Patricia da Silva Pantoja

Patricia da Silva Pantoja, BSN, RN, PhD earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing and a master's degree in Physiology under Dr. Pedro Soares from the State University of Ceara (Fortaleza, Brazil). She completed her doctorate under Dr. Pedro Soares and Dr. David Criddle at the State University of Ceara with a staff student period in University of Liverpool (Liverpool, UK) in the area of Physiology. While there, she studied the mechanism of a natural product (polysaccharides of Ximenia americana bark) in gastritis and pancreatitis involving calcium signaling and seahorse techniques. She did her post doctorate in University of Tennessee Health Science Center under Dr. Salvatore Mancarella studying calcium signaling in cardiac and vascular disease. She is currently a Research Associate I in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Memphis in the Center for Neutraceutical and Dietary Supplement Research. She worked as a nurse in Brazil from 2008 to 2021 with experience in ICU, obstetric clinic, public health with indigenous tribe which has allowed her to strengthen her clinical skills with basic and molecular science with many laboratory techniques developing her passion for teaching, improving patient care and physio pharmacology research.

graduation at enfermagem from Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2007), master's at Physiology from Universidade Estadual do Ceará (2015) and doctorate at Physiology from Universidade Estadual do Ceará (2019). He is currently postdoctoral fellow at University of Tennesse Health Scence Center. Has experience in Physiology, focusing on Physiology of Organs ans Systems, acting on the following subjects: enfermagem, trabalhadores, saúde coletiva, gastrite and inflamação.