EDUCATION

• Professor, 2011.

• DSc, Medicine (Histology, Cytology, Embryology), Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine, 2010.

• DSc thesis: Structural Organization of the Valvular Apparatus Changes in Acquired Heart Failures.

• PhD, Medicine (Histology, Cytology, Embryology), Bogomolets National Medical Univesity, Ukraine, 2003.

• PhD thesis: Morphofunctional Changes in the Kidneys Parenchyma in the Organism Adaptation to Cellular Dehydration.

• MD (General Medicine), University Diploma with Honours, Ternopil State Medical Academy, Ukraine, 1997.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE

• Morpho-functional features of the internal organs’ structure and morphological peculiarities of cells’ and tissues’ remodeling under the different conditions of pathology.

• Structural features of the heart valves and their morphological peculiarities in the prenatal and postnatal periods of human ontogenesis.

• Morphological regularities of remodeling, structural and functional features of internal organs under conditions of cellular dehydration.

• Study of Ixodes mites’ diversity, distribution, biology and ecology in the western region of Ukraine.

• Life and ecological aspects of human and animal pathology in the conditions of the global ecological crisis.

• Ecological and social aspects of human pathology.

• Effective use of information and communication technologies in the educational process; studying and improving pedagogical skills through the exchange of the most effective practices and achievements in pedagogical practice.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the Scientific and Methodological Commission for Health Care and Social Security 222 Medicine of the Higher Education Sector of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

• Expert of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for conducting the scientific and technical examination of objects in the field of scientific and echnical activity.

• Member of the Sectoral Expert Council of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance in the field of knowledge 22 "Health Care".

• Member of the Expert Group of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance of specialties: 91 "Biology and Biochemistry", 222 "Medicine", 223 "Nursing".

• Head of the Expert Commission of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in the field of knowledge "Biology" for passing the Integrated Exam "Step-1. General Medicine".

• Expert in the formation of an examination bank with test tasks of the Integrated Exam "STEP 1" in the specialties "Medicine", "Pediatrics" and "Psychology" of the second (master's) level of higher education.

• Expert of the Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technical Expertise and Information (UKRNTI) of international research projects: Ukraine-Poland, Ukraine-Czech Republic, Ukraine-Lithuania, Ukraine-Austria and Ukraine-France.

• Member of the Association for Promotion of Education and Science Globalization "SPACETIME".

• Academician of the Public Organization "National Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine".

• Member of the board of the Public Organization "Association of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University Graduates".

• Ukrainian Society of Anatomists, Histologists and Embryologists.

• International Federation of Association of Anatomists.

• Editor-in-Chief of the Scientific Journal ''Bulletin of Medical and Biological Research'' (Ukraine).

• Editor of the Scientific Journal ''Galician Medical Journal'' (Ukraine).

• Editorial Board Member in the Scientific Journal "Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski" (Poland).

• Editorial Board Member in the Scientific Journals “Clinical Anatomy and Operative Surgery” (Ukraine), “Bulletin of problems biology and medicine” (Ukraine).

• Reviewer of the Scientific Journal “Wiadomości Lekarskie” (Poland).

• Reviewer of the Scientific Journal “Universal Journal of Public Health” (USA).

• Reviewer of the Scientific Journal ''Galician Medical Journal'' (Ukraine).

• Reviewer of the Scientific Journal "Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski" (Poland).

• Co-ordinator of a number of international projects within the framework of the Baltic University Program (Sweden), which involve, first of all, improving the quality of education in partner higher education institutions in the Baltic Sea region, as well as which are aimed at supporting the implementation of the Principles of Sustainable Development in universities, which provides an opportunity to provide educational services at a high level with modern approaches and practical teaching methods for implementing the foundations and principles of Sustainable Development, in particular "Implementing Sustainability at Universities", "EduBUP project", "Re-thinking of pedagogy for implementing education for sustainable development in the Baltic University Program countries", "Two steps: Internationalization in practice".

• Co-ordinator of the Project “Vital Ecogenetic Aspects of Human and Animal Pathology under Conditions of Global Ecological Crisis” (Baltic University Programme, Swedish).

• Co-ordinator of the Project “Four elements of nature - harmony in everyday life in the Tarnopol region and in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship” (University of Rzeszów, Poland).

• Participant and executor of the international project for teachers of higher educational institutions within the framework of cooperation with the "Faculty Development Center" of MacEwan University (Canada) on improving pedagogical skills and improving the educational process "HLST 400: Global Health Perspectives".

• Team leader of the TNMU bootcamp "International Cooperation in Research and Innovation" within the project "Resilience of Education: Sustainability and Cooperation for Ukrainian Universities (RESCUU)" with the financial support of the Swedish Institute.