Prof. de Paula Vieira
Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is a chief researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Teaching and Research in Pulmonary and Exercise Immunology. He has a B.Sc. in Sport Sciences (Physical Education) (2001), M.Sc. in Biology (Physiology and Pharmacology) (2003) and earned his Ph.D. specializing in Pathology - Immunopathology of the Lungs (2007) from the School of Medicine of University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (2007-2009). Doing his first post-doctoral thesis at his alma-mater, the University of Sao Paulo, School of Medicine, Brazil, Prof. de Paula Vieira went on to do his second post-doctoral thesis in the Department of Pneumology of University Hospital Freiburg, Germany (2009–2010). Thereafter winning the post-doctoral fellowship awarded by European Respiratory Society and Marie Currie Foundation and the European Union, Prof. de Paula Vieria completed his third post-doctoral thesis during the years 2010-2011. Prof. de Paula Vieria has published more than 140 internationally peer-reviewed scientific articles. His current research group (IBEPIPE) is engaged in performing pre-clinical and clinical studies in field of respiratory and immune response. Equipped with the state-of-the-art diagnostic and analytical equipment, the researchers of the goup are aiming to understand the mechanisms involved in the respiratory diseases and the underlying mechanisms involved in the effects of physical exercise on respiratory diseases as well as in athletic activities.