Biography
Dr Isadora Clivatti Furigo is Assistant Professor in Coventry University-UK. Her research focuses on studying the brain areas involved in the control of metabolism in normal and imbalanced conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, and pregnancy. She did her bachelor's in health sciences, Master in Anatomy and PhD in Human Physiology at the University of Sao Paulo-Brazil. During her post-doc in Donato’s lab in Brazil, she has described the role of growth hormone in the central control of metabolism. At Ozanne’s lab in the University of Cambridge, she studied the effects of maternal obesity to the development of the offspring’s brain.
