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www.ascro.hr381Professor VANJA VUČIĆEVIĆ BORAS(September 10, 1971 – December 22, 2019)Our dear colleague, Head of the Department, profes-sor Vanja Vučićević Boras, PhD, passed away on October 22, 2019, at the age of 49. Professor Vanja Vucicevic Boras was born on September 10, 1971 in Zagreb. She enrolled at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1990 and graduated in 1997. Since 1999 she has been em-ployed at the Department of Oral Medicine as a research assistant. She obtained master’s degree in 2000, a doctor-ate in 2003, and passed a specialist exam in oral medicine in 2004. In 2005 and 2006 she attended Post-doc train-ing at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. She was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2007, Associate Professor in 2011, and Full Professor in 2017. Since 2009, she has been the Head of the Oral Medicine Department. Since 2010, she was also employed at the University hospital center, where from 2017 she was appointed as the Head of the Clinical Department for Oral Medicine.Professor Vanja Vucicevic Boras, in her short professional life, has shown extra-ordinary scientific and textbook productivity, which is rare-ly encountered in our profession. She has published about 60 scientific and professional papers cited in WoS. She has edited and authored books: “Manual of Oral Diseases: From Diagnosis to Therapy” (2 issues), “Infec-tion Control in Dental Institutions”, “Differential Diagnostics in Dental Radiology”, “Orofacial Pain” and “Emergency Conditions in Dental Med-icine”. She has co-authored books “Oral Medicine,” “Local Anesthesia in Dental Medicine,” “A Textbook of Advanced and Maxillofacial Surgery,” “Dopamine in Health and Disease,” and “Acupuncture in Oral Medicine.” In 2003, she received an award from the Society of University Teachers and Other Scientists for scientific work in dentistry, biomedicine and health. She has served on the editorial board of Acta Clinica Croatica and the Jour-nal of Autacoids.Professor Vanja Vucicevic Boras has marked careers of numerous stu-dents and dentists, mentoring their graduation theses and dissertations. To us from the Department of Oral Medicine, she was a beloved colleague and a friend, tolerant as our chief and almost always smiling. She was attracting people by her unique personality. We consider her premature departure a huge loss, both personal and for our Faculty, as well as for our entire dental profession. Travel peacefully, our dear Vanja!Ivan AlajbegProf. dr. sc. VANJA VUČIĆEVIĆ BORAS(10. 9. 1971. – 22. 10. 2019.)Naša draga kolegica, predstojnica i pročelnica, prof. dr. sc. Vanja Vučićević Boras napustila nas je 22. listopada 2019., u 49. godini. Rođena je 10. rujna 1971. u Zagrebu. Stomatološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu upisuje 1990., a završava ga 1997. Od 1999. zaposlena je u Zavodu za oralnu medicinu u svojstvu znanstvenog novaka. Magistrirala je 2000., dok-torirala 2003., a specijalistički ispit iz oralne medicine po-ložila je 2004. godine. Tijekom 2005. i 2006. boravila na University of Queensland u Brisbaneu u Australiji na po-slijedoktorskom usavršavanju. U znanstveno-nastavno zva-nje docenta izabrana je 2007., izvanredni profesor postala je 2011., a redoviti 2017. Od 2009. godine bila je predstoj-nica Zavoda za oralnu medicinu. U 2010. kumulativno se zapošljava u Kli-nici za stomatologiju KBC-a, gdje je od 2017. bila pročelnica Kliničkoga zavoda za bolesti usta.Prof. dr. sc. Vanja Vučićević Boras u svojem je prekratkom profesio-nalnom životu pokazala izvanserijsku znanstvenu i udžbeničku produktiv-nost kakva se rijetko susreće u našoj struci. U svojem znanstvenom opusu objavila je oko 60 znanstvenih i stručnih radova citiranih u WoS-u. Bila je urednica i autorica knjiga:  Priručnik oralnih bolesti: od dijagnoze do terapije (dva izdanja), Kontrola infekcije u stomatološkim ustanovama, Diferencijalna dijagnostika u dentalnoj radiologiji, Orofacijalna bol i Hitna stanja u dental-noj medicini. Autorski je sudjelovala u knjigama Oralna medicina, Lokal-na anestezija u dentalnoj medicini, A textbook of advanced and maxillofacial surgery, Dopamin u zdravlju i bolesti i Acupuncture in oral medicine. Godi-ne 2003.  dobila je nagradu Društva sveučilišnih nastavnika i drugih znan-stvenika za znanstveni rad u stomatologiji, biomedicini i zdravstvu. Bila je članica uredništva časopisa Acta Clinica Croatica i Journal of Autacoids.  Prof. dr. sc. Vanja Vučićević Boras usmjerila je karijere mnogobrojnih studenata i stomatologa, mentorirajući njihove diplomske radove i diser-tacije. Nama u Zavodu za oralnu medicinu bila je  draga kolegica i prijate-ljica, tolerantna kao predstojnica i gotovo uvijek nasmiješena. Privlačila je svojom jedinstvenom osobnošću. Njezin prerani odlazak golem je gubitak, kako za njezinu obitelj, tako i za naš fakultet i cijelu stomatološku struku. Putuj mirno, draga naša Vanja!NecrologyNekrolog

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