Birth: April 14, 1971 in Taruaçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Citizenship: brazilian
Language Fluency: english, portuguese
Address:
Department of Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo
P.O. Box 8091
05403-010 São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Telephone +5511 3069.7383
Telefax: +5511 3062.9029
e-mail: ffox@uai.com.br
Education:
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry Clinical Analist, University of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, mPharm (1990-1994)
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry Industrial Analist, University of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, mPharmd (1994-1995)
University of São Paulo, MSc in Toxicological analysis and toxicology (1995-1998)
University of São Paulo, PhD in Toxicology (2000-2003)
Professional Experience:
Professor of the Department of Food and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Juiz de Fora (since 1997)
Professor of Toxicology, University of Juiz de Fora (since 1997)
Professor of Bromatology, University of Juiz de Fora (1997-1999)
Professor of Quality Control, University of Juiz de Fora (since 2003)
Professor of Phytotheraphy - toxicologic aspects, University of Juiz de Fora (since 2003)
Head of the Drug Discovery Unit at University of Juiz de Fora (since 2003)
Current Research Projects:
Preclinical (animal experiments) (Phytotheraphy)
Development of animal models for pharmacological activities
Neurobiology (schizophrenia, epilepsia, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, diabetes)
Cell membrane phospholipid turnover in brain (post mortem) and in blood cells
Molecular genetics
Psychiatric epidemiology
Selected publications:
