Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Paulista State University – UNESP/Brazil), MSc (State University of Campinas – UNICAMP/Brazil), PhD (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ/Brazil), Post-doc (University Health Network – UHN/Canada), emerging leader of the seventh cohort of the World Heart Federation (WHF) Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders programme – with a special focus on diabetes, associate Professor of Faculty of Physical Therapy and head of the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation and Physical-Functional Performance Sciences at Federal University of Juiz de Fora.