: data from the fibra study, BP.DR
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The relationship between sarcopenia and cognitive impairment has not yet been extensively evaluated among the elderly, especially in longitudinal designs. The aim of this study will be to evaluate the relationship between sarcopenia and cognition in two studies. In Study 1, a longitudinal study will be conducted with data from the Brazilian Elderly Fragility (FIBRA) survey, with 549 senio…
- Follow-up study of the Campinas and Ermelino Matarazzo cohorts of the FIBRA study: predictors and outcomes of frailty in the elderly in Brazil, BP.DD
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Frailty is a clinical syndrome associated with affected health outcomes. The study of frailty among elderly Brazilians is of special relevance, since they live in different conditions than elderly European and Americans, in terms of income, education, access to health and social opportunities. These differences can change the configuration of this syndrome in Brazil, as well as its histor…
- Follow-up study of the cohorts of Campinas and Ermelino Matarazzo of the FIBRAs study: predictors and outcomes of fragility in the elderly in Brazil, BP.IC
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Fragility is a clinical syndrome associated with negative health outcomes. The study of the fragility among Brazilian elderly is of special relevance, since they live in different conditions of European and North American elderly for income, schooling, access to health and social opportunities. These differences may alter the configuration of this syndrome in Brazil, as well as its antece…
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Scholarships abroad
- Trajectories of frailty and cognitive impairment in older adults of the study Health, Well-being and Aging (SABE) in three evaluation waves, BE.EP.DR
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Frailty and cognitive impairment are considered clinical conditions of high prevalence in older adults, associated with negative health outcomes, especially when coexisting. Studies indicate that there is a significant association between these conditions, but the direction of the association remains questioned. Objective: To investigate, in a Brazilian database, with at least three momen…
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