Speaker details

Evgenija Homšak

Evgenija Homšak, MPharm, Ph.M., EuSpLM  has graduated at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, completed specialization in the field of medical biochemistry (Medical biochemistry specialist) and finished masters postgraduate study (Ph.M.) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University Ljubljana. Since 2007 she is registered as European Specialist of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EuSpLM).
She is the head of laboratory for hormone and autoimmune disease diagnostics at the Department of Laboratory Diagnostics in University Clinical Centre Maribor.
She is an associate researcher at University Clinical Centre Maribor and has been / is active involved in several research projects, participated in many professional national and international meetings and congresses, as a lecturer and as a member/president of organizing and scientific committees as well. Her main research interests are in the field of autoimmunity, biomarkers and hormone diagnostics. She published several abstracts and articles in national and international journals. As assistant for the field of Clinical Biochemistry, she is actively involved in education process at the Medical Faculty, University Maribor.
From 2007-2011 she was the secretary of the Slovenian Association for Clinical Chemistry. Since 2011 she has been the President of the Slovenian Association for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (SZKKLM). She is also active in European Federation for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM), as the national representative and as the member of the Scientific and Organizing Committee for the organization EFLM post-graduate education (EFLM Postgraduate Courses in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine). Since 2015 she has been member of EFLM working group for continuing postgraduate education and congresses (WG-CPE) at EFLM Committee of Education and Training. She is also the member of the Commission for specialization at the Chamber of Laboratory Medicine Slovenia.