Selma Cvijetić Avdagić

Division of Occupational and Environmental Health

PhD / Scientific Advisor

Place and date of birth

Dubrovnik, 1964

Education

  • 2001-2004 Specialization in Epidemiology; Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb
  • 1996 United States Medical License No: 0-540-829-9
  • 1988-1990 Postgraduate studies in Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb
    1998 Dissertation
    1993 Master of Science
  • 1982-1987 Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb

Work Experience

  • Since 1990 Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Medicine, Zagreb
  • 1989-1990 Zabok Medical Center
  • 1988-1989 Clinical hospital “Sisters of Mercy”, internship

SCIENTIFIC AND TEACHING

  • 2023 Full professor
  • 2016 Scientific advisor in permanent position

Additional training

  • 2000 Ohio State University, Columbus, USA; Mazzess Scholarship
  • 1995 Rheumatology Unit, University of Bristol, England
  • 1991 Aarhus Amstygehus, Denmark

Awards

  • 2005 Annual award of the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Medicine for scientific work

Memberships

  •  Editorial board of the “Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology”
  • Croatian Society of Osteoporosis
  • Croatian Calcified Tissue Society
  • Croatian Epidemiological Society

Other

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

  • Head of three projects financed by Croatian Ministry of Science (“Influence of factors from the general and working environment on the musculoskeletal system”, “Calcium metabolism and osteoporosis”, “Degenerative joint disease – radiological evaluation”) and one financed by International Atomic Energy Agency (“Studies of osteoporosis in Croatia using isotopes related techniques“)
  • Collaborator on three projects of the Ministry of Science, one of the Croatian Science Agency and one of the European Union – Next Generation EU.

TEACHING ACTIVITY

  • “Safety, health at work and working environment”, Faculty of Metallurgy, University of Zagreb
  • “Food Epidemiology” Faculty of Food and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb
  • “Epidemiology and Public Health”, Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek