Journal of Frontier Studies across Disciplines

Post-Doctorate in Social Psychology from the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris/France, Public Health Nurse, and Doctor in Public Health (USP). Retired Full Professor actively involved in the Graduate Program in Nursing and the Research Area of the School of Nursing/UERJ; Researcher 1A at CNPq and Pro-Scientist at UERJ. She coordinated the Graduate Program in Nursing (2004-2009 and 2016-2019); coordinated the Advisory Committee of the Nursing Area of CNPq (2010-2013) and was a member of this committee (2007-2013). Advisor to Capes, CNPq, FAPERJ, FINEP, Center for Advanced Studies at USP, Mackenzie Foundation, and other national and international Research and Science and Technology Support Foundations. She develops research guided by the Theory of Social Representations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, on topics such as social representations and health; social images and professional practices in health; symbolic incorporation of health systems; professional practices focused on VIH/SIDA and its symbols; symbolic construction of the coronavirus and COVID-19, and personal and social care practices. He/She coordinates the Research Group on Sociocognitive and Psychosocial Processes of Health and Nursing Care of Population Groups (PSICUIDEN) of CNPq, through which he/she develops international exchange projects with different international centers.

• Nursing Education
• Public Health
• COVID-19
• HIV/AIDS
• Nursing
• Health Psychology
• Collective Health

• Full Professor, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ)
• CNPq Research Productivity Fellow (Level 1A)
• Coordinator of the CAPES PRINT International Exchange Program
• Former Coordinator of the UERJ Graduate Program in Nursing
• Former Coordinator of the CNPq Nursing Advisory Committee
• Editorial Board Member and reviewer for numerous international nursing and public health journals
• Supervisor of Master's and Ph.D. students
• Leader of research projects in Nursing and Public Health

• Construction and Transformation of Social Representations of AIDS and Implications for Health Care. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem. 2013.
• Social Representations of AIDS and Their Quotidian Interfaces for People Living with HIV. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem. 2011.
• People with HIV/AIDS in Nurses' Social Representations: Analysis of Central, Counter-Normative and Attitudinal Elements. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem. 2012.
• Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS: Social Representations of Nurses and Physicians. Revista Enfermagem UERJ. 2015.
• Social Representation by Health Professionals of Care for Patients with HIV/AIDS. Revista Enfermagem UERJ. 2017.
• Social Representations About Their Own Vulnerability Developed by Nurses Caring for People Living with HIV. Revista Enfermagem UERJ. 2014.
• The Production of Knowledge on HIV/AIDS in the Field of Social Representation Theory in 25 Years of the Epidemic. Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem. 2009.
• Memories and Social Representations of the Care Provided by Nurses to People Living with HIV. Revista Foco. 2023.