EDUCATION

Professor, 1997.

DSc, Medicine (Pharmacology), Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology of NAMS of Ukraine, Ukraine, 1996.

DSc thesis: Experimental Therapy of Liver Damages with Hepatoprotectors and Inducers of Microsomal Enzyme System.

PhD, Medicine (Pharmacology), Kyiv Research Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, USSR, 1981.

PhD thesis: Effectiveness of Lipamide, Orotic Acid, Calcium Pangamate, Methylmethioninsulfonium and D-Penicillamine in Toxic Liver Damage.

MD (General Medicine), University Diploma with Honours, Ternopil Medical Institute, USSR, 1973.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE

• problems of antibiotics use;
• role of nitric oxide system, microsomal enzyme system in pathogenesis of acute and chronic hepatitis, diabetes mellitus, hypoxia, ischemia-reperfusion, cardiodystrophy, acute peritonitis, acute pancreatitis, antiphospholipid syndrome;
• treatment of chronic hepatitis, diabetes mellitus, hypoxia, ischemia-reperfusion, cardiodystrophy, acute peritonitis, acute pancreatitis, antiphospholipid syndrome;
• drug safety (antituberculos, antiretroviral agents, acetaminophen).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Association of Pharmacologists of Ukraine;
• International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology IUPHAR;
• Editorial Board Member of the Scientific Journals «Pharmacology and Drug Toxicology» (Ukraine), «Bulletin of Scientific Research» (Ukraine);
• Director of M.P. Skakun Institute of Pharmacology, Hygiene and Medical Biochemistry of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University;
• State Expert Center, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Ternopil Regional Department, Responsible for Pharmacovigilance.
• Director of the M.P. Skakun Academic and Research Institute of Pharmacology, Hygiene and Medical Biochemistry