Immunology & Allergy

Kurtova Marianna Mykolaivna is an Allergologist and Immunologist. Currently working as an associate professor of Department of Microbiology, virology and immunology of Odessa National Medical University Odessa, Ukraine from 2022. In 2013 graduated from Odessa National Medical University. From the 3rd year, was the head of the student scientific society, actively participated and spoke at international conferences. Use to worked in an immunology laboratory, gaining skills and understanding in the field of laboratory diagnostics. Completed an internship in the specialty "family medicine". Then received the specialties "allergology" and "clinical immunology". Graduated school in the specialty "Allergology and Immunology", and in 2020 defense the dissertation on the topic: "Optimization of the algorithm for serological diagnostics of allergic diseases as a result of polysensitization" and received the degree of PhD. Actively attends international conferences, develops in the specialty of allergology and immunology, is a member of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). In 2024 received the title of associate professor. Iryna Koltsova, MD, is a Associate Professor at the Department of General and Clinical Epidemiology and Biosafety with a course on Microbiology and Virology at Odesa National Medical University. Iryna Koltsova received her MD in 1983 (Diploma with Honors) and got specialization in General Medicine. During 17 years was working in Laboratory of Immunology and Immunotherapy of Infectious diseases, Odessa I.I.Mechnikov Research Institute of Virology and Epidemiology (Ukrainian Ministry of Health) and then as Senior Research Scientist in Laboratory of Emerging Bacterial Diseases, Ukrainian Research Institute of Emerging Infectious Diseases of I.I.Mechnikov. In 1997 Ph.D on Epidemiology was defended in the Research Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases of L.V.Gromashevsky (Kiev, Ukraine). In 2000 she joined Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology at Odesa National Medical University, Odesa, Ukraine as associate professor. Her research interests during last years include epidemiology and diagnostics of autoimmune diseases and allergy. She is a member of work group on Ukrainian adaptation of the the International Consensus on Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Patterns (ICAP).