Name of the research center: THE CENTER FOR ETHICS IN HUMAN GENETIC IDENTIFICATION/ acronym EtIGen

Director of the research center: Professor Alexandra Enache, MD, PhD.

Date of establishment/ acknowledgement: 05.03.2021

Research areas/ research opportunities:

The Center for Ethics in Human Genetic Identification (EtIGen), operates within the discipline of Forensic Medicine, Bioethics, Ethics and Medical Law in UMFVBT.

The research directions of the Ethics Center in human genetic identifications are the following:

  1. Ethics of clinical research; ethics in genetics and genomics; ethics in medically assisted human reproduction.
  2. Identification of the genetic phenotype in cases of murders and rapes, by using molecular genetics techniques.
  3. Identification of persons by molecular genetics techniques from various biological products from living or deceased persons (saliva, blood, other biological fluids, fragments of fresh tissue, paraffin tissue, tissue from anatomical-pathological blades, hair; bones; teeth).
  4. Clinical evolution and post-transplant monitoring of hematopoietic stem cells by molecular genetics techniques in the case of bone marrow transplant patients.
  5. Prediction of the risk of developing certain types of cancer by analyzing genetic polymorphisms.
  6. Prediction of the risk of sudden cardiac death in people with a genetic background by analyzing polymorphisms
Members list:

Titular members:

Nr.

Name and surname of the titular member (didactic/ research personnel)

Didactic/ research degree

1.

Enache Alexandra

Professor, MD, PhD.

2.

Dumache Raluca

Senior Lecturer, MD, PhD

3.

Mureșan Camelia-Oana

Senior Lecturer, MD, PhD

4.

Ciocan Veronica

Senior Lecturer, MD, PhD

 

Associated members:

Nr.

Name and surname

Student, masters student, PhD student, postdoctoral student, auxilliary and non-teaching staff

1.

Cuț Talida Georgiana

PhD student

2.

Pârvănescu Ramona Daniela

PhD student

3.

Gavriliță Georgiana-Denisa

PhD student

4.

Stan Emanuela

PhD student

5.

Ungureanu Ștefania

PhD student

 

Internal collaborators:

Nr.

Name and surname
(didactic/ research personnel)

VBUMP Affiliation
(Discipline and department)

1.

Mihăilescu Alexandra Maria

Assistant Lecturer, Phd, Medical Genetics, Dep. II – Microscopic morphology

2.

Șerban Costela Lăcrimioara

Assistant Lecturer, Phd, Medical Genetics, Dep. II – Microscopic morphology

 

External collaborators:

Nr.

Name and surname
(didactic/ research personnel)

Affiliation  (Department,
institution/university, city, country)

1.

Dr. Gabrielle Samuel

Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy, King’s College London, London, GB

2.

Prof. dr. Miroslav Redenković

Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Blegrade, Serbia

3.

Prof. dr. Irena Zupanic Pajnic

Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
National Institute of Forensic Medicine Slovenia

4.

Prof. dr. Tomaz Zupanc

Director of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine Slovenia
Faculty of Medicine