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 structure of internal organs and morphological peculiarities of cells’ and tissues’ remodeling under the different conditions of pathology.

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

• 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.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• 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), “Reports of Morphology” (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);

• 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";

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

• 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).