Profª Drª Ana Cristina Barros da Cunha, Undergraduate degree in Psychology at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, 1994); Master degree in Special Education at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ, 1996); Ph.D. in Psychology at the from Universidade Federal do EspÃrito Santo (UFES, 2004), Brazil. Postdoctoral as a Visiting Scholar at the Division of Pediatric Psychology, Mailman Child Developmental Center, Jackson Hospital of the University of Miami, USA (2015). Associate Professor at the Institute of Psychology and at the Graduate Program in Psychology at UFRJ since 1997. Coordinator of the Laboratory for Study, Research and Intervention in Development and Health (LEPIDS) of the Maternity School Hospital of UFRJ. Research interests are Maternal infant and Family Health, and Pediatric and Perinatal Psychology, with a focus on pregnancy, maternity, and early childhood.
