Jovana Jakovljevic Uzelac

Dr. Jovana Jakovljević Uzelac is an assistant, employed since 2012 at the Institute of Medical Physiology, Medical Faculty in Belgrade. The Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, finished in 2010. Doctoral academic studies, the module of Physiology Science enrolled in the school year 2011/2012. The topic of the doctoral dissertation “The influence of vitamin B6 and folic acid on functional, biochemical and immunohistochemical characteristics of the cardiovascular system of rats with cardiac insufficiency caused by monocrotaline” was approved at the Council of Scientific Areas of Medical Sciences of the University of Belgrade, and Professor Dragan Đurić was appointed mentor. Jovana Jakovljevic Uzelac is a member of the Laboratory for Cardiovascular Physiology in which research is carried out on the project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia titled “Effects of homocysteine and homocysteine-related substances on the cardiovascular system: the role of gasotransmitters of NO, H2S and CO”, and the project is headed by Professor dr Dragan Đurić. Since 2014 she has been engaged in the same project. Also, Jovana Jakovljevic Uzelac has been engaged in the project entitled “The importance of polymorphism of glutathione S-transferase in susceptibility to illness” (Project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia), which is headed by Professor dr Tatjana Simic. Specialization in Laboratory Medicine was enrolled in 2013.