Dora Fix Ventura
Brazil
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| | Fellow | Neurosciences | Brazil | dventura@usp.br |
| Biography | | Dr. Ventura graduated
in Psychology (Univ. of São Paulo,
1961) and studied Visual Psychophysics at Columbia University (Master's, 1964
and PhD, 1968) with C.H. Graham. In Brazil, she has been dedicated to visual
research in invertebrates and non-mammalian vertebrates and retinal mechanisms
for color vision through electrophysiological, morphological and behavioral
studies. In the 1990s she founded a center for diagnosis of human visual losses
due to diseases that affect retinal function (diabetes, mercury intoxication
and genetic diseases). She is Full Professor at the Institute of Psychology,
was Vice-Dean, Head of Department as well as founder, member of boards and
president of scientific societies. She is Vice President of the Brazilian
Society for Advancement of Science, member of the Brazilian Academy of Science
and received the National Order for Scientific Merit (1998). |
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