Predictive, Preventive, and Personalised Medicine: From Bench to Bedside

Prof. Dr. D.Sc. Eng. M.D. Halina Podbielska is Professor Ordinarius in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST). She received her M.Sc. and Engineering Degree in Applied Physics/Optics from the Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology of Wroclaw University of Technology WrUT (now WUST)and her Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Institute of Physics, both awarded by a special Award for Excellence. She also received her M.D. degree from the Faculty of Medicine of Medical Academy Wroclaw (now Medical University). She completed her post-graduate study in business and management at the Faculty of Informatics and Managing conducted by the Central State University of Connecticut/USA. 

Halina was a founder of the Biomedical Engineering Institute at the Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology WruST in 2007, and served for years as a Director and the Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department. Additionally, in years 2007-2014 she was appointed as a full professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the Faculty of Physiotherapy of the Wroclaw University School of Physical Education for teaching students of Physiotherapy and Cosmetology on modern aspects of physical medicine with special emphasis on modern aspects of biophotoelectronics and personalized medicine. She was visiting scientist in several scientific institutions worldwide: at the University of Frankfurt/Main (1984-85), University of Muenster (1985-86) as an A. v. Humboldt Foundation fellow, and at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1989-1990). 

In years 2002-2005 she was a visiting professor at the Institute of Optics of Technical University in Berlin. She was also visiting scientist at the Charite Medizin University of Berlin (2005) conducting research at the Medical Laser Technology Center LMTB, Germany. Her professional experiences include biomedical engineering with emphasis on medical application of optics, nanomaterials and physical and personalized medicine. She is an author or co-author of over 400 publications and holds 13 registered patents related to biomedical technologies and personalized approaches. She is a Board Member of Polish Society of Biomedical Engineering and member of many internationally recognized bodies (OSA, SPIE, OWLS, EPMA). She holds a distinction of OSA Senior Member. She is a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering of Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw and a member of The Committee of Biocybernetics Biomedical Engineering of Polish Academy of Science and Member of Board of the International Centre For Biocybernetics, Warsaw. She is a member of Editorial Board of the Journal Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering. She is/was acting as an expert for grant evaluation in 6. and 7. Framework Program and Horizon2020 of EC and grants reviewer of National Institutes of Health, USA, Ministry of Science, Latvia and Polish authorities. 

From 2008 she a member of the Academic Advisory Board and Representative of Biomedical Engineering of EPMA (European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine) and Editorial Board member of EPMA Journal. In 2021 she received a prestigious EPMA Highest Recognition of Exceptional Achievements in International Networking in the field of biomedical sciences.

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