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
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:
- Ethics of clinical research; ethics in genetics and genomics; ethics in medically assisted human reproduction.
- Identification of the genetic phenotype in cases of murders and rapes, by using molecular genetics techniques.
- 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).
- Clinical evolution and post-transplant monitoring of hematopoietic stem cells by molecular genetics techniques in the case of bone marrow transplant patients.
- Prediction of the risk of developing certain types of cancer by analyzing genetic polymorphisms.
- Prediction of the risk of sudden cardiac death in people with a genetic background by analyzing polymorphisms
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 | VBUMP Affiliation |
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 | Affiliation (Department, |
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 |
4. | Prof. dr. Tomaz Zupanc | Director of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine Slovenia |