Silvia Hoirisch-Clapauch, MD, PhD is a Consultant in the Department of Hematology at the Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado. She received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her research interests are Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Insulin Resistance, Mental Illness, Clinical Trials, Clinical Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Vascular Medicine, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Metabolic Endocrinology, Fetal Growth Restriction.