Biography
Graduated in Occupational Therapy (1989). Currently Scientific Researcher VI at Instituto Adolfo Lutz of São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. He holds a master's degree (2004) and a doctorate degree (2012) in Health Sciences/Epidemiology from the Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto-SP-FAMERP. It works mainly on the following topics: Leprosy, Epidemiology, Occupational Therapy, Public Health, Physical Disabilities, Prosthetics, orthotics and auxiliary means of mobility, tuberculosis and health education.