Ira-Ida Skvortsova
professor
Innsbruck Medical University
Austria
Biography
Dr. Ira-Ida Skvortsova studied medicine at the Altai State Medical University (Russia) from 1981-1987. She completed her oncology residency at the same University, as well as an ESMO research fellowship at Innsbruck Medical University (Austria). Since 2000, Dr. Skvortsova is a head of the Laboratory for Translational Research in Radiation Oncology (Dept. of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Innsbruck Medical University).
Research Interest
Dr. Ira-Ida Skvortsova research interests include Mechanisms of the primary and secondary resistance to anti-cancer treatment approaches (chemotherapy, targeted therapeutics, radiation therapy), Signal transduction pathways involved in carcinogenesis and anti-cancer response, Cancer stem cells and their role in local and distant tumor recurrences after treatment, Proteome approach in biomarker development.