Spirituality, Religiousness and Health / Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach Bd.4 (PDF)

Dr. Giancarlo Lucchetti is a physician, specialized in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. He received his MD from the Santa Casa of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil and his PhD from the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. He currently works as an Associate Professor at the school of Medicine from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil. Currently, he is the leader of the Geriatric and Gerontology Research Group (NUGGER) and Research coordinator of the Department of Medical Education at UFJF. He also works supervising PhD students in the Health and Public Health programs at UFJF. He is also a Grantee of Research Productivity Scholarship - Level 2 in the area of Medicine for the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He is enrolled in several research projects concerning the following areas: "Geriatrics and Gerontology", "Medical Education" and "Spirituality and Health", being one of the most prolific authors in the area of "Spirituality and Health"in the last decade. He also serves as an editorial reviewer for several indexed journals and has currently more than 150 published or accepted articles in indexed scientific journals.Dr. Mario Fernando Prieto Peres is a neurologist, Graduated in Medicine at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (1995), PhD at Universidade Federal de São Paulo (2000). Fellowship at Jefferson Headache Center, Philadelphia, Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Main research lines are migraine comorbidity, chronobiology, melatonin, spirituality and health. Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Headache Society. Member of the steering committee of Brain Research Institute, Albert Einstein Hospital. President of ABRACES, Association for headache patient advocacy. Member of the Core Team of the Global Headache Patient Advocacy Coalition. Secretary of the Brazilian Headache Society.




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