Senior Research Associate, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Date and Place of Birth: 
May 22nd 1969, Zagreb

Education:
1988-1995  School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
1996-1999  Postgraduate study in biomedicine, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb.
1999 Master degree in biomedicine: The effect of calcium on lead retention in rats [M.Sc. thesis]. Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb, Mentor: Martina Piasek.
2002  Methods for reducing lead absorption and for facilitating lead elimination in young rats [Ph.D. thesis]. School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Mentor: Martina Piasek.

Training:
1998  EUROTOX Education Course "Principles of Risk Assessment", Pula, Croatia.
2002  Bone Histomorphometry Training Course, Aarhus, Denmark.
2005  Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Treviso, Italy.

Working experience:
1995-1997  Internship in clinical hospital "Sisters of Mercy" Zagreb, and Clinical Hospital Center "Zagreb"
Since 1997  Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health

Membership:
Croatian Medical Association
Croatian Medical Chamber
Croatian Society on Occupational Health
Croatian Physiological Society
Society of the University Lecturers and Other Scientists in Zagreb

Awards:
2001    Annual Prize for Young Scientists and Artists for a research achievement awarded by the Society of the University Lecturers and Other Scientists in Zagreb
2002    Annual Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in the Biomedicine field, defended at the Medical School of the University of Zagreb in academic year 2001/2002