Degree in Nutrition from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1985), master’s degree in Public Health from the University of São Paulo (1999) and doctorate in Nutrition from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2004) and postdoctoral at the Laboratoire de Physiologie des Adaptations nutritionelles, France. She is currently Associate Professor IV at the Federal University of Pernambuco. She was Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Nutrition from 2014-2018. She has experience in the area of Collective and Experimental Nutrition, Sport and Immunity Coordinator of the Research Group Experimental Nutrition and Metabolic Programming and Member of the CRONOBRA group for studies related to Chronobiology in Brazil . It works mainly on the following topics: nutritional assessment, experimental diets, physical activity, chrononutrition and metabolism. Master’s and PhD advisor. Associate of the Brazilian Nutrition Association