Name of the research center: Center for Research and Innovation in Personalized Medicine of Respiratory Diseases

Director of the research center: Professor MD PhD Ovidiu Fira-Mlădinescu

Date of establishment/ acknowledgement: 05.03.2021

Research areas/ research opportunities:

In the spirit of the Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy, from Timișoara, our center has developed over time a culture of research and concerns for capitalizing on research results for the health of our fellow human beings.

The main directions and concerns of scientific research have focused on essential pathologies in the field of Pulmonology, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep disorders, diffuse interstitial pneumonia, and recently in the dramatic context of the global pandemic with COVID-19, new methods of approach to disease management and therapy. The purpose of these approaches was to constantly bring key, innovative information, highly competitive with any of a prestigious international research center. Our center is currently involved in several research projects, some of which are ongoing, others are about to begin – using interdisciplinary and international teams.

We will briefly address them as follows: it’s going to start

1. SARS-CoV2 infection 1.1. Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory effects of trans-cranial vagus nerve electrostimulation in patients with COVID-19 in the imminent cytokine storm; 1.2. Evaluation of glycemic profile in patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in a given period.

2. Sleep medicine 2.1. Exploration of the lipid profile in patients with sleep apnea syndrome.

3. Diffuse interstitial pneumonia 3.1. Creating a new concept of computer-aided diagnosis in diffuse interstitial pneumonia using AI (artificial intelligence); 3.2. Use of a medical platform for the diagnosis of Diffuse Interstitial Pneumonia (PID Second Opinion) -through an interdisciplinary team of pulmonologists and radiologists, offers the possibility of evaluating patient imaging data and developing a diagnostic opinion by interdisciplinary consensus; 3.3. Multidisciplinary discussion of cases of diffuse interstitial pneumonia encountered in medical practice organized monthly, online; 3.4. Creating a medical platform for tele-monitoring patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

We will be and will remain a versatile Research Center, with high levels of performance and openness to further develop collaborations with key partners in the medical field.

Members list:

Titular members:

Nr.

Last name, First name
Faculty member/Researcher Tenured/PhD student

Academic rank
/ Research position /PhD student

Professional e-mail

1.      

OANCEA CRISTIAN IULIAN

Professor MD PhD

oancea@umft.ro

2.      

FIRA-MLADINESCU OVIDIU

Professor MD PhD

mladinescu@umft.ro

3.      

MIHĂICUȚĂ ȘTEFAN DAN

Professor MD PhD

stefan.mihaicuta@umft.ro

4.      

MANOLESCU DIANA LUMINIȚA

Associate Professor MD PhD

dmanolescu@umft.ro

5.      

MARC MONICA STELUȚA

Senior lecturer MD PhD

marc.monica@umft.ro

6.      

BERTICI NICOLETA-SORINA

Senior lecturer MD PhD

bertici.nicoleta@umft.ro

7.      

VAȘTAG (TUDORACHE)
EMANUELA

Senior lecturer MD PhD

emanuela.tudorache@umft.ro

8.      

FRENȚ ȘTEFAN-MARIAN

Senior lecturer MD PhD

frentz.stefan@umft.ro

9.      

TRĂILĂ DANIEL

Senior lecturer MD PhD

traila.daniel@umft.ro

10.   

PESCARU CAMELIA CORINA

Senior lecturer MD PhD

pescaru.camelia@umft.ro

11.   

SUPPINI NOEMI

Assistant Professor; PhD

noemi.suppini@umft.ro

12.   

TRUȘCULESCU ANA-ADRIANA

Assistant Professor; PhD

ana.trusculescu@umft.ro

13.   

HOGEA STANCA PATRICIA

Assistant Professor; PhD

hogea.patricia@umft.ro

14.   

TRIFA ADRIAN

Professor MD PhD

adrian.trifa@umft.ro

15.   

WELLMANN NORBERT

PhD student

norbert.wellmann@umft.ro

16.   

CIORTEA IOANA

PhD student

ioana.ciortea@umft.ro

17.   

MARTIȘ (MOLDOVAN) FLAVIA

Assistant Professor;
PhD student

flavia.martis@umft.ro

18.   

DRIMUS JANET-CAMELIA

PhD student

janet.drimus@umft.ro

19.   

JIPA DANIEL ALEXANDRU

PhD student

daniel.jipa@umft.ro

20.   

BERTICI RĂZVAN ADRIAN

PhD student

razvan.bertici@umft.ro

21.   

BALICA MĂDĂLINA

PhD student

madalina.balica@umft.ro

22.   

DEAK (SUKOSD) ILONA EMOKE

PhD student

sukosd.emoke@umft.ro

23.   

MIHUȚA CAMIL EMANUIL

PhD student

camil.mihuta@umft.ro

24.   

NICOLA ALIN CIPRIAN

PhD student

alin.nicola@umft.ro

25.   

BOGDAN CIPRIAN

PhD student

ciprian.bogdan@umft.ro

26.   

POPLICEAN EMANUEL IONUȚ

PhD student

emanuel.poplicean@umft.ro

27.   

BÎRZĂ MARIELA ROMINA

PhD student

romina.birza@umft.ro

28.   

GLIGOR LOREDANA NELI

PhD student

gligorloredananeli@gmail.com

29.   

MANZUR ANDREI RAUL

PhD student

andrei.manzur@umft.ro

30.   

POPA ALINA MIRELA

PhD student

alina-mirela.popa@umft.ro

31.   

FLORESCU ANDREEA ROXANA

PhD student

andreea.florescu@umft.ro

32.   

SUSA SEPTIMIU-RADU

PhD student

septimiu.susa@umft.ro

33.   

NISIP LUCIA CRISTINA

PhD student

cristina.nisip@umft.ro

34.   

MIHART DACIAN-ION

PhD student

dacian.mihart@umft.ro

35.   

COCOLEA DAIANA

PhD student

daiana.cocolea@umft.ro

36.   

MUNTEANU CĂTĂLIN

PhD student

catalin.munteanu@umft.ro

37.   

NEAGOE CARA

PhD student

cara.neagoe@umft.ro

38.   

MORAR ALEXANDRA

PhD student

alexandra.morar@umft.ro

39.   

BOȘCUȚĂ LOREDANA

PhD student

loredana.boscuta@umft.ro

40.   

STOICESCU EMIL ROBERT

PhD student

stoicescu.emil@umft.ro

41.   

CONSTANTINESCU AMALIA

PhD student

amalia.constantinescu@umft.ro

42.   

MLADIN ROXANA

PhD student

roxana.mladin@umft.ro

 

List of collaborators:

Nr.

Academic rank/ Research position
Last name, First name

Affiliation
(Institution/department/
chair/clinic, city, country)

Professional e-mail

1.

TUDORACHE VOICU MIRCEA
Professor, MD Ph.D.,

Doctoral School, Medicine and Pharmacy, UMFVBT

voicu.tudorache@yahoo.com

2.

CRIȘAN ALEXANDRU Senior Lecturer; Associate PhD.

Affiliation: Center for Pulmonary Medical Respiratory Rehabilitation (CRMR), Timișoara, Romania

crisan @umft.ro

3.

VIGDOROVITS ALON

National Institute of Research and Development “Victor Babeș” Bucharest – “Next Generation Pathology” Research Unit, Romania