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Acting Head of Department
prof. dr. sc. Vladimir Trkulja
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