Name: Débora Simões de Almeida Colombari - Associate Professor - School of Dentistry - São Paulo State University (UNESP). Email: debora.sa.colombari@unesp.br and ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4331-0271. 

Personal Statement:

The goal of research in Dr. Colombari´s laboratory is to determine the role angiotensinergic, cholinergic mechanisms of the forebrain and hindbrain controlling cardio-respiratory functions as well as body fluid homeostasis in physiological and pathophysiological situations, such as hypertension, obesity, hyperosmolality. More recently has been studying the cardiorespiratory dysfunctions in the offspring of obese dams. Major methodological approaches include injection of substances in the central nervous system, recording of cardiovascular parameters, respiratory activity, water/salt intake and urinary excretion, immunohistochemical staining, RT-PCR. Dr. Colombari is a Bachelor in Science (Pharmacy), has a PhD in Physiology at the Federal University of São Paulo, has also international experience, part of the Master's Degree was done at the University of Iowa, USA and a post-doc at the University of Bristol – UK (2007-2009).