ANATOMY 1 Name of the Department: Department ... - Biomeedikum

APPENDIX I-VIII
Curriculum Vitae of the staff
IMMUNOLOGY
UIBO, RAIVO Date of birth: Dec 21, 1948 Gender: Male Citizenship: Estonian Address: Ravila 19,
Tartu 51014 (work), Taara pst 28., Tartu 51006 (home) Educational history: Licentiate of Medicine
(M. D.), Medical Faculty, University of Tartu Academic degrees (with year and university): 1973 -
Licentiate of Medicine (M. D.), University of Tartu; 1978 – Candidate of Medicine, University of Tartu; 1985
– Senior Researcher, University of Tartu; 1990 – Doctorate of Medicine, University of Tampere, Finland,
and 1991 - All-Union Committee of Academic degrees; 1993 – Docent of Immunopathology,
University of Tampere, Finland Employment and professional experience: Research assistant and
junior researcher, Medical Faculty, University of Tartu, 1973-1979; Head, Laboratory of Immunology,
Institute of General and Molecular Pathology, University of Tartu, 1979-1992 (Senior researcher in
immunology and allergology, since 1985). Professor of Immunology, University of Tartu, since 1992.
Foreign studies and activities: Visiting Scientist and Lecturer, Department of Pathology, University of
Tampere, Finland, 1990-1993 (8 moths); Visiting Lecturer, University of Sheffield, U.K., 1993; Visiting
Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, IRIBHN, University of Brussels, Belgium, January-April, 1994;
Visiting Professor, Institute of Medical Technology, October-November, 1996; Visiting Scientist in
Harvard and Pennsilvania Universities (2 weeks 1999-2000); particiption in several international
congresses and symposia on immunology Administrative experience: Head of the Immunology
Research Group and the Head of Curriculum in Immunology at the Institute of General and Molecular
Pathology, University of Tartu since 1992; Coordinator of the research project TARMP0420, PI of the
Estonian Science Foundation grants No. 267, 1075, 1339, 3045 (1993-2000), Open Estonia
Foundation grant “Development of medical immunology in Estonia” (1996), grant “Environment and
immune system” of the Ministry of Social Affairs (1997), Estonian co-ordinator of the EU Biomed 2
Concerted Action project PL950729 (1996-1999), Estonian co-ordinator of the EU INCO-Copernicus
grant IC15CT96-0916 “Novel diagnostics and therapy in Addison’s disease and related autoimmunity”
(1997-2000), Scientific co-ordinator of the EU INCO-Copernicus grant IC15CT98-0316 “Enterovirus
infections in NIS/CEE countries and in EU – importance for population health and pathogenesis of
IDDM” (1999-2002). Organization of the international courses (in Tartu, 1994, 2001 - Chairman of the
Organization Committee; in Palanga, 1993, in Trakai, 1995, in Riga 1995, 1999 - member of the
Organization Committees). Head of the Commission of Professional Expertise at the Medical Faculty,
University of Tartu (1994-1996); Member of the Board of Academic degrees at the Medical Faculty
(1997-1999), Member of different boards on teaching, institutional development etc. at the Medical
Faculty (1997-2001); Council member of the Estonian Science Foundation and the Chairman of the
Group of Experts in Medicine (from 2000). Honours and awards: USA National Institutes of Health
FIRCA Grant R03 TW00787; Scientific Awards of the Estonian Government in 1995 and 1999.
Membership in academic and scientific societies: Member of International Union of Immunological
Societies Educational Committee (since 1995), Member of Clinical Immunology Group of European
Federation of Immunological Societies (since 1998), first Chairman of Estonian Society for
Immunology (1984-1995), Vice-Chairman of Baltic Immunologic Society (1992-1995); Founding
Member of Euroscience (1997), Member of the Editorial Boards of the Central-European Journal of
Immunolog and the Russian Journal of Immunology, Member of Euroscience, Member of the Society
for Mucosal Immunology and of the International Association for the Study of the Liver. Current
research program and grants: Coordinator of the research project TARMP0420 “Pathogenetic
mechanisms of autoimmunity and immunodiagnostics” (Ministry of Education 1998-2002), Estonian
Science Foundation grant No. 4437 “ Mechanisms of autoimmunity development in Down’s syndrome”
(2000-2002), EU INCO-Copernicus grant IC15CT98-0316 “Enterovirus infections in NIS/CEE countries
and in EU – importance for population health and pathogenesis of IDDM” (1999-2002). Supervision
of dissertations: Kalle Kisand (Cand. med, 1990); Triin Remmel (Dr. med Sci, 1996); Mai Ots (Dr. med.
Sci, 1998); Kaja Julge (Dr. med. Sci, 1998); Kai Kisand (Dr. med. Sci, 1999), Ija Talja (M Biomed Sci,
1999); Kaimo Hirv (Dr. med. Sci., 2000, Lübeck – co-supervisor). Publications (1996-2001): 67 (incl. 35
papers published or in press in international peer reviewed journals; 5 submitted papers; 4 papers in
local journals; 23 abstracts of conference presentations).
KISAND, KALLE Date of birth: November 22, 1961 Gender: male Citizenship: Estonian Address:
Immunology Research Group, Institute of General and molecular Pathology, University of Tartu. Ravila
19, Tartu 51014, Estonia Educational history: Licentiate of Medicine (M.D.), University of Tartu,
Estonia, 1985; 1985-1988 postgraduate studies, University of Tartu Academic degrees: PhD,
Moscow II Medical Institute, Russia, 1990 Employment and professional experience: 1988-1990 -
junior researcher in Laboratory of Immunology, University of Tartu; 1990-1992 - researcher in
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