Graduated in Biological Sciences Medical Modality from the Catholic University of Goiás (1981), Master in Molecular Biology – University of Victoria – Canada (1994) and PhD in Sciences (Human Physiology) from the University of São Paulo (2004). She is currently an adjunct professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás and advises on work at the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences and Health at PUC Goiás. She is a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, working mainly on the following topics: Molecular Genetics of Cancer, with emphasis on detection and genotyping of HPV in cancers associated with the virus; Molecular markers associated with breast cancer, sarcomas and thyroid carcinomas. It uses molecular markers for molecular epidemiology studies of cancer.