Qualifications: Sports Science – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Honors in Physiology of Exercise –Gama Filho University – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Masters in Human Motricity –Castelo Branco University – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PhD in Health Science – Bond University – Gold Coast, Australia
Articles
Immunological abnormalities as potential biomarkers in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (with Ekua W. Brenu, Mieke van Driel, Don R. Staines, Kevin Ashton, James Keane, Nancy G. Kilmas, and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik), Journal of Translational Medicine (2011)
Background: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is characterized by severe prolonged fatigue, and decreases in...
Assessment of immune function after short-term administration of recombinant human growth hormone in healthy young males (with Ekua W. Brenu, Rhys Christy, A. Bon Gray, Lars McNaughton, Lotti Tajouri, Mieke Van Driel, and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik), European journal of applied physiology (2011)
Growth hormone (GH) is a commonly used drug aimed at improving sport performance. The aim...
The effects of short term recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on blood rheology in healthy young males (with J. F. Brun, A. Bon Gray, Shane Rogerson, R. P. Weatherby, Lotti Tajouri, and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik), Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation (2011)
Introduction: It has been shown that growth hormone (GH) exerts regulatory effects on hemorheology and...
Immune and hemorheological changes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (with Ekua W. Brenu, Donald R. Staines, Oguz K. Baskurt, Kevin J. Ashton, Rhys M. Christy, and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik), Journal of translational medicine (2010)
Background
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a multifactorial disorder that affects various physiological systems...
Study of endogenous profile of hCG in male Brazilian athletes (with Henrique M. G. Pereira, Marco Aurélio Dal Sasso, Elisa S. C. Poças, Mônica C. Padilha, Luis Nelson F. Gomes, and Francisco R. de Aquino Neto), Journal of the Brazilian chemical society (2008)
In the world of performance enhancing drugs, human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) is increasingly used alone...