Fabiana de Sant'Anna Evangelista

Graduated in Sport at the School of Physical Education and Sport at the University of São Paulo (1998), Master in Molecular Biology at the Paulista School of Medicine at the Federal University of São Paulo (2001), PhD in Science at the Paulista School of Medicine at the Federal University of São Paulo São Paulo (2004). She did her first postdoctoral research at the Heart Institute of the Clinical Hospital at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (2006-2008) and her second postdoctoral research at the Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA (2013-2014). She is an associate professor in the Physical Education and Health course at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of São Paulo (EACH-USP), and advisor in the Graduate programs in Physical Activity Sciences at EACH-USP and in Experimental Pathophysiology at the Faculty of Medicine at USP. She is currently vice-director of EACH-USP. She has experience in the area of health, biochemistry and exercise physiology, with emphasis on bioenergetic and cardiovascular adaptations promoted by physical exercise. She has worked mainly on the topic effect of physical exercise in the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases, focusing on the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the metabolism and remodeling of adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, liver and the heart. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)