Behavioral Medicine Service, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Clinical Assistant Professor

Expertise

Clinical Behavioral Medicine | Neuroscience | Veterinary Psychopharmacology

Biography

Education

  • Ph.D., Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil, 2010
  • M.S., Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil, 2006
  • ​D.V.M., Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil, 2002

Professional Certifications

  • Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB), 2014
  • Fear Free Certified Professional and Speaker, 2014

Teaching Experience

  • Bioethics
  • Ethology
  • Neuroscience
  • Clinical behavioral medicine, veterinary psychiatry and psychology
  • Applied animal welfare
  • Clinical behavioral medicine applied to shelter medicine

Research Interests

  • Feline and canine cognition
  • Veterinary psychiatry, psychology, behavior therapy and psychopharmacology
  • Clinical and welfare applications of environmental enrichment, shelter medicine

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.

going beyond the expected