University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Kišpatićeva 12; Clinical Institute for Laboratory Diagnosis, specialist in laboratory medicine (since 1991), responsibilities – laboratory endocrinology
Institute of Medical Research and Occupational Health (1983-1990), research assistant
1977-1982 MD University of Zagreb School of Medicine
1984 MSc Faculty of Science University of Zagreb
1988 PhD University of Zagreb School of Medicine
1992-1993 research Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Osteology, University of Vienna, Austria
1994-1996 research Medical Research Council Bone Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK, 1994-1995 Girdlestone Memorial Scholarship
2004 assistant professor
2010 associate professor
2015 full professor
2017 recognized specialist in laboratory medicine
Topics of interest: laboratory endocrinology, bone metabolism, vitamin D metabolism, osteoporosis, renal ostedystrophy, quality management in medical laboratory education for medical doctors, standards in postgraduate education
Principal investigator on three research projects funded by Ministry of Sciences and Technology Republic of Croatia “Common molecular basis for bone disorders in humans”; “Osteoprotegerin in the postmenopause and osteoporosis – clinical significance”, Croatian-Austrian scientific project “Evaluation of osteoprotegerin in the assessment of bone turnover in metabolic bone disorder”.
Mentor (and co-mentor) of 2 Master of Science theses and 6 PhD theses.
Teaching and faculty activities: a) graduate teaching: clinical chemistry Croatian and English studies; elective subject “Bone: molecular biology at the bedside”; postgraduate teaching: paediatrics, dermatology, endocrinology; b) the doctoral program: leadership of one course and a teacher in three courses; c) head of the Committee for the program for postgraduate training in laboratory medicine (since 2007); d) president of Croatian Society for Laboratory Medicine, Croatian Medical Association