Category: Permanent

Maria Lucia Fleiuss De Farias graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ-1971), with a Master's in Endocrinology from PUC-RJ (1975) and a Ph.D. in Endocrinology from UFRJ (1991). She served as a physician at the State Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology from 1972 to 1996 and was a faculty member of the Graduate Program at PUC-RJ during that period. She has been a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at UFRJ through a public contest since 1978, and she was the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Endocrinology at UFRJ from 1996-2002 and 2009-2012. She is a Permanent Faculty Member of this Program (level 5 Capes), where she develops research and supervises Master's and Ph.D. studies. She is active in the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM), having served as president and vice president of the Rio de Janeiro regional branch in the bienniums 1997-98 and 2007-08, respectively. She is also involved in the Brazilian Association for Bone Assessment and Osteometabolism (ABRASSO) and has been a member of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research since 2000. Her research focuses on the Study of Calcium, Phosphorus, and Skeletal Metabolism Disorders, covering topics such as hypogonadism, osteoporosis, hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D, bone metabolism, bone densitometry, and bone microtomography.

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