NESANE - Center for the Study of School Health and Nutrition
Our
Team
We are professors, undergrad and graduate students and local professionals united to support public education and generate knowledge and citizenship.
University and society together for nutrition, healthy eating and health in schools.
Coordinating Professors
Professor of Nutrition and Public Health at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Campus of Macaé (since 2011). Visiting postdoctoral scholar at the Department of Anthropology / CASEL (Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes), at Indiana University (2020-2021).
Doctorate (2010) and Master's (2006) in Public Health at the National School of Public Health, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Visiting doctoral scholar at the Anthropology Department of Indiana University, IN, US (2009). BA in Nutrição at Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Interested in nutritional epidemiology and social-cultural determinants of nutrition and health.
Contact: aelourenco@gmail.com
Nutritionist, Master's in Human Nutrition (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ) and PhD in Nutritional Sciences - UFRJ. She is currently a Professor of Nutrition at UFRJ-Macaé. She works mainly with Nutritional Epidemiology, with an emphasis on the following themes: adolescents, food consumption, nutritional assessment, lifestyle and risk behaviors.
Contact: luananutrir@gmail.com
Nutritionist, master and doctor degree in Nutrition Science (UFV), with training period at Universidade Lúrio, Mozambique. She is currently a Professor of Nutrition at UFRJ-Macaé, where she is part of the Collective Health Axis. She develops research and extension on the following themes: public policies on food, nutrition, food and nutrition security and assessment of food consumption and nutritional status of populations.
Contact: naiarasperandio@yahoo.com.br
Nutritionist, PhD in Food Science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Professor of Nutrition at UFRJ-Campus Macaé, working mainly in the areas of Food Science and Technology and Promotion of Healthy Eating.
Contact: privpontes@gmail.com