Research Lines
Academic Structure
Nutritional Biochemistry
addresses research in basic science and experimental nutrition through experimental studies and clinical trials, aiming to elucidate biochemical mechanisms that associate diet with the etiology of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases, as well as to identify biomarkers of health and disease. These biomarkers help to develop better tools for the diagnosis and monitoring of nutritional treatment of these diseases.
Faculty:
- • Professor Andréa Ramalho
- • Professor Anna Paola Pierucci
- • Professor Eliane Fialho de Oliveira
- • Professor Eliane Lopes Rosado
- • Professor Luís Maurício Trambaioli R. Lima
- • Professor Tatiana El-Bacha
- • Professor Wilza Arantes Ferreira Peres
Food Science and Technology
Addresses research related to the characterization of the nutritional composition and bioactive compounds of foods, as well as the physical and chemical transformations resulting from culinary and industrial processes. The studies aim to promote the development of new food formulations, incorporating innovative technologies that consider the production of sustainable foods. It also includes research that investigates the metabolism of bioactive compounds in these foods, as well as the effect of the compounds in the prevention and treatment of NCDs, integrating in vitro studies, animal models and with human beings.
Faculty:
- • Professor Adriana Farah de Miranda Pereira
- • Professor Anna Paola Trindade Rocha Pierucci
- • Professor Eliane Fialho de Oliveira
- • Professor Mariana Costa Monteiro
Nutritional Epidemiology
addresses research that investigates the determinants of health and their interrelations with food and nutrition from the perspective of public health nutrition. The studies seek to recognize and understand nutritional problems in population groups, identifying public policies and intervention actions that can minimize these problems. Research in this field involves several methodologies and areas of knowledge, guided by interdisciplinarity and incorporating recent advances in science as an effort to recognize the environmental, social and individual determinants that interact in the occurrence of nutrition/malnutrition phenomena. The studies developed in this line also evaluate technologies, processes and resources that make it possible to act on the different nutrition problems in the country from an integrated perspective at the interface with the Human Sciences.
Faculty:
- • Professor Aline A. Ferreira
- • Professor Beatriz Gonçalves Ribeiro
- • Professor Cláudia Saunders
- • Professor Dayana Rodrigues Farias
- • Professor Gilberto Kac
- • Professor Maria Beatriz trindade Castro
- • Professor Maria Claudia da Veiga Soares Carvalho
- • Professor Patricia de Carvalho Padilha
- • Professor Rosana Salles da Costa
- • Professor Rosangela Alves Pereira
Instituto de Nutrição Josué de Castro – Nutrition Institute – UFRJ
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Secretaria de Pós-graduação – Academic Office
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Pro-Reitoria de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa – Vice-Rector of Research and Pos-graduation
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