The Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) grants DISTINCTION to the POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM IN MEDICINE (OTOLARYNGOLOGY) of the FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO (UNIFESP) for winning the CAPES Thesis Award - Edition 2021, in the area of MEDICINE III, with the thesis “AUDITORY-VESTIBULAR ALTERATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH OTITIS MEDIA: CLINICAL AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY”, by RAFAEL DA COSTA MONSANTO, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. NORMA DE OLIVEIRA PENIDO and co-supervision of Prof. Dr. MICHAEL MAURO PAPARELLA.