Prof. Inaya Lima will give a talk at the Nuclear Engineering Program on Nuclear Energy Applications, 11 AM - 12 PM, Jan 10, 2020

January 10, 2020

Nuclear Energy Applications in Clinical Diagnoses

Date: Friday, January 10th, 2020
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 pm
Location: 440 Goodwin Hall
Host: Dr. Juliana Pacheco Duarte

The goal of the seminar is to show how X-ray images can contribute significantly to several clinical diagnoses. Advanced techniques such as computerized microtomography and fluorescence with synchrotron radiation are involved. Several pathologies will be presented, such as osteoporosis, cushing, and HIV. Also, it will be shown other nuclear energy applications in different kinds of human knowledge.

Inayá Lima, D.Sc., is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Nuclear Engineering Department of the Polytechnic School at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. She is also an affiliate professor at the Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE), a
research and learning institute of the Technology Center at the same university. COPPE has over 2,500 students in its thirteen graduate engineering programs.

She holds a bachelor's degree in physics (1998) and a master's degree (2002) and a doctorate (2006) in Nuclear Engineering from COPPE/UFRJ in the area of ​​applied nuclear physics – radiation applications in biomedicine. She was a researcher at the Materials Metrology Division Department (the official Brazilian Institute for metrology) and, after
that, she completed her postdoctoral research in the Mechanical and Energy Department at State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), where she was an adjunct professor for three years.

At that time, Dr. Lima also worked in collaboration with the Materials Department at UERJ in the area of Applied Nuclear Physics. Currently, she collaborates with the Endocrine Faculty of Medicine of the University Hospital at UFRJ, specifically with 3D images in the First Brazilian Clinical Microtomography Equipment (HRpQ-CT) through a partnership with the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, which is associated with the Brazilian Ministry of Health.

She is a Radiological Protection Supervisor, and for the past 5 years, she has been a Representative of the UFRJ Nuclear Engineering Program at COPPE's Graduate Research Committee. She is a member of the Brazilian Society of Physics, as well as other organizations and groups associated with medical physics, radiology, and radioprotection. She is an invited member of the Women Support Group at COPPE, founded this year, as well as Win (Women in Nuclear Global - International and Brazilian). In this context, she has extensive experience in medical physics, radioprotection, and radiation application in medicine and biology.