Membros

Carlos Augusto Monteiro (Scientific Coordinator)

MD, Medical Residency and Master degree in Preventive Medicine, PhD in Public Health, Postdoctoral degree at the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University. Full Professor of the Department of Nutrition of the School of Public Health (FSP) at the University of São Paulo (USP).

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Monteiro16

Patrícia Constante Jaime (Scientific Vice Coordinator)

Nutritionist. Full Professor of the Department of Nutrition of the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo (USP). Master and Doctor degree in Public Health by USP. Postdoctoral degree in Nupens/USP and in London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Works on the following subjects: food and nutrition programs and policies, food environment, healthy eating promotion, nutrition in primary care.

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Patricia_Jaime

Regina Rodrigues (Executive Secretary)

Alex Antonio Florindo (Deliberative Council)

Associate Professor at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of São Paulo. His main research field is with correlates and determinants of physical activity. He is the principal investigator of the FAPESP thematic project entitled “Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Nutritional Status: a Longitudinal Study”.

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alex_Florindo

José Eluf Neto (Deliberative Council)

Graduation (MD) in Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), Brazil, 1974. Residence in Internal Medicine, Hospital das Clínicas (HC) – FMUSP, Brazil, 1975-1977. MSc in Preventive Medicine, FMUSP, Brazil, 1985. PhD in Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – University of London, United Kingdom, 1993. Full Professor of Preventive Medicine, FMUSP, Brazil; Director of Fundação Oncocentro de São Paulo, Brazil. Main area of Research: Cancer Epidemiology

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Wolney Lisboa Conde (Deliberative Council)

Graduation degree in Nutrition by the Federal University of Pará (1991) and Doctor degree in Public Health by the University of São Paulo (USP) (2004). Professor of the USP, teaching in the graduation and posgraduation courses, in Nutrition and Nutrition in Public Health, respectively. He has experience in the public health area, with emphasis in nutrition, mainly in the following subjects: nutritional epidemiology, nutrition transition, obesity, determinants of the nutritional status and anthropometry.

Renata Bertazzi Levy (Researcher)

Scientific Researcher VI of the Department of Preventive Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP) Medical School. Graduation degree in Nutrition by the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1991), Master degree in Public Health by the School of Public Health (FSP) of the USP (2002), and Doctor degree in Public Health by the FSP/USP (2007). She has experience in the public health area, with emphasis in epidemiology, mainly in the following subjects: food consumption, dietary surveys, eating habits, school and complementary feeding. She is an advisor of the Postgraduation Program in Nutrition and Public Health and of the Preventive Medicine Postgraduation Program.

Maria Laura da Costa Louzada (Researcher)

She holds a PhD in Public Health Nutrition from the University of São Paulo (USP). She is an assistant professor at the Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, USP, and a researcher at the Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health (Nupens/USP). She is an advisor in the Graduate Program in the Public Health Nutrition Program (FSP/USP). She has great interest in the study of the effects of transnational and ultraprocessing of food on the conditions of life and health of the populations. In 2017, she was on maternity leave.

Ana Clara Duran (Researcher)

Research Scientist at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil and Professor at the Graduate Program in Collective Health and Epidemiology of the University of Campinas Medical School. She holds a Doctoral Degree in Public Health Nutrition from the University of Sao Paulo School of Public Health and took part of her doctorate studies at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Formerly she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Illinois, Chicago where she worked with social and food environment, and she worked closely with the Brazilian Ministry of Social Development as a consultant for the Unesco. Her main research interests include: understanding the social and environment determinants of diet and diet-related diseases, improving measures of the food environment, as well as impact evaluation of social and nutrition and food policies.

Ana Paula Bortoletto Martins (Researcher)

She works with evaluation and monitoring of regulatory actions and public policies related to healthy food environments. She coordinates a project on overcoming obstacles to adequate and healthy diets (2016-2019) and on the political processes for the implementation of front-of-package nutrition labeling in Brazil and other Mercosur countries (2017-2019). She is an advisor at the Post-Graduate Program in Nutrition in Public Health at the School of Public Health at USP.
She is currently the leader of the Healthy Diets Program at Idec (Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection) and scientific researcher at NUPENS / USP (Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health, University of São Paulo).

Bárbara Hatzlhoffer Lourenço (Researcher)

Bárbara received a degree in Nutrition (2008) and a doctorate in Public Health Nutrition (2014) from the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo, where she currently holds a faculty position at the Department of Nutrition and is an advisor in the Graduate Program in Public Health Nutrition. Barbara has experience in public health nutrition, with an emphasis in nutritional epidemiology, developing activities mainly related to evaluation of nutritional status, maternal and child health, and analysis of longitudinal data.

Betzabeth Slater Villar (Researcher)

Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (1986). Master’s  degree in Applied Human Nutrition from the University of São Paulo (USP) (1996). Doctor’s degree in Public Health/USP (2001) and Professor at the School of Public Health (FSP/USP). She has experience in the Nutrition area, with emphasis on nutritional epidemiology, mainly on the following subjects: quantitative and qualitative methods for food consumption evaluation of adolescents and adults; dietary reference intakes (DRIs); and adolescents and children feeding. Associated Editor of the Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia and parecerista of the Revista de Saúde Pública and European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Member of the Department of Nutrition Council of the School of Public Health (FSP/USP).

Camila Aparecida Borges (Researcher)

Pos-doc position at Departament  of Nutrition/School of Publich Health with Project entitled “Interventions in the Food Retail Environment: Overcoming the obstacle information to promote healthy and adequate food in a city of the State of Sao Paulo.” PhD in Sciences with emphasis in Public Health Nutrition from the School of Public Health – University of Sao Paulo (2016). Research lines: Food retail environment, consumer food environment, food consumption, public health nutrition.

Carla Adriano Martins (Researcher)

Nutritionist and Gastronomy technician. Master in Nutrition and Ph.D. in Sciences, with an emphasis in Public Health Nutrition. Currently, she is a temporary professor in the Department of Nutrition at the School of Public Health/USP and a postdoctoral researcher at Nupens/USP, responsible for the research “Primary food provider’s cooking practices patterns and children’s consumption of ultra-processed foods in Brazil and in the United Kingdom”, under supervision of Dr. Renata Levy. She has experience in the field of food and nutrition in collective health, working mainly on the following topics: culinary to promote adequate and healthy eating; cooking skills; cooking and its impact on food consumption; intervention in food and nutrition; nutrition in foodservice.

Caroline dos Santos Costa (Researcher)

Postdoctoral fellow in Nutritional Epidemiology at Nupens/USP. She studies the consumption of ultra-processed foods and their effects on obesity at different ages and on body composition during childhood and adolescence. Currently, she works on data from the Pelotas-Brazil Birth Cohorts. MSc and PhD in Epidemiology by the Federal University of Pelotas. She served as a substitute professor at the Faculty of Nutrition in the same institution.

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Caroline_Costa6

Catarina Machado Azeredo (Researcher)

Nutritionist. Associate Professor at the Nutrition course, Medical School of the Federal University of Uberlândia. Visiting Scientist at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Doctor degree in Epidemiology by the University of São Paulo. She works in the following subjects: food consumption; adolescents; inequalities in health-related behaviors; chronic noncommunicable diseases; school environment and health-related behaviors.

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catarina_Azeredo

Clarissa de Lacerda Nazario (Researcher)

Graduated in Social Sciences (Bachelor and Licentiate – PUC SP – 1982), Specialist in Health Education (São Camilo – 1986), Master in Public Health (School of Public Health USP – 2002). She has experience in analyzing care information from SUS information systems. She has experience with field coordination of population-based research in health area and in projects of Education in Health and Communication in Health.

Daniela Neri (Researcher)

I am a Postdoctoral fellow at Nupens/USP and my current research seeks to investigate children’s dietary intakes and patterns, and to determine the association between ultra-processed foods consumption, dietary quality and obesity indicators. Certified as Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration in the US, I worked as a Registered Dietitian & Senior Research Associate for the divisions of Pediatric Clinical Research and Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology at University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. I earned my Masters’ degree at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Clinical Nutrition at Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos Universidad de Chile (INTA-Uchile). My doctoral degree in Science was completed at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP).

Daniela Silva Canella (Researcher)

Assistant Professor of the Department of Applied Nutrition and the Graduate Program in Food, Nutrition and Health of the Nutrition Institute of the Rio de Janeiro State University. Scientific Researcher of the Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, University of São Paulo. Graduation in Nutrition at Federal University of Goiás. Master and Doctoral Degree in Public Health Nutrition at School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo. Post-Doctorate at Federal University of São Paulo. Its main areas of research are: 1) obesity, acting in studies related to determinants and consequences; and 2) evaluation of food and nutrition programs and policies.

Eurídice Martínez Steele (Researcher)

I obtained a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1999), a Master´s degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2003) and a PHD in Nutrition in Public Health Program from the Faculty of Public Health, USP (2017). At present, I am a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Public Health, USP, focusing on the study of the association between ultra-processed food consumption and nutritional profile of the diet and health outcomes supervised by Dr. Carlos Monteiro. Research lines: 1) Ultra-processed food consumption and metabolic syndrome among US adults; 2) Consumption of ultra-processed foods, nutritional profile of the diet and health outcomes among children and adolescents in the United States; 3) Patterns of ultra-processed consumption throughout the day in the population of Australia; 4) Ultra-processed foods and their influence on dietary fat content in seven countries

Fernanda Galvão de Oliveira Santin (Researcher)

Graduation in Nutrition at the University of São Paulo (USP). Master and Doctor degree in Food, Nutrition and Health by the Rio de Janeiro State University. Postdoctoral fellow at the Nupens/USP. She studies the temporal trends in consumption of ultra-processed foods by the Australian population (1995-2012).

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernanda_Santin

Fernanda Helena Marrocos Leite (Researcher)

Acted as Policy Research Officer to the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition Secretariat, located at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2015-2018). Previously worked with the Brazilian School Feeding Programme being responsible for the development and management of nutrition projects which were created in partnership with the National Fund for Development of Education (FNDE). Currently acts as an Independent Consultant on the topics of food and nutrition security and sustainable food systems. Holds a BSc in Nutrition Science and an MSc in Public Health Nutrition from the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ph.D. candidate in Global Health and Sustainability at the School of Public Health, University of São Paulo (USP), under the guidance of Prof. Carlos Monteiro. Her doctoral thesis aims to investigate the impact of Brazilian diets on biodiversity. This study is part of the Climate and Land Use Alliance project “Environmental impact of the Brazilian diet: problems and solutions regarding meat consumption”.

ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernanda_Marrocos_Leite

Fernanda Rauber (Researcher)

Post-doctoral Fellow, NUPENS / USP. She studies the consumption of ultra-processed foods and their effects on the nutritional profile of diet and health outcomes, as a focus on the population of the United Kingdom. She is currently working with data from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) and the European Biobank and EPIC cohorts. It also studies the association between the circumstances related to eating and consumption of ultra-processed foods in different age groups.

Geoffrey Cannon (Researcher / Communication Team)

Geoffrey has been working with NUPENS since 2012. He is a specialist in public health and especially international food and nutrition policy. Since 2009 collaborator and co-author, with Carlos Monteiro as lead author, of many papers on the NOVA project and ultra-processing. Member of the USP team responsible to the Ministério da Saúde for the Guia Alimentar. Founder-editor, designer, columnist, World Nutrition, 2010-2016. Other work relevant to NOVA includes The New Nutrition Science and its Giessen Declaration.

Geoffrey is a UK citizen, resident in Brazil. He lives and works in Brazil, believing that the lead in public health will come and is coming from the global South. In 2000-2002 he worked at the Ministério da Saúde in Brasília and was a member of the Brazilian government delegation to the WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva in 2001. He also was a member of the UK government delegation to the International Conference on Nutrition in Rome in 1992. In the 1990s he was director for the World Cancer Research Fund for its report Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective. Previously he was an assistant editor at The Sunday Times in London, and director of various civil society organisations. Books include Dieting Makes You Fat, The Food Scandal, The Politics of Food, Superbug, and The Fate of Nations. Over 600 contributions in ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Geoffrey_Cannon. 85 papers in PubMed.

Gustavo Andres Cediel Giraldo (Researcher)

Nutritionist at Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia (2006), with a master’s and doctorate in nutrition and food at Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile (2015). Currently postdoctoral fellow in the nucleus of epidemiological research in nutrition and health, nutrition department, University of São Paulo. With experience in nutritional studies, with emphasis on nutritional analysis of the population, researches with longitudinal data in children and adolescents, on changes in body composition, and on micronutrient deficiencies coexisting with obesity (double burden of malnutrition ). Currently, he is part of the thematic project directed by professor Carlos A. Monteiro “Consumption of ultraprocessed foods, nutritional profile of diet and obesity in seven countries”, working specifically in the analyzes of the database of Chile and participating in the analyzes of Colombia among other countries of Latin America.

Larissa Galastri Baraldi (Researcher)

Nutritionist. Researcher at the Center for Food  Studies at University of Campinas (NEPA/UNICAMP) and  associate researcher of the Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health at University of São Paulo  (NUPENS / USP). Obtained PhD in Nutrition and Public Health from School of Public Health (FSP / USP). Specialist in adolescence for multidisciplinary teams from Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). She has experience in Nutritional Epidemiology and works mainly in the following subjects: analysis of the food consumption and quality of the diet; nutritional status of populations.

Marly Augusto Cardoso

PhD in Food Science and Experimental Nutrition from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she is a Full Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology and served as the Director of the country’s first graduate program in Public Health Nutrition. She was Lemann Visiting Scholar of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Expertise: Experience in dietary assessment methods, dietary data analysis, design, development and analysis of nutritional surveys. Dr. Cardoso was the Principal Investigation for research projects funded by FAPESP and CNPq on diet and Nutrition related Chronic Diseases (diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cancer). She is also member of the Japanese-Brazilians Diabetes Study Group that conducted the Fapesp funded project “Diabetes type 2 and associated diseases among the Japanese-Brazilians living in Bauru”. Considering the nutritional transition in Brazil, she has been working also on nutritional surveys in the Amazon region. In child health, she has been describing health and nutritional conditions in Amazonian counties with socioeconomic indicators that are substantially lower than the national average. The fieldwork has been done with the participation of community health agents, nursing students from Federal University of Acre, and university level health professionals with training and local supervision by her research team. Her research team has been working in the assessment of environmental conditions and child health status (including assessment of anthropometric indices, biochemical indicators and morbidities – diarrhea, respiratory diseases and other infections), and providing basic health information and training for health workers, mothers and children, including cooking workshops to increase the consumption of local fruits and vegetables. Additional information in Portuguese, English and Spanish can be found at the blog http://www.frutosnorte.blogspot.com Currently, she is the Principal Investigator for the research project entitled Effectiveness of home fortification with vitamins and minerals for the prevention of iron deficiency and anemia in infants younger than 1 year of age: a multi-center study of Brazilian cities, supported by the Ministry of Health of Brazil, CNPq and UNICEF. Additional information in Portuguese at the website http://nutricao.saude.gov.br/estudo_fortificacao.php

Mélissa Mialon (Researcher)

Dr. Mialon is a Fapesp Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. She is a food engineer with training in food science and food technology and has a Ph.D. in nutrition. She currently leads research on the influence of the food industry on public health policy, research and practice in Latin America. She has strong research collaborations internationally, through her previous positions in the Pacific and Europe. She is a consultant for multiple health and consumer organizations. She was a commissioned expert for the World Health Organization during the development of its conflicts of interest policy in nutrition programs. She is an Associate Editor of World Nutrition, the journal of the World Public Health and Nutrition Association.

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melissa_Mialon

Neha Khandpur (Research Scientist)

My research interests broadly focus on the influence that policies and environmental factors have on food choices and lifestyle behaviors and how these may be leveraged to create healthier nutrition environments and prevent obesity and chronic diseases. In my current research, I use qualitative and experimental methods to estimate the influence that food policies, like nutrition labels, have on consumer understanding and food selection. I use epidemiological methods to study associations between food consumption, particularly of ultra-processed foods, and chronic disease risk in nationally representative surveys in Colombia and in cohorts of adults and children in the US, the UK, and India. My Masters degree was at the University of Bristol (UK) where I studied Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health and my doctoral degree, in Public Health Nutrition and Obesity Epidemiology, was at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (USA).

Rafael Moreira Claro (Researcher)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutrition, Minas Gerais Federal University (UFMG). Has experience in Public Health Nutrition and Surveillance and Monitoring of Risk and Protective Health Factors, working mainly on the following topics: food consumption and determinants, health surveys, monitoring of risk and protective factors for NCD.

Renata Costa de Miranda (Researcher)

Postdoctoral Fellow in Nutritional Epidemiology at University of São Paulo (Department of Preventive Medicine – Faculty of Medicine). Graduation degree in Nutrition at Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Unirio), Master degree in Food and Nutrition Security at Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), and Doctor degree in Applied Medical-Surgical Sciences at University of Rome Tor Vergata (visiting PhD scholar at Cardiff University). Former Professor of Public Health Nutrition at Federal University of the Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM). Currently she is studying the association between consumption of ultra-processed foods, diet quality and health outcomes in the population of Portugal, under supervision of the researcher Dr. Renata B. Levy.

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renata_Costa_De_Miranda

Alícia Tavares da Silva Gomes (Postgraduate student)

Graduate student of the Nutrition in Public Health Program (Direct Doctorate) at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo (2018), institution in which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition (2017). She has worked in the area of research since graduation (scientific initiation), in addition to accumulating international experiences (exchange and work presentation). Currently, her main research topic is the relationship between the retail food environment and knowledge, perceptions and consumer behaviors related to sodium consumption.

Cláudia Raulino Tramontt (Postgraduate student)

PhD student in Public Health Nutrition at University of São Paulo (USP). Master in Collective Health at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Specialization in Health Services Evaluation by the UnaSUS system of the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA). Graduation in Nutrition at UFCSPA (2011). Research areas: Food and Nutrition Interventions, Public Food and Nutrition Policies, Food and Nutrition Education. Research Project: Design, experimentation and evaluation of a permanent education program for the implementation of the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population in Primary Health Care. Advisor: Drª Patricia Constante Jaime.

Giovanna Calixto Andrade (Postgraduate student)

Phd student of the Departamento de Medicina Preventiva da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), under the supervision of Dra Renata Levy.  Graduated in Nutrition in the Universidade de São Paulo (2013). Master dregree in the Departamento de Medicina Preventiva pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (2017). Has experience in nutrition and collective health, working mainly in nutritional epidemiology.

Josefa M. F. Garzillo (Postgraduate Student)

Environmental impact of food consumption. Incorporation of environmental sustainability issues in food recomendations

Kamila Tiemann Gabe (Postgraduate student)

PhD student at Graduate Program in Nutrition in Public Health, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo (USP), advisored by Dra. Patricia Constante Jaime. Master’s in Nutrition in Public Health at School of Public Health, USP with fellowship from CAPES (2018). Bachelor’s in Nutrition at Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, with Scientific Initiation scholarship from CNPq (2013). She has experience in food and nutrition policies and psychometry.

Leandro Fórnias Machado de Rezende (Postgraduate Student)

My main research interest is understanding the importance of healthy lifestyles for the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promotion of population health. I am particularly interested in epidemiological studies on the association of physical activity, nutrition and obesity with cancer risk. My current research projects involve (i) use of repeated measures in longitudinal studies to assess the association between physical activity and NCDs, particularly cancer; (ii) burden of cancer attributable to lifestyle risk factors in Brazil; (iii) evidence synthesis and risk of bias in epidemiological studies; (iv) distribution of protective and risk factors for NCDs in the population

Maria Alvim Leite (Postgraduate student)

PhD student in Preventive Medicine at University of São Paulo (USP) since March 2017. Project: Contextual effects on adolescents food consumption and nutritional status: a study at São Paulo’s schools, oriented by Dr. Renata Levy. Master’s degree in Public Health at Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) in February 2017. Worked as editorial assistant at World Public Health Nutrition Association (WPHNA) Journal from 2014 to 2016. Graduated in Nutrition at UFJF in August 2014. Made part of graduation at University of Porto (Portugal) in 2013.

Maria Fernanda Gombi Vaca (Postgraduate student)

Mrs. Gombi-Vaca is a Public Health Researcher and is PhD candidate at the Preventive Medicine Program of the University of São Paulo Medical School.  Her work focuses on Health and Nutrition, with enphasis on the promotion of healthy and sustainable food systems. She has experience managing public health databases and using advanced statistical manipulation, such as multilevel modelling of survey clustered data. She posseses strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Portuguese. She has participated and presented scientific works at Public Health Conferences in the US and Brazil. She has experience organizing volunteers for NGOs as well as planning and executing fund-raising and other events. These endeavors focused on providing support for local agriculture, promoting food awareness and socially- and environmentally-responsible eating practices. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences from University of São Paulo (2004), an MBA in Marketing from Fundace-USP (2008), and a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Rio de Janeiro State University (2014).

Mariana Ferreira Madruga (Postgraduate student)

Master candidate at the Preventive Medicine Program of the University of São Paulo Medical School (FMUSP). Graduation in Nutrition at the University of Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) and Hospitality at the University of São Francisco (USF). Her work focuses on Nutritional Epidemiology, with emphasis on the distribution and trends of ultra-processed foods consumption. She worked in the longitudinal and cross-sectional project, clinical care, advising and consulting nutritional, lectures, and workshops on diet quality.

ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mariana_Madruga

Priscila Pereira Machado (Postgraduate student)

PhD student in Public Health Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, with fellowship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), and Research Internships Abroad period at the University of Melbourne (2018/2019). Master’s Degree in Public Health Nutrition, University of São Paulo, with FAPESP fellowship. Bachelor’s in Nutrition from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), with Scientific Initiation scholarship supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Researcher at the Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health (NUPENS/USP) since 2014. She has experience in Food, Nutrition and Public Health, with emphasis on Epidemiology, working mainly in the following topics: health surveys, food consumption, diet quality and chronic noncommunicable diseases. Her doctoral thesis aims to study the patterns of consumption of ultra-processed foods and their influence on dietary nutrient profile and obesity in the Australian population. This study is part of the thematic project “Consumption of ultra-processed foods, dietary nutrient profile and obesity in seven countries”. She also collaborates in cohort studies in Brazil and Australia aiming to analyse the association between the consumption of ultra-processed foods and chronic noncommunicable diseases.

Geoffrey Cannon (Researcher / Communication Team)

Geoffrey has been working with NUPENS since 2012. He is a specialist in public health and especially international food and nutrition policy. Since 2009 collaborator and co-author, with Carlos Monteiro as lead author, of many papers on the NOVA project and ultra-processing. Member of the USP team responsible to the Ministério da Saúde for the Guia Alimentar. Founder-editor, designer, columnist, World Nutrition, 2010-2016. Other work relevant to NOVA includes The New Nutrition Science and its Giessen Declaration.

Geoffrey is a UK citizen, resident in Brazil. He lives and works in Brazil, believing that the lead in public health will come and is coming from the global South. In 2000-2002 he worked at the Ministério da Saúde in Brasília and was a member of the Brazilian government delegation to the WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva in 2001. He also was a member of the UK government delegation to the International Conference on Nutrition in Rome in 1992. In the 1990s he was director for the World Cancer Research Fund for its report Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective. Previously he was an assistant editor at The Sunday Times in London, and director of various civil society organisations. Books include Dieting Makes You Fat, The Food Scandal, The Politics of Food, Superbug, and The Fate of Nations. Over 600 contributions in ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Geoffrey_Cannon. 85 papers in PubMed.

Fernanda Paranhos Quinta (Communication Team)

Nutritionist from the School of Public Health (FSP) of the University of São Paulo (USP). She had a scholarship of scientific initiation (PIBIC-CNPq) at the Department of Mother and Child Health, FSP/USP. She has a degree in Social Communication from Cásper Líbero Faculty and as a journalist she has experience in reportage, writing and text editing (magazines, newspaper and radio). She is also experienced in editorial production of books and science journals, with emphasis in health and medicine areas. She is interested in scientific disclosure, social media, conflict of interests, public policies, public health, breastfeeding and human milk bank.