1. Personal information
Vesna Ćorić, M.D. PhDc
Institute of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 2 Pasterova Street, Belgrade, Serbia
Telephone: +381-63-3643-271
Fax: +381-11-3643-270
E mail: drcoricvesna@gmail.com
Date of Birth: 20 March 1985.
Gender: Female
2. Education
2013 – present : Residency in Laboratory medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
May 2011 : State examination, Certificate issued by the Ministry of Health Republic of Serbia
2010/2011 – present: PhD studies in Molecular medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2004 – 2010: Graduate studies,Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2000 – 2004 : High School Diploma with Honors, Sixth Belgrade High School, Belgrade, Serbia
3. Work Experience
2011 – present : Research assistant, employed on the project entitled ‘The role of glutathione S-transferase in susceptibility to disease (Project number 175052, supported by the Ministry of education and science, Serbia), working at Institute of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 2 Pasterova Street, Belgrade, Serbia
2010 – present: Graduate teaching assistant, Institute of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 2 Pasterova Street, Belgrade, Serbia
2007 – 2010 : Student teaching assistant, Institute of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 2 Pasterova Street, Belgrade, Serbia
2007 – 2008: Student teaching assistant, Institute of Medical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 1 Dr Subotica Street, Belgrade, Serbia
2006 – 2008 : Editor-in-Chief, “Medicinar” student magazine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 8 Dr Subotica Street, Belgrade, Serbia
2005 – 2006: Student teaching assistant, Institute of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 2 Pasterova Street,Belgrade, Serbia
4. Research Experience
2009 – present: Project entitled ‘The role of glutathione S-transferase in susceptibility to disease
(Project number 175052, supported by the Ministry of education and science, Serbia)
Representative references
1. Stamenkovic M, Radic T, Stefanovic I, Coric V, Sencanic I, Pljesa-Ercegovac M, Matic M, Jaksic V, Simic T, Savic-Radojevic A. GSTO2 polymorphism Asn142Asp modifies the risk of age-related cataract in smokers and subjects exposed to UV irradiation. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2013; doi: 10.1111/ceo.12180.
2. Djukic TI, Savic-Radojevic AR, Pekmezovic TD, Matic MG, Pljesa-Ercegovac MS, Coric VM, Radic TM, Suvakov SR, Krivic BN, Dragicevic DP, Simic TP. Glutathione s-transferase T1, O1 and O2 polymorphisms are associated with survival in muscle invasive bladder cancer patients. PLoS One, 2013; 8(9):e74724.
3. Ercegovac М, Jović N, Simić T, Beslać-Bumbaširević Lj, Sokić D, Savić-Radojević A, Matić M, Jovanović D, Ristić A, Đukić T, Šuvakov S, Ćorić V, Mimić-Oka J, Plješa-Ercegovac M. Аntiepileptic drugs affect protein, lipid and DNA oxidative damage and antioxidant defense in patients with epilepsy. JMB, 2013; 32(2):121–130.
4. Suvakov S, Damjanovic T, Stefanovic A, Pekmezovic T, Savic-Radojevic A, Pljesa-Ercegovac M, Matic M, Djukic T, Coric V, Jakovljevic J, Ivanisevic J, Pljesa S, Jelic-Ivanovic Z, Mimic-Oka J, Dimkovic N, Simic T. Glutathione S-transferase A1, M1, P1 and T1 null or low-activity genotypes are associated with enhanced oxidative damage among haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant, 2013; 28(1):202-12.
5. Matic M, Pekmezovic T, Djukic T, Mimic-Oka J, Dragicevic D, Krivic B, Suvakov S, Savic-Radojevic A, Pljesa-Ercegovac M, Tulic C, Coric V and Simic T. GSTA1, GSTM1, GSTP1 and GSTT1 polymorphism and susceptibility to smoking-related bladder cancer: a case-control study. Urol Oncol, 2013; 31(7):1184-92
6. Coric V, Pljesa-Ercegovac M, Matic M, Krivic B, Suvakov S, Tulic C, Mimic-Oka J, Simic T. The role of GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphism in patients with renal cell carcinoma. JMB, 2010; 29(3):204-210.
5. Academic mobility
ERAWEB (ERASMUS–WESTERN BALKANS)
2013 : 3 month period on a short term scientific mission at the Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Torino (Italy), project entitled “Metabolic characterization of chemosensitive and chemoresistant tumors, to discover new biomarkers and design a more personalized therapy”
2012 : SFRR-E/IUBMB Summer School 2012 “Dietary factors and redox signalling”, Spetses, Greece
7-day Summer School
6. Academic distinctions
Best poster Presentation, “Glutathione S‐transferase single nucleotide gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to renal cell carcinoma: Serbian case‐control study”, SFRR-E/IUBMB Summer School 2012, Spetses, Greece, 2012
Best Presentation in Session, “Genetic polymorphism of GSTM1 and GSTT1 in patients with renal cell carcinoma” (oral presentation), 51st Serbian Medical Students’ Congress, Ohrid, Macedonia, 2010
Best Presentation in Session, “Genetic polymorphism of GSTM1 in patients with renal cell carcinoma“, (oral
presentation), International Medical Students’ Congress, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2009
First Prize, “The cytotoxicity of plant xanthones in glioma cell line” (poster presentation), 17th Annual International Ain
Shams Medical Students’ Congress, Cairo, Egypt, 2009
7. Memberships
2011 – present : Society for Free Radicals Research (SFRR)
2011 – present : Serbian society for mitochondrial and free radical physiology
8. Languages
Serbian – mother tongue
English – Cambridge ESOL: Certificate of Proficiency in English, CPE
Italian – Inlingua Certificate: B1 level