II.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
University Professor, Department of Physiology, Victor Babes University
of Medicine and Pharmacy,
Timisoara, Head of Department
1994: MD, Clinical Laboratory
1996: PhD in Medicine, speciality: Normal and Pathologic Physiology
1999: Competence in Public Health Management
II.
AREAS OF INTEREST IN RESEARCH
Immunology
Stem Cells
Cell terapy
III.
GRANTS
1. Adult mesenchymal stem cells
engineering for connective tissue disorders. From the bench to the bed
side
(integrated project FP6, GENOSTEM No. 503161)
Duration: 2003-2006
Value: 162 000 EUR + 100 000 USD (co-funding)
Project coordinator for Romania: Prof. Virgil Paunescu, MD, PhD
2. Development of tissue bioengineering
techniques for osteo-articular and myocardial reconstruction.
Contract with Ministry of Research and Technology, Research, Development
and Innovation National Programmes - MATNANTECH, Programme Nr. 162 (303)
Valoare contract: 2,5 miliarde lei (100 000 EUR)
Grant director: Prof. Virgil Paunescu, MD, PhD
3. Monitoring the responsiveness
in bronhial asthma.Clinical and experimental study.
2002-2003; type A grant, approved by CNCSIS/2002; code 1331 - two year
project
Value: 100 000 000 ROL/2002
54 000 000 de ROL/2003 (total sum: about 4000 EUR)
Coordinator: Prof. Georgeta Mihalas, MD, PhD
4. European
Quality System for Tissue Banking
Grant funded by European Comission Bruxelles; contract number: 2003/C
62/04
Value: 8 400 EUR
Coordinator: Hospital Clinic I Provincial Barcelona
Coordinator for Romania: Senior Lector Ioana Siska, MD, PhD
5. Postgraduate Training in Cellular therapies; grant Leonardo; numar
contract: RO/2003/PL 91030 - TD
Valoare contract: 16 000 EUR
Coordonator: Prof. Dr. Virgil Paunescu
5. Postgraduate
Training in Cellular therapies; Leonardo grant
Contract Number: RO/2003/PL 91030 - TD
Value: 16 000 EUR
Coordinator: Prof. Virgil Paunescu, MD, PhD
6. Assesment of efficiency of
new classes of antileukotriens therapy. In vivo and in vitro experimental
studies
Type A grant,approved by CNCSIS/2004; code 1190
Coordinator: Prof. Georgeta Mihalas, MD, PhD
7. Human hematopetic stem cells
- source of endothelial cells for stents endothelization
Type A grant, approved by CNCSIS/2004; code 1194
Coordinator: Prof. Virgil Paunescu, MD, PhD
IV.
AFFILIATION TO PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the Romanian Society of Physiology
Member of the Romanian Society of Immunology
Member of the Federation of European Physiological Sciences
Member of the Association of Medical Interdisciplinarity
V.
OTHER POSITIONS
Representative expert scientist and manager of research infrastructure
for the European Science Foundation (ESF)
CNCSIS reviewer, comission 6
Member of the editing commite for the "Phisiology Journal"
Member of the editing commite for the "Timisoara Medical Journal"
VI.
OTHER
Chairman of international course "Cours Immounobiologie-Immuno-modulation",
organized by Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara
and University Paris - South, held in Timisoara, 1997
Coordinator of immunology team that performed the first autologous bone
marrow transplantation (2000) and allogeneic (2002) in Romania
Prize of
"Vasile Goldis" University Arad for activity in the field
of bone marrow transplantation (2001)
Knight
of the "Steaua României" (Romanian Star) order for excellence
in medicine (2002)
Organizer
of the 9th National Congress of Physiology, Timisoara, 03 - 05 iunie
2004
VII.
MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE
1997 - 2000: Director, Human Resources Department, Ministry of Health
2000: President, National Health Insurance House
2000 - present: Head of Physiology-Immunology Department, UMF Victor
Babes Timisoara
2001 - present: Head of de International Relations Departament, UMF
Victor Babes Timisoara
2003 - present: Director, Immuno-physiology and Biotehnology Center
Timisoara
VIII.
PUBLISHED WORKS
151 published works, out of which 5 books and monographs, 4 course and
practical books, 42 papers published in extenso in journals, 81 papers
published in abstract volumes of national and international conferences,
19 oral presentation in national and international congresses and symposia.
List of works
1. Endothelial cells obtained
from CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells - a possible source for vascular
engineering
V. Paunescu, E. Suciu, C. Tatu, A. Plesa, D. Herman, I. Siska, C. Suciu,
D. Crîsnic, D. Nistor, G. Tanasie, C. Bunu, M. Raica, , Timisoara
Medical Journal, no. 1, 2004
2. Isolation and culture of human
chondrocytes for autologous transplantation
V. Paunescu, D. Poenaru, D. Herman, D. Tertiu, D. Szilagy, E. Suciu,
R. Cioaca, G. Tanasie, I. Siska, C. Bunu, J. M. Patrascu, Timisoara
Medical Journal, no. 1, 2004
3. Adult stem cell - isolation
and culture protocols
V. Paunescu, A. Plesa, G. Tanasie, E. Suciu, I. Siska, C. Bunu,
Fiziologia, 13 (4): 22 - 26, 2003
4. Endothelial cells obtained
from hematopoietic stem cells are functionally different from those
obtained from human umbilical vein
V. Paunescu, E. Suciu, C. Tatu, A. Plesa, D. Herman, I. Siska, C. Suciu,
D. Crîsnic, D. Nistor, G. Tanasie, C. Bunu, M. Raica, , Journal
of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 7 (4): 455 - 460, 2003
5. Human endothelial cell culture:
a useful tool for endothelial research
V. Paunescu, I. Siska, E. Suciu, G. Tanasie, D. Crîsnic, C. Bunu,
, Fiziologia, 3: 2 - 9, 2002
6. Environment, geochemistry,
and the etiology of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy: lessons from Romania
W. H. Orem, C. A. Tatu, G. L. Feder, R. B. Finkelman, H. E. Lerch, S.
Maharaj, D. Szilagyi, V. Dumitrascu, V. Paunescu and F. Margineanu,
(2002), Facta Universitatis, Medicine and Biology 9, 39-46
7. Weathered coal deposits and
Balkan Endemic Nephropathy
G. L. Feder, C. A. Tatu., W. H. Orem, V. Paunescu, V. Dumitrascu, D.
Szilagyi, R. B. Finkelman, F.Margineanu, F. Schneider: 2002, , Facta
Universitatis, Medicine and Biology 9,34-38
8. Additional support for the
role of the Pliocene lignite derived organic compounds in the etiology
of Balkan endemic nephropathy
Tatu, C.A., Orem W.H., Feder, G.L., Finkelman R.B., Szilagyi D.N., Dumitrascu
V, Margineanu F., Paunescu, V.(2000), , J. Med. Biochem., 4: 95-101.
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