Rafael Bandeira Fabres

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Collaborating Research of Federal University of the ABC, Brazil

Dr. Fabres graduated in Biomedicine (2013) with an emphasis on Clinical Pathology (Clinical Analysis). He completed a master's degree (2016) and a doctorate (2020) in Biological Sciences: Physiology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He was a post-doctoral student at the laboratory of cerebral ischemia at UFRGS and was a collaborating researcher at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC). He is currently developing neuroprotective agents in injury models in the neurodevelopmental phase.

Silvia Honda

Federal University of the ABC, Brazil

Dr. Honda graduated in Physiotherapy from the University of São Paulo (1997) and worked for nine years at the Association for Assistance to Disabled Children (1998). She completed a master’s degree (2009) and a doctorate (2013) in Morphofunctional Sciences at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of São Paulo. She was responsible for the adaptation and validation of a non-invasive model of neonatal anoxia in rats and the study of its effects on activation, neuronal death, and hippocampal neurogenesis. She carried out a short internship at the NorthShore University Health System/University of Chicago (Illinois, USA) and was involved in developing research using an animal model of cerebral palsy. She is currently an adjunct professor at the Center for Mathematics, Computing and Cognition at UFABC and accredited in the Postgraduate Program of Neuroscience and Cognition at the same university.