Edilaine C. Silva Gherardi-Donato
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Biography
Edilaine C Silva Gherardi-Donato has expertise in Mental Health, Stress and Mindfulness. She is an Associate Professor, Senior Mindfulness Instructor and Coordinator of Center of Mindfulness and Integrative Therapies in the Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Human Sciences at the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing - PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development. She was responsible for the first mindfulness course offered to undergraduate and graduated students in her university, and also for introducing a mindfulness room in a psychiatric hospital in Brasil. Her commitment is to contribute to the dissemination and research in mindfulness, expanding the benefits of the practice for the quality of life and better health conditions