Patricia Rieken Macêdo Rocco was born on October 10 in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
She is a 1A level-certified researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and was awarded the prestigious title of Scientist of Our State by the Rio de Janeiro State Research Foundation (FAPERJ).
During her early education, Macêdo Rocco studied at the Laboratory School of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). It was at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), however, that she completed her entire medical training. In 1987, she graduated in Medicine there and afterwards, in 1992, finished a Master’s degree in Biological Sciences (Biophysics). Three years later, she would go on to earn a Ph.D. in the same field.
Starting her medical career, Dr. Macêdo Rocco was admitted to the Marcílio Dias Naval Hospital, where she remained for four years. Nevertheless, since her purpose had always been to pursue academic studies, in 1992 she was appointed as a Lecturer at The Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF).
Currently, Patricia holds the position of Full Professor at UFRJ and is also in charge of the IBCCF/UFRJ Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, where she conducts experimental and clinical research studies targeted towards improving the quality of life of patients suffering from respiratory diseases. Moreover, she has occupied several leadership roles, representing the Health Sciences Center at the Comissão Permanente de Pessoal Docente (Permanent Committee for the Development of Academic Staff – CPPD) and coordinating both undergraduate and graduate programs at IBCCF/UFRJ, in addition to having served as Head of the Programa de Terapia Celular e Bioengenharia (Cellular Therapy and Bioengineering Program).
In her academic activities, Dr. Macêdo Rocco has over two hundred articles published in renowned medical journals, ninety book chapters, one book on respiratory physiology and has also lectured in more than two hundred Brazilian and international congresses. The lauded physician and scholar further serves as a Visiting Professor at several domestic and international universities, including the University of Vermont in the USA; University of Genoa in Italy; University of Uppsala in Sweden; University of Insubria in Italy; University of Toronto in Canada; Germany’s Technische Universität Dresden and University of Munich; and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Dr. Macêdo Rocco also holds the title of Ad-Hoc Advisor to numerous national and foreign-based funding agencies, as well as membership to a host of societies. These include the Standing Evaluation Committee for the Review of Fellowship & Professorship Applications at the European Respiratory Society; Health Research Board (HRB); Science Foundation Ireland (SFI); and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
Furthermore, she constitutes the TARKINAID project under the European Union’s 7th research framework programme and is a Full Member of the Advisory Board of BF-CNPq – the Brazilian agency in charge of fostering scientific and technological development – as well as the Technical Commission of the Ministry of Science and Technology-helmed Biosafety National Technical Commission (CTNBio). Also, Dr. Macêdo Rocco holds the titles of President of the Deliberative Council of the Brazilian Society of Physiology (SBFIS) and Vice-President of the Brazilian Association of Cell and Gene Therapy (ABTCEL).
Dr. Macêdo Rocco is a former Associate Editor of the Intensive Care Medicine (IF: 7.214) journal and works as a reviewer for other important journals such as the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine; American Journal of Cell and Molecular Biology; Lancet Respiratory Medicine; British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA); and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, among others.
Throughout her successful career, she has amassed over five hundred awards and distinctions, including a distinction granted by the German Society of Anaesthesiology for her significant scientific contributions to the field, thereby becoming the first-ever South American researcher to be bestowed such an accolade. In addition, she is a Full Member of several prestigious societies, namely the American Thoracic Society; European Respiratory Society; American Physiological Society; Brazilian Society of Pulmonology; Brazilian Society of Physiology; Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine (Sobrati); and the Brazilian Association of Cell and Gene Therapy.
Dr. Patricia Rieken Macêdo Rocco holds expertise in the field of Physiology, with a focus on Respiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology, and works mainly in the following topics: remodeling and repair of respiratory diseases; respiratory consequences of malnutrition and obesity; ventilator-induced lung injury; development of new therapeutic strategies for respiratory diseases like asthma, silicosis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and emphysema; and development of ventilatory strategies in acute respiratory distress syndrome and emphysema.
Academic number: 650
Chair: 85
Member: Holder
Section: Applied Medical Sciences
Election: 02/08/2012
Inauguration: 28/08/2012
President: Marcos Fernando de Oliveira Moraes
Greeted by: Eliete Bouskela
Academic number: 650
Chair: 85
Member: Holder
Section: Applied Medical Sciences
Election: 02/08/2012
Inauguration: 28/08/2012
President: Marcos Fernando de Oliveira Moraes
Greeted by: Eliete Bouskela
Patricia Rieken Macêdo Rocco was born on October 10 in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
She is a 1A level-certified researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and was awarded the prestigious title of Scientist of Our State by the Rio de Janeiro State Research Foundation (FAPERJ).
During her early education, Macêdo Rocco studied at the Laboratory School of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). It was at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), however, that she completed her entire medical training. In 1987, she graduated in Medicine there and afterwards, in 1992, finished a Master’s degree in Biological Sciences (Biophysics). Three years later, she would go on to earn a Ph.D. in the same field.
Starting her medical career, Dr. Macêdo Rocco was admitted to the Marcílio Dias Naval Hospital, where she remained for four years. Nevertheless, since her purpose had always been to pursue academic studies, in 1992 she was appointed as a Lecturer at The Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF).
Currently, Patricia holds the position of Full Professor at UFRJ and is also in charge of the IBCCF/UFRJ Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, where she conducts experimental and clinical research studies targeted towards improving the quality of life of patients suffering from respiratory diseases. Moreover, she has occupied several leadership roles, representing the Health Sciences Center at the Comissão Permanente de Pessoal Docente (Permanent Committee for the Development of Academic Staff – CPPD) and coordinating both undergraduate and graduate programs at IBCCF/UFRJ, in addition to having served as Head of the Programa de Terapia Celular e Bioengenharia (Cellular Therapy and Bioengineering Program).
In her academic activities, Dr. Macêdo Rocco has over two hundred articles published in renowned medical journals, ninety book chapters, one book on respiratory physiology and has also lectured in more than two hundred Brazilian and international congresses. The lauded physician and scholar further serves as a Visiting Professor at several domestic and international universities, including the University of Vermont in the USA; University of Genoa in Italy; University of Uppsala in Sweden; University of Insubria in Italy; University of Toronto in Canada; Germany’s Technische Universität Dresden and University of Munich; and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Dr. Macêdo Rocco also holds the title of Ad-Hoc Advisor to numerous national and foreign-based funding agencies, as well as membership to a host of societies. These include the Standing Evaluation Committee for the Review of Fellowship & Professorship Applications at the European Respiratory Society; Health Research Board (HRB); Science Foundation Ireland (SFI); and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
Furthermore, she constitutes the TARKINAID project under the European Union’s 7th research framework programme and is a Full Member of the Advisory Board of BF-CNPq – the Brazilian agency in charge of fostering scientific and technological development – as well as the Technical Commission of the Ministry of Science and Technology-helmed Biosafety National Technical Commission (CTNBio). Also, Dr. Macêdo Rocco holds the titles of President of the Deliberative Council of the Brazilian Society of Physiology (SBFIS) and Vice-President of the Brazilian Association of Cell and Gene Therapy (ABTCEL).
Dr. Macêdo Rocco is a former Associate Editor of the Intensive Care Medicine (IF: 7.214) journal and works as a reviewer for other important journals such as the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine; American Journal of Cell and Molecular Biology; Lancet Respiratory Medicine; British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA); and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, among others.
Throughout her successful career, she has amassed over five hundred awards and distinctions, including a distinction granted by the German Society of Anaesthesiology for her significant scientific contributions to the field, thereby becoming the first-ever South American researcher to be bestowed such an accolade. In addition, she is a Full Member of several prestigious societies, namely the American Thoracic Society; European Respiratory Society; American Physiological Society; Brazilian Society of Pulmonology; Brazilian Society of Physiology; Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine (Sobrati); and the Brazilian Association of Cell and Gene Therapy.
Dr. Patricia Rieken Macêdo Rocco holds expertise in the field of Physiology, with a focus on Respiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology, and works mainly in the following topics: remodeling and repair of respiratory diseases; respiratory consequences of malnutrition and obesity; ventilator-induced lung injury; development of new therapeutic strategies for respiratory diseases like asthma, silicosis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and emphysema; and development of ventilatory strategies in acute respiratory distress syndrome and emphysema.