Two scholars from Ukraine start at the Stroke Center and the Abdominal Center of the Inselspital
Two scholars from Ukraine start at the Stroke Center and the Abdominal Center of the Inselspital
The Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF, along with Scholars at Risk Switzerland, supports research stays of Ukrainian scholars in Switzerland. Scholars at Risk SAR is an international network of universities with the mission to protect academic freedom and to support threatened scholars. Scholars can apply for temporary placements in countries where they are safe. The stays allow them to pursue their own academic work or become involved in research at the host institution. As part of SNF Scholars at Risk, the two Ukrainian researchers and sisters Kateryna and Antonina Antonenko will start at the Inselspital on 1 April 1 2022 for 1 year each, with an option to extend.
Prof. Dr. med. Kateryna Antonenko, MD, PhD is Associate Professor at Bogomolets National Medical University, Department of Neurology in Kiev and her research focus is on stroke, intracranial atherosclerosis, acute treatment and secondary prevention. She will be integrated in the project "Intracranial atherosclerotic stenoses in stroke patients with symptomatic disease in different vascular beds" by PD Dr. Mirjam Heldner at the Stroke Center of the Inselspital.
Dr. med. Antonina Antonenko, MD, PhD is a consultant gastroenterologist and internal medicine physician at the Department of Surgery, Bogomolets National Medical University, where her research interest revolves around the assessment of risk factors for the development of porto-sinusoidal vascular disease, clinical manifestations and the risk of infectious complications after liver transplantations. She will be integrated in the project "Surveillance of primary liver cancer in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease" by Prof. Dr. med. Annalisa Berzigotti at the Abdominal Center of the Inselspital. The Medical Faculty wishes Kateryna and Antonina Antonenko a great start in Bern and welcomes them kindly!