LUCIANO VITORINO | Cognitive Aging | Cognitive Aging Excellence

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Dr. LUCIANO VITORINO | Cognitive Aging | Cognitive Aging Excellence

Dr. Luciano Magalhães Vitorino, Ph.D., RN 🇧🇷 is a dedicated professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Itajubá, Brazil 🏥, with expertise in nursing, gerontology, spirituality, and health 🌱. He has built a multidisciplinary academic and research career blending healthcare, cognition, and spirituality 🧠🙏. With over 1,500 citations 📚 and extensive teaching roles in medicine and nursing 🩺, he leads the Research Center and the Assessment Center at FMIT, actively contributing to the Research Ethics Committee 👨‍🔬. His international academic collaborations, including the University of Alberta 🇨🇦, reflect his global engagement 🌍. A recognized academic voice, he served as Guest Editor for Frontiers in Psychiatry 📰 and holds memberships across academic platforms 📊. Through education, mentorship, and pioneering research, Dr. Luciano is influencing healthcare for the aging population 💡👴👵.

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Education 🎓

Dr. Luciano holds a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cognition, Spirituality, and Aging from UFJF (2017–2019) 🧘‍♂️🧠, a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Quality of Life & Spiritual Health from UNIFESP (2012–2016) 📖, and a B.Sc. in Nursing from Faculty of Nursing Wenceslau Braz (2006) 🩺. He specialized in Urgency and Emergency Care (2008–2010) ⛑️. His Ph.D. work was guided by experts from UNIFESP and the University of Alberta 🇨🇦, exploring spiritual/religious coping among older adults. His dissertation and thesis focused on quality of life and religious coping in nursing homes and community settings 🙏🏘️. His postdoctoral project assessed spirituality’s influence on cognitive decline in aging populations 🧓. This unique education, combining nursing, public health, and spirituality, positions him as a thought leader in holistic geriatric care

Experience 👨‍🏫

Dr. Luciano is a full-time assistant professor at FMIT since 2018 👨‍🏫. He coordinates both the Research Center (since 2022) and Assessment Center (since 2022), and is a long-standing member of the Research Ethics Committee (since 2019) 🧪📋. He previously taught at Faculty of Nursing Wenceslau Braz (2007–2012), Medical School of Itajubá (2013–2014), and Federal University of São Paulo (2013) 👨‍⚕️📘. He’s also guided health residency programs and coordinated caregiver training for elderly individuals 👵👨‍⚕️. As Guest Editor of Frontiers in Psychiatry (2022–2023), he shaped international discussions on spirituality and health 🗞️🕊️. His teaching subjects include Epidemiology, Geriatrics, Medical Semiology, and Spirituality & Health 🧬🩻. His roles reflect a passion for interdisciplinary health sciences and dedication to ethical, evidence-based care 🌟.

Awards & Recognitions 🏅

Dr. Luciano’s impactful research and teaching have earned him numerous citations across Scopus (h-index 13, 525 citations), Web of Science (h-index 11, 454 citations), Google Scholar (h-index 20, 1,506 citations) 📈, and ResearchGate (h-index 16, 864 citations) 🧑‍🔬. His inclusion as Guest Editor for Frontiers in Psychiatry (2022–2023) showcases recognition in global academic communities 🌍. He’s contributed to leading Brazilian and international institutions like UNIFESP, UFJF, and the University of Alberta 🇧🇷🇨🇦. Through strong publication records and global collaborations, he’s established himself as an authority on spiritual health in aging 🚀📚. His profile on Google Scholar, ORCID, and LinkedIn reflects international engagement and scholarly distinction 🌐🎖️.

Research Interests 🔬

Dr. Luciano’s research bridges Geriatrics, Gerontology, Spirituality and Mental Health, and AI in Healthcare 🧓🧠💻. His central interest lies in understanding how spirituality and religiosity affect cognitive aging and quality of life 🌿🧘‍♂️. His postdoctoral research—a 4-year longitudinal study—explored how spiritual coping impacts cognitive decline in community-dwelling elders 🧪🕯️. He also investigates medical education, primary healthcare, and interdisciplinary training 🩺📘. As AI transforms healthcare, he examines its integration with geriatric care and spiritual health frameworks 🤖❤️. Through mixed-methods research and international collaboration, he aims to personalize elderly care and mental wellness using both humanistic and data-driven approaches 📊✨.

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Crhistiane Andressa da Silva | Chronobiology and Memory | Neurocognitive Breakthrough Award

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Dr. Crhistiane Andressa da Silva | Chronobiology and Memory | Neurocognitive Breakthrough Award

 

Estúdio Amanhecer, Brazil

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Education

She earned her Doctorate in Psychology from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil, in 2012, with a Sandwich Doctorate at the Universitat de Barcelona under the supervision of Antoni Díez-Noguera. Her doctoral research, titled SAGUIS (Callithrix jacchus) SOB CICLO CLARO-ESCURO DE 21 H: UM MODELO DE DESSINCRONIZAÇÃO FORÇADA EM PRIMATA DIURNO, was conducted under the guidance of John Fontenele Araujo, with Carolina Virgínia Macedo de Azevedo as a co-advisor. She received a scholarship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Brazil.

She completed her Master’s in Pharmacology at UFRN in 2007, with a thesis titled EFEITOS DE VOCALIZAÇÕES DE CO-ESPECÍFICOS E DO ESCURO SOBRE O RITMO CIRCADIANO DA ATIVIDADE MOTORA EM SAGÜIS (Callithrix jacchus), under the supervision of Carolina Virgínia Macêdo de Azevedo. Her research was supported by a CAPES scholarship.

She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from UFRN in 2003, with a thesis titled Perfil Diário do Comportamento de Autocatação Durante Um Ciclo Ovariano em Díades de Saguis (Callithrix jacchus), under the supervision of Carolina Virgínia Macêdo de Azevedo. She received a scholarship from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil.

Work experience

She worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) from 2014 to 2017 under a full-time and exclusive contract. She then continued her postdoctoral research at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) from 2017 to 2018 under the same work scheme.

In 2018, she served as a part-time Professor at Faculdade Escritor Osman da Costa Lins (FACOL), where she taught the course Práticas Integrativas Complementares em Saúde for the Physiotherapy program.

Since 2021, she has been the owner and full-time instructor at Estúdio Amanhecer, where she teaches yoga.

Areas of Expertise

She specializes in Public Health within the broader field of Health Sciences, as well as Physiology and General Biology within Biological Sciences. Her expertise also extends to Zoology, with a focus on Animal Behavior.

Scientific, Technological & Academic Production

She has contributed to bibliographic research and publications in her fields of study.

Citations

Her research has been cited in various academic databases:

  • Web of Science: 44 citations across 3 articles (as of June 2, 2024), with an H-index of 3.
  • Google Scholar: 26 citations across 9 articles (as of January 17, 2017).

The citation search included variations of her name: Silva, C.A.; da Silva, C.A.; CA da Silva; CA Silva; C da Silva, Crhistiane Andressa da Silva; Christiane Andressa da Silva; da Silva, Christiane Andressa; da Silva, Crhistiane Andressa

Awards & Recognitions

  • 2023 & 2024: TOP MASTER GOLD award by popular vote, recognized as a distinguished professional in her field in Rio Grande do Norte for her contributions to local development.
  • 2022: Named Best Yoga Teacher of 2022 in Natal and awarded Best of the Year in Natal.
  • 2017: Secured second place in the Banner category on the theme Chronobiology at the IX Symposium of Psychobiology.

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