Rosane Pilot Pessa

She holds a degree in Nutrition from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1984), a Masters in Psychobiology (USP-Ribeirão Preto, 1995), a Ph.D. in Mental Health (USP-Ribeirão Preto, 1999) and a Postdoctoral Degree in Anthropology (The University of Alabama- USA, 2019). Since 1997, she is a lecturer at the Department of Maternal and Child Nursing and Public Health at the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing, USP, currently Associate Professor 2. She develops undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research and extension services to the community. She is the coordinator of the Food Education Program at the Campus of USP in Ribeirão Preto (PRAUSP) and Vice-Coordinator of the Group of Assistance in Eating Disorders (GRATA) of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto-USP. She is a mother of two and took maternity leave in 1999 and 2003. She has experience in the area of #8203;#8203;Nutrition in Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, working mainly on the themes Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa) and Obesity. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)