WCRD 2025 CV Ingrid Garajová

Personál Information

Ingrid Garajová, MD, PHD

Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma (Italy)

0039-521-70-2660

E-mail: igarajova@ao.pr.it

Date of birth: 02/11/1980 (Slovakia)

Work Experience

• 14/11/2024: ASN 2023/2025 – Certification of achievement of the National Scientific Qualification for the functions of Second Level University Professor in the Competition Sector 06/D3 – BLOOD DISEASES, ONCOLOGY AND RHEUMATOLOGY, until 12/11/35
• From 16/11/2020 – TODAY: Adjunct professor for Postgraduate School of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy
• From June 2022 – TODAY: co-chair EORTC Pancreatic Task Force
• From March 2023 – TODAY: Member of the EORTC-PAMM board
• From 9/2/2023 – TODAY: Phase I Medical Oncologist Licence
• From 05/03/2024 – TODAY: Member of the Oncology Task Force of AISP (Italian Associatian for Study of Pancreas)
• 01/06/2018 – TODAY, Clinical Oncologist, Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma (Italy) Focused on gastrointestinal cancers, in particular focused on pancreatic and biliary tract cancer
• 30/06/2015 – 31/05/2018: Clinical Oncologist, SanťOrsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Bologna (Italy). Focused on gastrointestinal cancers.
• 18/5/10 al 18/5/15, Specialization training in Oncology, Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale (DIMES), University ofBologna, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna (Italy)
• 1/5/2014 – 15/4/2015: Internship in Cancer Center Amsterdam, Oncology Department, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands). My projects concerned microRNA as diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers in solid tumors. Tutor: Dr. Elisa Giovannetti and prof. Henk Verheul.
• 01/1/2010 al 30/4/2010: Medical doctor, Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale (DIMES), University ofBologna, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna (Italy)

• 1/11/2008 – 30/06/2009: EMBO Research Fellowship, Department of Cell Biology and Oncology (DCBO), Laboratory of G-protein-mediatedsignaling, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro (Italy). Project: „The role and the regulation of the endogenous P subunit mono-ADP ribosylation in the signal transduction pathways that are mediated by the heterotrimeric G proteins“. Tutor: Dr. Mariella Di Girolamo.

– 03/10/05 – 30/11/09 Medical doctor in Oncology Department, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno (Czech Republic)

Education and Training – 18/5/10 – 18/5/15: Specialization in Oncology

Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale (DIMES), University ofBologna, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna (Italy). Thesis of my specialization: The role of microRNA as diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers in solid tumors. Tutor: prof. Guido Biasco.

– 03/10/05-23/6/09, PhD in Oncology, University of Masaryk, Brno (Czech Republic), PhD thesis: „Possibilities of resistence prediction to neoadjuvant concomitant chemoradiotherapy in the treatment algorithm of patiens with rectal carcinoma“. Tutor: prof. Rostislav Vyzula.

– 01/9/98-30/5/05, Medical degree, Comenius University, Bratislava, Bratislava (Slovakia). Thesis: „Molecular diagnosis of the hereditary form of breast tumors.“ Department of Experimental Oncology, Slovak Academia of Sciences. Speaker: Dr. Vladimír Zajac. Rector’s Award for the thesis.

During the period of the University I was a guest as an ERASMUS student at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Parma, Italy (October 2002 – February 2003). I have also participated in various foreign training courses, especially in Spain (Marques de Valdecilla Hospital, University of Cantabria, Department of Oncology, Dr. Jaime Sanz Ortiz), Italy (Brescia Hospital, training in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, Prof. Rita Rezzani), Egypt (Greater Hospital of Alexandria Hospital, Internal Medicine Training, Dr. Ahmed Helali).

Grants: winner of EORTC GITCG 2021 YI&ECI research for project entitled: “Perineural invasion in pancreatic cancer: how enemies become friends”, EUR 50.000

Job-related skilles

– Principal investigator of different preclinical and clinical studies:

– Second opinion web: for patients with gastrointestinal cancer together with prof. Matteo Ravaioli, surgeon specialized in hepato-biliary and liver and renal transplantation surgery, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy, https://tumoritrapiantisecondopinion.it