Eliete Bouskela

Eliete Bouskela (born February 15, 1950) is a Brazilian physician, researcher and Professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University. She works on cardiovascular physiology

Eliete Bouskela
Alma materFederal University of Rio de Janeiro
University of Washington
Known forMicrocirculation
Scientific career
InstitutionsRio de Janeiro State University
Lund University

Early life and education

Eliete Bouskela was born in Uberlândia, February 15, 1950.[1] She dreamed of becoming a chemist or a criminologist.[2] Bouskela started working at the Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, where she worked on the Langendorff heart preparation.[1] She studied medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, graduating in 1973.[1] She remained there for her graduate studies, earning a master's degree in biophysics 1975.[1]

Career and research

Bouskela moved to the United States in 1975, where she worked as a Research Associate at the University of Washington, based at the Mayo Clinic.[3] She earned her PhD in physiology from the University of Washington in 1978.[2]

Bouskela was appointed an associate professor at Rio de Janeiro State University in 1977, and was made a full professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University in 1999. At Rio de Janeiro State University she founded the Laboratory of Microcirculation Research. She was appointed to Lund University as an Associate Professor in 1987.[1] Here she studies microvascular and endothelial dysfunction.[1][4] She designed quantitative in vivo investigation of the microcirculation in humans and animals in Brazil.[5] She used a bat wing, demonstrating a longitudinal distensibility gradient.[5]

In 2013, Bouskela was appointed as President of the Superior Council of the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro Carlos Chagas Filho (FAPERJ).[1][6][7] She was the first woman to work in the technology directorate, and the first to be elected President of FAPERJ.[1][8] She is on the editorial board of Medical Express.[9]

Awards and honours
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References
  1. "ANM - Academia Nacional de Medicina - Eliete Bouskela (Cadeira No. 94)". anm.org.br. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  2. "Talento brasileiro na Academia Francesa de Medicina". Jusbrasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  3. "Bouskela, Eliete". TWAS. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  4. Nazário, Heleno Rocha. "Estudante de Medicina da UFSB vai participar do estágio de treinamento do Programa Aristides Pacheco Leão". UFSB (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  5. "Projeto de Resolução". alerjln1.alerj.rj.gov.br. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  6. "Nova diretora científica da Faperj, Eliete Bouskela, visita as instalações do Cenabio – ABC" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  7. "Nova diretora científica da Faperj, Eliete Bouskela, visita as instalações do Cenabio – ABC" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  8. "Um manual de sobrevivência para a atual ciência brasileira". INNT - Instituto Nacional de Neurociência Translancional. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  9. "Medical Express - Editorial Board". www.medicalexpress.net.br. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  10. "Professora do Rio é 1ª mulher do país na Academia Francesa de Medicina - BOL Notícias". noticias.bol.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
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