A/Prof. Dr. Isabel Sacco

Associate Professor

Physical Therapy, Speech and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Prof. Isabel C. N. Sacco is an Associate Professor at the School of Medicine of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) (since 1999); 1B Research fellow of CNPq-Brazil (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development); and the head of the Laboratory of Biomechanics of Movement and Human Posture (LaBiMPH), whose main areas of research today include implementation science studies, biomechanics and rehabilitation of people with diabetes, knee osteoarthritis and pain, and recreational athletes. Prof. Sacco has an extensive academic production, including over 160 papers published in journals with IF (H index=35), more than 350 complete or extended abstracts in international and national conferences, and several book and books chapters for undergrad and grad studies. Dr Sacco is a member of the Prevention Group of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) since 2017. She has supervised more than 35 graduate students over the past 20 years. Her career includes the registration at the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of two software for public use (www.soped.com.br; https://www.usp.br/labimph/fuzzy/login.php). She has also served as the Director of the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences at the School of Medicine of USP between 2015 and 2019, and between 2023 and 2025. She has been honored by the Brazilian Government as one of the only 22 young (under 40yrs old) female Brazilian scientists in the national territory with a recognized merit, building up an academic carrier of national and international recognition with extensive scientific production and important role in the formation of human resources. She is a mother of Paola Sacco (21 years old).