LIA RITA AZEREDO BITTENCOURT

(Bittencourt, LRA)

Education/Training

1982-1987 Graduation inMedicine. UniversidadeFederal do Espirito Santo (UFES), Brazil.

1988-1991 Medical Residency in Pneumology. Hospital doServidor Público Estadual (HSPE), Brazil.

1992-1995 Master in Pneumolgy.Universidade Federalde São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil.

1995-1999 PhD in Pneumology. Universidade Federalde São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil.

2002-2009 Assistent Professor. Universidade Federalde São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil.

2009 Associate Professor. Universidade Federal deSão Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil.

Professional history and academic distinctions and prizes

2010 Award:  1st Placeof Florbela Espanca. 20th Congress of the Eur Sleep Res Society, Portugal

2009 Award: Best of Medicine in Pneumology – AnáliseEditorial. SãoPaulo.

2009  Award: Cesar Timo-Iaria. 3rd Place. 3rdWorld Assoc of Sleep Medicine meeting, Brazil

2009 Award: Best of Medicine in Pneumology – AnáliseEditorial. São Paulo

2008-2001 Key OpinionLeader Latin America (KOLLA) member – RESMEDCooporation (EUA)

2008-2011Technical Committee member- Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo

2007-2011 Curricular Committee member-Odontology Course. Universidade Federal de São Paulo

2005-2007President of Brazilian Sleep Society

2005 Title of Specialist in Sleep Medicine byBrazilian Sleep Society

2005 Award: World Association of Sleep Medicine. 3rd Place.Oral presentation in 1st World Association of Sleep Medicine meeting, Alemanha.

2005 Award: Sergio Tufik. Sleep BrazilianSociety meeting, Curitiba, Brazil.

2005 Award: The Robert Greenblatt Prizefor Clinical Science. International Menopause Society

2003 Hypnos Award. Sleep BrazilianSociety meeting, Vitória, Brazil.

2002-2009 Coordenator of Medicine GraduationCourse. Departamento de Psicobiologia. Universidade Federal de SãoPaulo.

1993-1993 Assistant Pofessor in General Medicine. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

1992 Title of Specialist in Pneumology andTisiology. Brazilian Medical Association

1992-2011 MedicalCoordinator. Instituto do Sono/Associação Fundo de Incentivo a Pesquisa(AFIP)          

Academic quantitativeindicators

Web of Science Report

Total number of papers:100

Total number of citations:303

H-index: 10

Supervision Report

Master degree supervision:13

Doctoral degree supervision: 5

Post-doctoral degree supervision: 0

Publication Report

Published papers: 106

Papers accepted for publication: 5

Books: 4

Chapters in books: 33

Abstracts in scientific meetings: 308

Ongoing supervision Report

Master degree supervision:4

Doctoral degree supervision: 3

Post-doctoral degree supervision: 5

Other relevant information

1. CNPq researcher level1D.

2. Principal Investigatorof CEPID Sleep Center: 2000-2011 (FAPESP process: #1998/14303-3).

3. Principal Investigatorof the following grants:

3.1. Laboratoire L. Lafon.  Processnº 1033. Period:1995-1999.R$ 300.000,00

3.2. CNPq Grant MCT/CNPq – Universal. Process nº 474277/2004-6. Period: 2005-2007. R$ 50.000,00.

3.3. Fundação deAmparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo – FAPESP. Processo nº 2006/04488-4. Period: 2006-2008. R$: 38.266,88

3.3. Respironics. Validation of the Stardust Cardio-RespiratoryRecorder. Period:2007. R$: 193.660,00

4. Scientific referee for the following Institutions: Fundação de Amparo àPesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) and Conselho Nacional deDesenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

5. Scientific referee for the following International Journals: Sleep Science, Sleep,Sleep Medicine, Cephalalgia, British Joutnal of Sports Medicine,Sleep Science,Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Brazilian Journal of Medical and BiologicalResearch, International Journal of Endocrinology, Journal of Epidemiology andCommunity Health, Nature and Science of Sleep, Revista Brasileira dePsiquiatria, Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica and Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia