Education

• Uzhgorod State University, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, MD, 1989

Post-Graduate Education

• Internship College of Medicine, Uzhgorod State University, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, Internship, 1990
• Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Uzhgorod State University, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, Research Fellow, 1995
• Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2003

Certification

Licensure

Professional and Academic Positions

• Nurse, Central City Hospital, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 1985-1988
• Laboratory Assistant, Dept. of Biochemistry, Central City Hospital, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 1985-1989
• Physician, Central Regional Hospital, Perechin, Ukraine, 1989-1990
• Physician, “Unimed” Medical Center, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 1990-1992
• Physician, Military Hospital, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 1994-1997
• Lecturer, Dept. of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Uzhgorod State University, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 1991-1997
• Research Scientist, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2004-2005
• Associate, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2005-2009
• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2009-

Areas of Research Interest or Areas of Clinical Interest

• A role for potassium channels in estrogen receptor-negative cancers.
• A role for potassium channels in the effects of (anti)estrogens on cell proliferation and differentiation.
• A role for potassium channels in regulation of smooth muscle contractility by sex steroid hormones: implication for the treatment and prevention of preterm labor.

Publications, 2004-2009