Background
Vaz, Marco Aurélio was born on August 3, 1964 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil. Son of Rafael Vidal and Marlena Teresinha Vaz.
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Marco Aurélio Vaz
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Marco Aurélio Vaz, Brazilian physical education educator. Achievements include invention of electrical stimulator for muscle strengthening in elderly with osteoarthritis; research in skeletal muscle adaptation & fatigue and mechanism of muscle vibrations. Grantee grant, CNPQ, Brazil, 2000-2003;, FINEP, Brazil, 2005-2009. Member of International Society Biomechanics, Brazilian Society Biomechanics.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, University Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1996.
Career
Professor UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, Brazil, 1987—1989, Indian Pharmacist Association-Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre, Porto Alegre, 1986—1989, Federal University Rio Grande Do Sul, since 1989. Director Exercise Research Laboratory, Porto Alegre, 1997—2000. Postdoctoral visiting professor University Calgary, Computer-Aided Paperless Examination System Brazil, 2003—2004.
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Membership
Member of International Society Biomechanics, Brazilian Society Biomechanics.
Connections
Children: Verônica Pinto, Vivian Pinto.
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Nationality
Brazilian