Present appointment: research associate

Phone: +36 1 210 29 30/56329, 56334

Email: giricz

Education and qualification:
1996-2001 University of Szeged, Faculty of Pharmacy, Szeged, Hungary

Present affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (since 2012)

Previous affiliations and appointments:
2004-2006 Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Collaborative linkage grant, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged

Scientific degree:
PhD, 2006., University of Szeged, Hungary

Educational activities:
Graduate education:
2000-2006 Biochemistry, University of Szeged

Major appointments and memberships in professional societies:
    2001- Hungarian Society of Cardiology
    2001- International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
    2003- Hungarian Biochemical Society

Scientific activities:
Cardiovascular pharmacology and biochemistry: development of strategies against     ischemic heart diseases in metabolic syndrome.
Pharmaco-biochemistry of endogenous cardioprotection.

Scholarships:
2002 University of Alberta, Department of Pharmacology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2007-2008 Department of Biochemistry and National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, Galway
2009-2011 Bioscience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA