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Editors-in-Chief:

Mirko Spiroski, Jean Gogusev

Executive Editors:
 
      Deputy-Editors-in-Chief: Dejan Trajkov, Aleksandar Petlichkovski
      Technical Secretary:  Natasha Sekovska
      Manuscript Editor and Electronic Publishing: Ivo Spiroski
      Evidence Based Medicine: Katarina Stavric
      Medical MSc and PhD: Slavica Hristomanova
      Medical Ethics: Zdravko Chakar
      Research Integrity: Todor Arsov
      Editor for English: Gordana Pamukovska

Editorial Office:

Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics,
Faculty of Medicine, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij",
50 Divizija No 6, PO Box 60,
1109 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
Telephone: +389 2 3110556
Telefax: +389 2 3110558
e-mail: mjms@ukim.edu.mk
URL: http://www.mjms.ukim.edu.mk
     

 

Mirko Spiroski, MD, PhD - EDITOR IN CHIEF
Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
mspiroski@yahoo.com


Dr Mirko Spiroski is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. He is a graduate of the Skopje Faculty of Medicine (1972), where he later obtained his MSc (1978), and PhD (1989) degrees. He is the founder and Director of the Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics at the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje and acts as a tutor of the Medical Scientific Club "Acad. Dimitar Arsov". He introduced several subjects in the curricula at the Faculties of Medicine (Immunology and Human genetics), Natural Sciences (Immunochemistry with basic immunology, Biochemistry-3, Immunogenetics), Physical Education (Genetics in sport), and in the Master of Sciences postgraduate program in Public Health (Public health genetics). His research interest is immunology, but he has also published in the fields of molecular anthropology and human genetics.  He was Secretary general and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Godishen zbornik na Medicinski Fakultet Skopje, and Editor-in-Chief of the Macedonian Journal of Medicine.

 

Jean Gogusev, MD, PhD - EDITOR IN CHIEF
INSERM U507, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
gogusev@necker.fr

Dr. Jean Gogusev is a specialist in clinical oncology and pathological anatomy. He works at present on a tenured position as senior investigator in Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France. After his graduation from Faculty of Medicine (1972), he has obtained his MSc and PhD collaborating and under supervision of leading WORLD scientists in the field of immunology and cancer biology, such as the Nobel Prize winner Prof. Jean Dausset and Prof. Carlo Croce. In his fruitful scientific carrier, he has learned the state of the art of molecular technologies at NIH, Jefferson Cancer Institute and at Harward Medical School. Since 1974, Dr. Gogusev has published 59 papers in peer-reviewed prestigious scientific journals with a total of 118 scientific papers and one scientific book in the field of AIDS (1986). In 1998, d-r Gogusev received the  Major Prize Award at the 16th World Congress of Fertility Societies and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in San Francisco, USA. He is an active member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR, member of the Histiocyte Society, member of the World Endometriosis Society and member of the French Medical Association.

 

Dejan Trajkov, MD, MSc - DEPUTY EDITOR IN CHIEF
Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
dejantmk@yahoo.com


Dr Dejan Trajkov graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje in 1989. He obtained his MSc degree at the same university in 1999. In the period 1991-1997 Dr Trajkov was employed at the Institute for Experimental and Applied Physiology and then moved to the Institute for Immunobiology and Human Genetics, where he holds a research fellow position. In 2001 he completed his training in transfusion medicine and in 2002 started sub-specialization in immunology. He published numerous papers and participated in various scientific projects. He participated in the organization of the 2nd Congress of Immunology of Macedonia as a Secretary general and is currently a Secretary of the Macedonian Society for Basic, Clinical Immunology and Allergology. Dr Trajkov is a member of the Board of Macedonian Scientific Society for Autism and was awarded a Diploma from the Macedonian Medical Society in 2000.

 

Aleksandar Petlichkovski, MD, MSc - DEPUTY EDITOR IN CHIEF
Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
petlichkovski@yahoo.com

Dr Aleksandar Petlichkovski is a research fellow at the Institute for Immunobiology and Human Genetics in Skopje. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje in 1996. He obtained his MSc degree in the field of molecular medicine from the University in Skopje in 2002. Dr Petlichkovski started specialization in internal medicine in 2000. He is author or coauthor of more then 30 scientific papers, published in scientific journals. In 2003, he received a research fellowship from the European Academy for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) for research in the field of asthma. In the period 2003-2005 he was a research fellow at the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in the National Research Center in Monterotondo in Rome, Italy, where he studied B cell signaling in hematological malignancies. He is a member of several professional societies.

 

Natasha Sekovska - TECHNICAL SECRETARY
Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

Natasha Sekovska is pursuing a degree at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University in Skopje and is an administrative assistant at the Institute for Immnobiology and Human Genetics.

 

 

 

 

 

Ivo Spiroski - MANUSCRIPT EDITION AND ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
Student, Faculty of Forestry, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
ivos@killamail.com
 

 

 

 

 



 

Katarina Stavric, MD - Evidence Based Medicine
Children Hospital Skopje, Macedonia, Vodnjanska 17, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Phone +389-91-3147-714 ; 070-365038

kstavric@hotmail.com

 

Dr Katarina Stavric, graduated in 1987 at University of Skopje “Ss. Kiril and Metodij”, Medical Faculty Skopje, Macedonia. From 1990 she works as a medical doctor at University’s Children Hospital, Medical Faculty – Skopje, and from 1997 as Pediatrician, at Department of Immunology. In 2002, she obtained his MSc degree. In 2006 she was inaugurated with title of primaries from the Ministry of health. From 1999 she works as a teaching assistant of pediatrics. The objectives of her interest are clinical immunology and allergy, as well as education of medical professions. She has performed professional visits of several paediatric clinics and educational workshops as a part of her continual professional education. She published numerous professional papers in national and international medical journals and 3 books. She was involved as a researcher in two national projects, and 3 international projects from the domain of immunology and allergy. She was also involved in several working groups of Project in improving the health education preparing curriculum for Primary health care, Faculty of pediatric nurses and state exam. From 2005 she becomes a member of the Educational board in Macedonian association of doctor responsible for the continual medical education of doctors.

Slavica Hristomanova, MD - MEDICAL MSc AND PhD

Institute of Immunobiology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University "Ss Kiril and Metodij", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
cacidr@yahoo.com


Dr Slavica Hristomanova is working at the Department of Immunobiology and Human Genetics since 2005. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje in June, 2004. After her graduation, she worked for the Special Surgical Clinic “St. Naum Ohridski”– Skopje (2004). She is a member of several professional societies.  During her diverse education and training, she attended numerous international seminars, workshops and congresses.

 

 

 

 

Zdravko Chakar, MD, PhD

Todor Arsov, MD, PhD - RESEARCH INTEGRITY
The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine AH/NH, Austin Hospital, Level 7, Lance Townsend Building, 145 Studley Road, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia. +61 3 9496 3581 (office); +61 3 9457 5485 (fax); +61 430 502 107 (cell)

tarsov@stanford.edu


Dr Todor Arsov graduated from the Medical School in Skopje in 1997. He completed the Interdisciplinary postgraduate studies in genetic engineering and biotechnology at the University in Skopje and obtained his Master’s degree in molecular medicine in 2001. In 2003 he moved to Australia where he completed his PhD at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University. Currently, Dr Todor Arsov is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Genetics, Stanford University. His scientific interests involve different areas of human genetics, molecular genetics of human obesity, animal (mouse) models of human disease, as well as using forward and reverse genetic approaches for identification of genes relevant to mouse and human diseases.

 

 

Gordana Pamukovska, EDITOR FOR ENGLISH
Linguistic studio "Piccadilly", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
gpamukova@gmail.com


Gordana Pamukova graduated at the Department of English Language and Literature at the Faculty of Philology “Blazhe Koneski” in 2003, and currently works as an English and Macedonian language teacher, as well as a translator and proof-reader in both the languages. From 2004 she has been enrolled at the postgraduate studies at the Institute of Sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy. She is an active participant in many seminars that deal with language and a member of a special interest group in the field of the second language acquisition. She has had a huge experience in translation (English to Macedonian and vice versa) of various topics, as well as teaching English and Macedonian to foreigners.

 

 


Publication of the MJMS is supported by the Macedonian Ministry of Education and Sciences. Publisher: Institute of Immunobiology and Human GeneticsSkopje, Republic of Macedonia.

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MJMS Print (ISSN 1857-5749) is an international peer-reviewed, Open Access journal published four times per year. MJMS Online (ISSN 1857-5773) offers free access to all articles.


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