Behavioral Medicine Service, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor
Expertise
Clinical Behavioral Medicine | Neuroscience | Veterinary Psychopharmacology
Biography
Research Interests
- Feline and canine cognition
- Veterinary psychiatry, psychology, behavior therapy and psychopharmacology
- Clinical and welfare applications of environmental enrichment, shelter medicine
Educational Background
- DVM – 2002; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
- M.S. – 2006; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
- PhD – 2010; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
- Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB) since 2014
- Fear Free Certified Professional and Speaker since 2014
Teaching Experience
- Bioethics
- Ethology
- Neuroscience
- Clinical behavioral medicine, veterinary psychiatry and psychology
- Applied animal welfare
- Clinical behavioral medicine applied to shelter medicine
Selected Publications
Dr. Dantas is the author and co-author of several peer-reviewed publications, books and book chapters. She is one of the editors of Veterinary Psychopharmacology, Second edition, 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119226253
