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

PHYSIOLOGY
meeting on physiology" 1992, "Baltic/Scandinavian physiology meeting" 1993,"Laboratory animals in
biomedical research" 1994, "Rudolf Buchheim Conference" 1995,"Research, animals and welfare"
1997.10. Honours and awards: none11. Membership in academic and scientific societies: Estonian
Physiological Society, Europen Respiratory Society12. Current research program and
grants:Target financed project No. TARFS 0417: Investigation of external respiration and circulation in
children and adults Grant No. 4363 from the Estonian Science Foundation: Studies on dynamic and
static lung parameters and diffusing capacity in adults 13. Supervision of dissertations: none14.
Publications: 29 scientific publications
RÜNKORG, KERTU 2. Date of birth:17.08.19733. Gender:Female4. Citizenship:Estonian5. Address:
Dept. of Physiology, University of Tartu, Ravila 19, Tartu 50411, Estonia6. Educational history:1997
University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine7. Academic degrees (with year and university): none8.
Employment and professional experience:1998-2001 assistant University of Tartu9.
Administrative experience:none10. Honours and awards:none11. Membership in academic and
scientific societies: none12. Current research program and grants: none13. Supervision of
dissertations:none14. Publications: none
VEDRU, JÜRI Date of birth:Dec. 24, 1948Gender:maleCitizenship:EstonianAddress:Nooruse 9-312,
EE 50411 Tartu, ESTONIAEducational history:1972: Graduated from the University of Tartu (speciality
- theoretical physics) cum laude. 1972-1981: Worked as a research assistant at Department of
Sports Medicine (biomedical engineering - BME), University of Tartu (UT). 1982-1984: Post graduate
study at Moscow Bakulev Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery (medical cybernetics) at Prof. V.A. Lischouk.
1988: Defending PhD (according to SU classification: Candidate of Biology on Normal Physiology)
thesis at the University of Tartu. Title: “Mathematical Model of Cardiovascular System for
Simulation Tasks of the Human Circulation”. 1985-1997: Working at the Institute of General and Molecular
Pathology (IGMP) of UT, at first as an Engineer, then as Researcher and Senior Researcher.
From 1989 to 1997 leader of a BME research Group. From 1994 up today: simultaneously half-time
Associate Professor at the Institute for Institute of Materials Science ( up to 1995 named the Institute
for Teaching Physics) of UT, now as the half-time Associate Professor of Medical Physics. From 1994
up today: participating in teaching and organising biomedical engineering and medical physics branch
of the Applied Physics speciality at the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. From 1997 up today: working
at the Institute of Physiology (ARFS) of UT, as a half-time Senior Researcher. Academic degrees
(with year and university):1988: Candidate of Biology (according to SU classification; equivalent to
PhD) on Normal Physiology, defended at the University of Tartu with the presence of supplementary
experts from Moscow; prepared at the Moscow Bakulev Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery. Employment
and professional experience:Half-time Senior Researcher (Research Fellow), Institute of
Physiology, UT Half-time Docent (Associate Professor) of Medical Physics, Institute of Materials Science,
UTIn 1989-1993: Occasional lecturing of some free courses on mathematical modelling, medical
signal processing and medical electronics for the students of the UT, participation in conducting of
practical classes on medical physics for students of the medical specialities of the UT.From 1994 up
today: Regular teaching of physics to students of the medical specialities of the UT, at first for Russian
branch, afterwards for Estonian and English branches also. From 1994 up today: Participation in organisation
of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics branch of the Applied Physics speciality at
the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, UT, and lecturing to those students. List of courses lectured or
participated in lecturing by J. Vedru in 1994-2001:FKEF.02.028 Biomedical instrumentation and
methods FKEF.02.049 Methods and Instrumentation of Medical Diagnostics and Therapy
FKFD.01.040 Mathematical Methods in Biomedicine (closed in 1997)FKMF.01.012 Medical Physics
(closed in 1998)FKMF.01.025Linear Electrical Circuits FKMF.01.046Introduction to Biophysics
FKMF.01.047Introduction to Medical ElectronicsFKMF.01.049Living SystemsAdministrative experience:
1989-1997: Head of BME Research Group at the Institute of General and Molecular Pathology,
UT.Honours and awards:1978: (together with L.-H. Humal as the first author) Small Golden Medal of
the Exhibition of the Achievements of the USSR National Economy for development of Cardiotachograph
UT-7404.Current research program and grants:1999-2001: Estonian Science Foundation
grant No 3914 “Investigation of the Foucault Cardiography Method.” Funding 65000 EEK (in 1999)+
61000 EEK (in 2000)+ (? for 2001)2000-2001: Participation in Estonian Science Foundation grant No
4449 “User-Oriented Model of Distributed Systems Based on ATM Network for Solution of Large Applications.”
Funding 50000 EEK (in 2000) + (? for 2001) 2000 - : Participation in research project
“DynAMo: Dynamic Adaptive Modeling of the Human Body conducted by prof. Jaakko Malmivuo,
leader of the consortium, Tampere University of Technology, etc. (Total funding: 2.800.000 FIM) Supervision
of dissertations:2000: Master Theses of Boriss Mahrov ("Verification of the Method for
Calculation of Foucault Cardiographic Eddy Current Fields"), Sergei Malchenko ("Model of Cyclic
Variation of the Human Heart Shape at Normal Functioning"), Konstantin Skaburskas ("A Mesh Model
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