Awards & Scholarships

2017

  • PAA Conference Travel Award – Population Association of America

    2016

  • CAPES Strategic Programs Scholarship for a Sabbatical at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • PAA Conference Travel Award – Population Association of America

    2015

  • Honored Professor – Class of 2015 – Actuarial Sciences Undergraduate Program – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • 2014

  • Paranymph (Honored Professor) – Class of 2013 – Actuarial Sciences Undergraduate Program – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • 2013

  • IUSSP Conference Support Award, IUSSP / UNFPA
  • Scholarship – Supporting Program on Recent Hired Professors – PRPq – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • 2012

  • Travel Grant for the International Geographical Conference, International Geographical Union
  • Approved on Public Contest for Specialist Professor – Undergraduate Course on Social Sciences – University of Campinas, Brazil
  • Approved – First Place – Public Contest for Associate Professor  Department of Demography – University of Campinas, Brazil
  • Approved – First Place – Public Contest for Associate Professor  Department of Demography – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • CAPES Award for Best Brazilian Ph.D. Dissertation on Social and Applied Sciences
  • 2011

  • Award for Best 2010 Ph.D. Dissertation in Demography – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Honorable Mention – Great Award for 2011 Best Ph.D. Dissertation on Humanities, Social, and Applied Sciences – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • 2009

  • IUSSP Conference Support Award, IUSSP / UNFPA
  • 2006

  • Best Conference Paper – “Sex and Age Mediating Effects of Cardiac Disease Impacts on Self-reported Health and Hospitalization among Brazilian elderly – Brazilian Congress of Cardiogeriatrics
  • Second Best Conference Paper – “Cardiac Free Life Expectancy: a study for the Brazilian elderly in 2003” – Brazilian Congress of Cardiogeriatrics
  • Second Best Conference Paper – “Insolvency and Systematic Risk:  no relation found for IBOVESPA” – XIX APIMEC   Conference – Brazilian Association of Analysts and Investment Specialists for the Stock Market
  • Second Best Conference Paper – “Beta and Leverage: no correlation for the Brazilian market” – VI USP Congress on Accounting and Finance – University of Sao Paulo
  • 2005

  • CNPq Ph.D. Scholarship (Brazilian Research Council)
  • Approved – First Place – Masters in Demography – Center for Development and Regional Planning (CEDEPLAR) – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • 2003

  • Academic Laureate – Best Undergraduate Monograph in Economics – Centro Universitário Newton Paiva
  • 1999

  • Best Undergraduate Student – Undergraduate in Economics – Centro Universitário Newton Paiva