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RED: Women’s Health and Wellness from Menarche to Menopause provides a holistic look at women’s health and wellness, interpreting contemporary medical and behavioral science into an accessible and engaging format to address biological, psychological, and sociocultural changes and challenges women experience as they move from menarche to menopause. This is a unique book with a fresh perspective of using lifestyle modifications and emotional support as adjunctive medicine therapies. It encompasses a novel reference useful for graduates, professors, researchers, healthcare professionals, and anyone interested in this field.

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Human Anatomy and Embryology Professor since Dec 2004 (Degrees of: Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy). Professor of Master’s Degree in Assisted Reproductive Techniques. Clinical embryologist. Pre-congress course coordinator of the PCC8 Andrology of the 32nd Annual Meeting of European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Helsinki, Finland. July 2nd, 2016 (title: “The impact of exercise, sport and doping on human fertility”). Invited sessions versing on the effect of exercise on gamete quality (Helsinki, Istanbul). Director of three Ph.D. theses on the effect of exercise on reproduction (animal model) and antioxidant therapy. Director of end of degree works on the areas of fertility and exercise and fertility (titles: “The role of the nurse in assisted reproduction”; “Effect of physical exercise during pregnancy”; “The impact of women´s emotional status on assisted reproduction”; “Effect of physical exercise on the outcome of an assisted reproduction cycle”; “Use of complementary and alternative therapies in fertility”) Ad-Hoc Reviewer of the scientific journals Fertility and Sterility and Human Reproduction, among others and member of scientific and editorial committees of others. Experienced writer and teacher with 10+ years teaching psychology courses, developing courses, and contributing to peer-reviewed publications in the areas of pregnancy, alternative, complementary, and integrative health practices, multicultural health issues, and psychoneuroimmunology. Possesses extensive skill in using Microsoft products and use of video to support online learning. Specializes in occupational health, trauma and chronic stress, advanced statistical analyses using SPSS and AMOS, and structural equation modelling. Contributor to previous Elsevier publication – Fertility, Pregnancy, and Wellness. Author of numerous peer-reviewed articles covering stress management, stress theory, and health and wellness in pregnancy. Experience as assistant to the editor and reviewer for the International Journal of Childbirth Education. Author of twenty- four papers focused on technology and their impact of lifestyle, and the health of vulnerable groups. Contributor to Elsevier publication– Fertility, Pregnancy, and Wellness book. Pilar has actively participated in over 45 international and national conferences, where she has shared her research findings and engaged in scholarly discussions. Additionally, she has made significant contributions to mentorship and academic supervision, overseeing the successful completion of two PhD dissertations and guiding over 30 undergraduate final dissertations and master's dissertations. Physician with a degree from UFRGS, with medical residency at Clinicas Hospital in Porto Alegre with major on Human Reproduction, Master's degree and Doctorate degree from UFRGS, postdoctoral degree in Human Reproduction field from Hospital Antoine Beclere, France also. Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of UFRGS and at the post-graduation course of the same University. Researcher at CNPq, a reviewer of several international journals such as the European and American Societies of Human Reproduction and is co-editor of the Online Reproductive BioMedicine, a magazine from the renowned Prof. Edwards, test tube baby pioneer. Doctor Sabino has over 200 articles and books published in this field. He participated in thesis evaluation board in several universities, including USP and Escola Paulista de Medicina.

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