Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, is The researcher doctor and Titular Professor of the Rheumatology Discipline and Head of the Department of Medical Clinic of FMUSP.

Her research interests include osteoporosis, systemic vasculitis and youth rheumatic diseases. The content of her researches includes clinical research (focusing on clinical trials), specialists’ revisions and critical commentaries and opinions related to the diagnosis and classification, management and prevention of rheumatic diseases, including diseases of the musculoskeletal system, connective tissue and immunological diseases.