Małgorzata Jerzak, MD, PhD

Specialisation: obstetrics and gynaecology, clinical immunology.

Education: Graduate of the Medical Faculty, Medical University of Lublin, doctor of medical sciences.

Member of Polskie Towarzystwo Ginekologiczne [Polish Gynaecological Society] and Polskie Towarzystwo Immunologii Doświadczalnej i Klinicznej [Polish Experimental and Clinical Immunology Society].

Experience: assistant at the Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, acting Head of Reproductive Immunology Laboratory, assistant at the Obstetrics and Pregnancy Pathology Department, Medical University of Lublin.

Recipient of numerous prestigious awards, such as the First Paper Award at the Third International Forum of Reproductive Immunology, Magdeburg, Germany, for the paper: "T-cell interactions with the proteins of extracellular matrix in females with threatened abortion", and the young scientist scholarship of the Foundation for Polish Science.

Author of numerous Polish and international scientific publications.

Scientific and professional interests: Pregnancy immunology, immunological aspects of recurring miscarriage, endometriosis and infertility, role of adhesion molecules in disease immunopathology, role of extracellular matrix proteins in the regulation of immune response, role of lymphocyte apoptosis in reproductive system homeostasis, immunotherapy in reproductive medicine, oncological gynaecology, oncofertility.