prof. dr. sc. Jelena Filipović-Grčić

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Jelena Filipović-Grčić, PhD is a full professor with tenure and Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology. She teaches the compulsory courses at the graduate studies (Master of Pharmacy): Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, and Cosmetology. She is a coordinator of the Pharmacy module of the doctoral study programme Pharmaceutical and Biochemical Sciences at FPB, and of the postgraduate specialist studies Drug Development and Dermopharmacy and Cosmetology. Her scientific interests are new drug delivery (nano)systems; pharmaceutical technology, kinetics of drug release and targeted delivery. Recently, in the emerging field of nanomedicine, the focus of the interest of her group have involved the development of nanodelivery systems for drug and gene therapy of eye diseases, which requires the use of appropriate in vitro and ex vivo models of ocular barriers, making the optimization of these models an integral part of the current research project. She served as the Vice-Dean for Science for 8 years (2006/2007 to 2013/2014 academic year).

Education:

• 1993 Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb, Postgraduate doctoral study, academic title: PhD, field of science: Biomedicine and health
• 1991. Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb, Postgraduate study, academic title: Master of Science, field of science: Biomedicine and health
• 1986. Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb, Graduate study of Pharmacy, academic title: Master of Pharmacy

Work experience:

• 2012 – today: full professor with tenure at Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 2007 – 2012: Full Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 2003 – 2007. Associate Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 1999 – 2003 Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb
• 1986 – 1999. Teaching Assistant and Young Researcher at Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry; University of Zagreb

Visiting positions:

• 1999, 2001: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
• 1991, 1992, 1993-1994 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Projects:

• 2012 – 2015; Principal investigator, Croatian sience fondation – Partnership in research: 04.01/56 “The development of in vitro and ex vivo models for the permeability testing of new topical ophthalmic formulations“
• 2007 – 2013; Principal investigator, Nanodelivery systems, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Republic of Croatia 006-0061117-1244
• 2007 – 2013; Participating investigator, Posttranscriptional silencing of stress proteins by siRNA nanodelivery, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Republic of Croatia 006-0061117-1236
• 2008 – 2011; Principal investigator, Microparticles for controlled drug delivery, PLIVA. – FBF
• 1998 – 2002; Principal investigator, Biocompatible microspheres with superoxide dismutase (SOD); young scientist project, Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of Croatia (006-251)
• 2002; Principal investigator, Synthesis and evaluation of thiomers as potential excipients in the development of novel bioadhesive DDS, PLIVA – FBF
• 2002 – 2006; Participating investigator, Drug delivery systems, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Republic of Croatia 006561
• 2001; Principal investigator, Modification of Liposomes with Membrane Proteins, PLIVA – FBF
• 1996 – 2002; Participating investigator, Drug delivery systems, Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of Croatia 006250
• 1991-1995; Participating investigator, New generation of drugs: substances and therapeutic systems, Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of Croatia 3-04-321

Awards and honours:

• 2005 Diploma of Croatian Pharmaceutical Society
• 2001 Fellowship of the Government of Republic of Italy
• 2001 Best poster award, Chitosan microspheres with gemfibrozil.
  4th Central European Symposium on Pharmaceutical Technology, Wiena, Austria
• 1999 Fellowship of the University of Trieste, Italy
• 1999 The Penwest award for Scientific Excellence, 18th Pharmaceutical Conference and Exhibition, Utrecht, Netherland

Članstva u profesionalnim udrugama/društvima:

• 2012.- ; Sekcijska urednica znanstvenog časopisa European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• 2006. -; Član Uređivačkog odbora časopisa Acta Pharmaceutica
• 2001.-2008.; Član Uređivačkog odbora časopisa Farmaceutski glasnik
• 2006. – 2014.; Prodekanica za znanost Farmaceutsko biokemijskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
• Član Hrvatskog farmaceutskog društva
• Član Hrvatskog društva kozmetičkih kemičara
• Član Hrvatskog društva farmakologa
• Član Bioencapsulation Research Group

Other:

• 2013 Nanotechnology in Pharmacy and Medicine, Graduate course & summer school, Zagreb, July 3-6, 2013; Organization
• 2012 9th Central European Symposium on Pharmaceutical Technology, September 20.-22., Dubrovnik, Croatia, Symposium President
• 2010 4th Croatian Symposium on Pharmacy with international participation, May 27.−30., Opatija, Croatia; Symposium Vice President
• 2010 8th Central European Symposium on Pharmaceutical Technology, Graz, Austria; Scientific Committee
• 2008 7th Central European Symposium on Pharmaceutical Technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Scientific Committee
• 2008 37th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy, October 22.-24., Dubrovnik, Croatia, Local Organizing Committee
• 2001 Head of the Pharmaceutical Technology Section of Croatian Pharmaceutical Society; organization of lectures and section activities
• She has mentored about 60 graduate theses, five master's theses, three doctoral thesis, and one student's work for the Rector and Dean's Award for research.
• 2001 - 2012.; Predsjednica Sekcije za farmaceutsku tehnologiju Hrvatskog farmaceutskog društva; organizacija predavanja i rada sekcije