Asst. Prof. Ljubica Odak, MD, PhD 

Assistant Professor Ljubica Odak, MD,PhD is a pediatrician and Head of Department of Medical and Laboratory Genetics, Endocrinology and Diabetology with daily care unit at Children's Hospital Zagreb. She graduated at Zagreb University School of Medicine, where she also received her PhD degree. Dr. Odak has a long-term clinical experience in medical genetics. In 2023, elected as an assistant professor at University of Zagreb, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences.

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From the beginning of her career, she is actively participating in research projects and trainings dedicated to medical genetics. Her main clinical and research interests are genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders, epidemiological and genetic aspects of congenital anomalies and genetic syndromes, connective tissue disorders, implementation and application of genetic testing methods in clinical practice. She is an author/co-author of more than 40 research articles in indexed journals (Current Contents/PubMed) and more than 80 congress abstracts and a reviewer in several journals. She is a Secretary General of the Croatian Society of Human Genetics.

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She is actively involved in university medical genetics teaching at the Zagreb University School of Medicine. She is a member of the Committee for the implementation of medical genetics specialists training in Croatia of the Ministry of Health and official UEMSA-e delegate for Medical Genetics Section.

Dr. Odak is involved in activities of Zagreb EUROCAT registry of congenital anomalies, initially as an associate for data collection and analysis and since 2023 as a registry leader. She is a Children’s Hospital Zagreb coordinator for ERN-ITHACA network.