Graduated at the School of Medicine at University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil in 1982. Specialized in Public Health at the School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, in São Paulo, Brazil in 1994. PhD in Internal Medicine in 1997 at School of Medicine at University of São Paulo, Brazil. Post-doctoral fellowship in Epidemiology at Brighams and Womens’ Hospital, Harvard Medical School, from 1997-1999 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. Associate Professor of School of Medicine at University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil since 2006. Coordinator of the Center for Epidemiologic and Clinical Research at Hospital Universitário, University of São Paulo, in São Paulo, Brasil. Coordination of The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health – ELSA-Brasil – in the Research Center of São Paulo.