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Medical Studies in English online entrance exam will be held on Monday, July 7, 2025. Applications should be submitted until June 20, 2025.

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Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Šalata 3, and Croatian Institute for Brain Research, Šalata 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

+385 1 45 66 927

Acting Head of Department

Deputy Head of Department

izv. prof. dr. sc. Jelena Osmanović Barilar

Department Secretary

dr. sc. Ana Babić Perhoč

Administrative Secretary

Kristina Bursać

Mandatory courses (Integrated undergraduate and graduate studies of medicine)

  • Pharmacology (in Croatian and English)
  • Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine (Prof. V. Trkulja, PhD)

Elective courses (Integrated undergraduate and graduate studies of medicine)

  • Experimental Pharmacology and Pathology (Prof. A. Boban Blagaić, PhD – in Croatian and English)
  • Finding the Right Evidence (Prof. V. Trkulja, PhD)
  • How to Write an MD Thesis (Prof. V. Trkulja, PhD – in Croatian and English)
  • From Pharmacogenomics to Personalized Medicine (Assoc. Prof. J. Osmanović Barilar, PhD – in Croatian and English)
  • Mechanism of Adverse Drug Reactions (Assoc. Prof. J. Osmanović Barilar, PhD – in Croatian and English)

Postgraduate studies

  • Pathophysiology of the Brain and the CSF (Prof. M. Klarica, PhD, Postgraduate Doctoral Study in Biomedicine and Health Sciences)
  • Pathophysiology of the Brain and cerebrospinal fluid (Prof. M. Klarica, PhD, Postgraduate Doctoral Study in Neuroscience)
  • Medicines, Drugs of Abuse and the Brain (Prof. M. Klarica, PhD, Postgraduate Doctoral Study in Neuroscience)
  • A Drug’s Fate in the Body (Prof. M. Klarica, PhD, Postgraduate Specialist Studies in Clinical Pharmacology with Toxicology)
  • Structure, Methodology and Functioning of Scientific Work 2 (Prof. V. Trkulja, PhD, Postgraduate Doctoral Study in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in Croatian and English)
  • Principles of Hormone Receptors Intracellular Signalling in the Central Nervous System (Assoc. Prof. J. Osmanović Barilar, PhD, Postgraduate Doctoral Study in Neuroscience)

Elective courses (at other faculty and schools)

  • Medications and Brains (Prof. M. Klarica, interdisciplinary postgraduate study Language Communication and Cognitive Neuroscience)
  • Neuropharmacology (Prof. A. Tvrdeić, undergraduate study of Psychology Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb)
  • Pharmacogenomics (Assoc. Prof. N. Božina, postgraduate specialist study Clinical Pharmacy,  Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb)

Ongoing scientific research projects (Principal Investigators)

• Prof. Marijan Klarica, PhD:

Clinical and experimental studies of cerebral hypoxic-ischemic and hemorrhagic lesions and their relationship with changes in intracranial fluid pressure and movement (project within the Scientific Center of Excellence for Basic, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience)

• Prof. Predrag Sikirić, PhD:

COST -CA23146 - European vascular liver diseases network (EURO-VALDI-NET)

• Assoc. Prof. Jelena Osmanović Barilar, PhD

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Brain and Data Science - NeuroData" (educational project of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union) 2022-2027

Neuroendocrine and cognitive effects of intranasally administered dual GLP-1/GIP agonist in rat model of diet-induced obesity (NEUROMETA) (2025-2029)

  • Assoc. Prof Ivana Jurjević:

Analysis of the spatiotemporal distribution of synaptic markers in the human subthalamic nucleus (SINSTaN)

• Ivica Matak, PhD:

Role of ventral horn calcitonin gene-related peptide in motoneuronal disinhibition-evoked spasticity in rats (CGRPMot) (2025-2029)

• Ana Knezović, PhD:

Diet-dependent effect of intranasal insulin on cognition in a rat model of sporadic Alzheimer disease- (HRZZ IP-2022-10)

• Ana Babić Perhoč, PhD:

Transthyretin stabilization and its effect on brain antioxidant mechanisms in the context of regional and cellular specificity – TTR-GUARDIAN (2025-2029)

Jan Homolak PhD:

Gut microbiome mediated activities of psychotropic drugs (HRZZ, MOBODL-2023-12-2581)

Popis nastavnika i suradnika u nastavi

Redoviti profesori

prof. dr. sc. Alenka Boban Blagaić

prof. dr. sc. Vladimir Trkulja

prof. dr. sc. Ante Tvrdeić

Izvanredni profesori

izv. prof. dr. sc. Ivana Jurjević

izv. prof. dr. sc. Jelena Osmanović Barilar

Profesori emeritusi

prof. dr. sc. Juraj Geber; jgeber@mef.hr

prof. dr. sc. Predrag Sikirić; predrag.sikiric@mef.hr

prof. dr. sc. Marijan Klarica; marijan.klarica@mef.hr

Naslovni docenti

doc. dr. sc. Viktorija Erdeljić Turk

dr. sc. Ivica Matak

Viši znanstveni suradnici

dr. sc. Ana Knezović

dr. sc. Ivica Matak

Viši asistenti/poslijedoktorandi

dr. sc. Ana Babić Perhoč

dr. sc. Jan Homolak

Naslovni asistenti/poslijedoktorandi

dr. sc. Lana Ganoci

Asistenti/doktorandi

Antonia Krsnik, mag. ing. biotechn.

Patrik Meglić, dr. med. vet.

Davor Virag, dr. med.

Vanjski suradnici

izv. prof. dr. sc. Nada Božina

mr. sc. Branko Miše

Stručno i tehničko osoblje

Ivan Gržibovski

Božica Hržan

Ljiljana Krznar

Josip Pavić

Tomislav Petanjek

Nevenka Romčević

Pomoćno osoblje

Miroslava Jerković

Anita Šantak