**About the Editors**

#### **Rejane C. Marques**

She holds a degree in Nursing from the Federal University of Rondonia (1993), a Bachelor's ˆ degree in Nursing and Obstetrics from the Federal University of Rondonia (1993), a Master's degree ˆ in Tropical Diseases from the Federal University of Para (2002), and a PhD in Biological Sciences ´ (Biophysics) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2007). She was a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro-Campus Macae (2010 to 2020), working on the Undergraduate Nursing ´ and Midwifery course and the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences and Conservation (PPG-CiAC). She was a professor at the Federal University of Rondonia (1997 to 2010), working on ˆ the Undergraduate Nursing course and the Graduate Program in Teaching Health Sciences. She is a Visiting Extension Scholarship holder at UFRGS (2022-2023), acting as a supervisor in the Health with Agent Project (CONASEMS/UFRGS/MS).

#### **Jos ´eD´orea**

He graduated from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (1968) and the University of Massachusetts (USA) with an MSc (1971) and PhD (1975) in Nutritional Biochemistry. He gained teaching experience at University of Bras´ılia (2014), alongside Professor Emeritus, and the University of Hawaii (USA) (1988) and UNICAMP (1989). He carried out extensive research in Nutrition and Ecotoxicology on the following topics: human milk, biomarkers, endocrine-active pollutants, mercury toxicology, and population health (urban and riverside in the Amazon).

#### **Rafael Junqueira Buralli**

He is a Doctor and Master of Public Health at the School of Public Health of the University of Sao Paulo (FSP/USP), with a sandwich doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley and ˜ the School of Public Health of the University of Chile. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher in environmental epidemiology and a FAPESP fellow at the Faculty of Medicine of the USP. He was a Technical Consultant at the Pan American Health Organization (OPS) in the General Coordination of Worker's Health Surveillance, of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (CGSAT/SVS/MS), working on various topics of health surveillance, environmental health, occupational health, and public health emergencies. He graduated in physiotherapy, gaining experience in orthopedic rehabilitation and lecturing in higher education. He was a substitute professor at the Federal University of Esp´ırito Santo (UFES) and the University of Bras´ılia (UnB). He is part of the Executive Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE-LAC) and the Little Things Matter (LTM) project for scientific communication. He is a reviewer for international scientific journals and a collaborator in several research projects. He has a special interest in topics related to environmental and worker health, epidemiology, health surveillance, and scientific communication.
