2026.
The public PhD defence of Danijel Lopac, MD, will take place on September 1, 2026, at noon (12:00) in Lecture room 1 of the Faculty of Medicine. The title of the candidate’s doctoral thesis is Association of PIK3CA Mutation, PD-L1 Expression and Clinicopathological Parameters in Breast Cancer.
The public PhD defence of Alena Tatarević, Master of Pharmacy, will take place on July 23, 2026, at 13:00 in Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Medicine. The candidate will defend her doctoral thesis entitled Assessment of the Impact of Pharmaceutical Care on Quality of Life in Conditions Associated with Psychotropic Drug Use and Evaluation of the Intervention.
The public PhD defence of Iva Plišić, MD, will take place on July 17, 2026, at noon in Lecture room 2 of the Faculty of Medicine. The candidate will defend her doctoral thesis entitled Diagnostic Aspects of Gestational Diabetes as a Global Perinatal Issue.
The public PhD defence of Nika Gržeta Krpan, Master of Biotechnology in Medicine, will take place on July 14, 2026, at 11:00 in Lecture room at the Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology. The candidate will defend her doctoral thesis entitled Effect of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes on Astrocytes Exposed to In Vitro Traumatic Injury.
The public PhD defence of Željka Cindrić, Master of Nursing, will take place on July 13, 2026, at 11:00 in Lecture room 2 of the Faculty of Medicine. The candidate will defend her doctoral thesis entitled A Planning and Management Model for the Home Health Care System in Croatia.
The public PhD defence of Anja Babić, MD, will take place on July 10, 2026, at 14:00 in Lecture room 1 of the Faculty of Medicine. The candidate will defend her doctoral thesis entitled The Effect of Intravenous Thrombolysis and Mechanical Thrombectomy of Interleukin-18 Levels and Endothelial Glycocalyx Degradation Products in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke.
The public PhD defence of Tomislav Glavan, MD, will take place on July 8, 2026, at 13:00 in Lecture room 1 of the Faculty of Medicine. The title of the candidate’s doctoral thesis is The Mechanism and Role of Anapyrexia During Viral Infection.
The public PhD defence of Tihana Klarica Gembić, MD, will take place on July 7, 2026, at 11:45 a.m. in Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Medicine. The candidate will defend her doctoral thesis entitled The Role of Glycoprotein 96 and Androgen Receptors in Patients with Breast Cancer.
The public PhD defence of Luka Vranić, MD, will take place on July 2, 2026, at 2:00 pm in Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Medicine. The candidate will defend his PhD thesis entitled Liver and Spleen Stiffness in Diagnosing Portal Hypertension and Esophageal Varices in People with Chronic Liver Disease.
The public PhD defence of Dorian Kršul, MD, will take place on July 1, 2026, at 10:00 am in Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Medicine. The candidate will defend his PhD thesis entitled The Role of Micro-Ribonucleic Acids as Biomarkers in Right-sided and Left-sided Colon Adenocarcinoma