MD PhD
e-mail: elivolchan@gmail.com

PGraduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1976), master’s degree in Biological Sciences (Biophysics) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1980), doctorate in Science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1986) and postdoctoral studies at Rockefeller University (New York, USA). Full professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Head of the Neurobiology Laboratory at the Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho at UFRJ, member of the Integrated Laboratory for Stress Research (LINPES / UFRJ) at the Psychiatry Institute at UFRJ and associate member of the NIMH Center the Study of Emotion and Attention (Gainesville, USA).

She is a 1C researcher at CNPq and a permanent advisor to the Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry at UFRJ and the Graduate Program in Biological Sciences at the Biophysics Institute Carlos Chagas Filho at UFRJ.

Her main area of research is Neurosciences, working mainly on the subject of Neurobiology of Human Emotion and in psychophysiological studies related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The lines of research employ multi and transdisciplinary approaches to investigate (i) neural substrates and factors of vulnerability and resilience in the face of traumatic events, and (ii) neural substrates and behaviors associated with implicit motivation for social attachment. Social problems such as the effects of exposure to urban violence and the consequences of social isolation are the focus of research. Research developments are expected to provide subsidies for the prevention and treatment of harmful effects on mental and physical health due to stress and social isolation.