Barbara Jarząb#
| Membership Number: | 6695 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://en.io.gliwice.pl/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9811-9584 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1992 - 2022 Head of Departament of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch
- 2017 - now ENDO-ERN National Coordinator of rare endocrine conditions
- 2003 - now member of the Committee for Human Genetics and Molecular Pathology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1995 - 2015 Regional Consultant in the field of Endocrinology responsible for the program of specialization in endocrinology, its implementation and organization of Board examinations
- 2004 - 2012 Vice President of the Scientific Board of Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute - Oncology Center
- 2007 - 2010 member of the Polish Central Commission for Scientific Degrees
- 1995 - now President and Founder of the Polish Group of Endocrine Tumors
Fields of Scholarship
- Multikinase inhibitors in advanced thyroid cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Gene expression profiling of thyroid cancer
- Genetic predisposition to medullary and non-medullary thyroid cancer
- Implementing molecular biology into diagnostics and personalized treatment of thyroid cancer
- Functional genomics of endocrine tumors
- Gene expression profile of radiation-induced differentiated thyroid cancer
- Endocrine cancer
- Neuroendocrine cancer
- Radioiodine therapy of differentiated thyroid cancer
- DNA microarray technologies implemented in the analysis of cancer transcriptome
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Honorary Member of the European Society of Endocrinology
- 2018 Honorary Member of the Polish Society of Oncological Endocrinology for outstanding contributions to the development of oncological endocrinology
- 2015 - 2018 member of the Presidium of the Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2014 - Diploma of recognition for outstanding service as Secretary and Executive Committee Member of the European Society of Endocrinology
- 2013 - now correspondent member of Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2011 Knight's Cross of Order of the Rebirth of Poland awarded by the President of Poland for outstanding scientific achievements and services of Polish oncology
- 2007 - now correspondent member of Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2009 - Diploma of recognition awarded to prof. Barbara Jarząb, member of the Board of the European Thyroid Association in the years 2006-2009, in gratitude for her contribution to experimental and clinical thyroidology by serving as the executive committee member
