Birth: May 30 1966 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Citizenship: italian, brazilian
Language Fluency: english, german, spanish, portuguese
Address:
Department of Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo
P.O. Box 8091
05403-010 São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Telephone +5511 3069.7267
Telefax: +5511 3062.9029
e-mail: forlenza@usp.br
Education:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo. (1984-1989)
Registrar Rotation in General Adult Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo. (1990-1992)
Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo. (1993-1995)
Research Fellow, Section of Old Age Psychiatry and Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, London University, England. (1996-1997)
Doctorate (PhD), Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo. (1997-2000)
Research Collaborator at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Sao Paulo. (1997-1999)
Current Research Projects:
In vitro (Molecular Biology and Primary Neuronal Cultures): Phospholipase A2 activity in neuronal cultures and its relationship with neurodegenerative processess and Alzheimer”’’s disease
Clinical studies (Diagnostic markers, imaging, and neuropsychology): Early diagnosis of Alzheimer”’’s disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment; Delirium
Clinical and Pharmaceutical Trials: Cognitive-enhancing strategies, and drug treatment of Bipolar Disorder in the elderly
Editorial Activity:
Assistant-Editor, Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica (2001-Present)
Editorial Board, Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria (2000-Present)
Editorial Board, Revista do Hospital da Clínicas da FMUSP (2003-Present)
Assistant-Editor, IPA-Bulletin (International Psychogeriatric Association) (1997-2000)
Editorial Board, European Archives of Psychiatry Clinical Neuroscience (2001)
Selected publications:
