Jasmina Vraneš

School of Medicine, University of Zagreb

Born: Gospic, 1961. Education: Zagreb University Medical School (1984), M.Sc. (1989) Ph.D. (1993). Specialization: Postgraduate Study in Clinical Paediatrics at Zagreb University Medical School (1984–1985), Postgraduate Study in Medical Microbiology at Zagreb University Medical School (1986–1987), specialization in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology (1986–1989), Professional training at Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department at University Medical School of Pecs (1997), and at Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Department at University of Kentucky, USA (2003). Employment and duties: intern at Osijek General Hospital (1985), staff associate at Bacteriology, Virology and Parasitology Department at Zagreb University Medical School (1986–1989), assistant (1989–1997), assistant professor (1997–2001), associate professor (2001–2006), professor (2007-) and tenured professor (2013-) at Microbiology and Parasitology Department at Zagreb University Medical School; first head and founder of Bacteriology, Virology and Parasitology Department at Osijek University Medical School (1998- 2003); first head and founder of Molecular Microbiology Department (2004-2013) and head of Clinical Microbiology Department at Zagreb Institute of Public Health (2005-). Head of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology Department at School of Medicine, University of Zagreb (2016-). Scientific interests: antimicrobial chemotherapy and pathogenesis of infectious diseases, urogenital infections, biofilm infections. Awards: International Society for Chemotherapy Young Scientists Award (1993), Hospital Infection Society Young Scientists Award (1994) and European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Award for an excellent research project (1997), etc. Memberships: Croatian Medical Association (1985-), International Society for Infectious Diseases (1993-), European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (1996-) and International Papillomavirus Society (1996-).

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