Dr Pavlovic graduated from Medical Faculty in
Novi Sad
in 1981. Over
many years, she had advanced studies at Medical Faculty in
Novi Sad
. On the 17th June 1988,
she passed specialist examination in hygiene (nutrition) at Medical Faculty
in
Novi Sad
; title of the thesis“Nutritional status of school children in
Subotica
assessed by
anthropometrics parameters”. Her Master degree from July 1990, with the
thesis “Nutrition quality of school meals and nutritional status of school
children in
Subotica
”, was from the Medical
Faculty in
Novi Sad
.
Her Doctoral thesis “Risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in school
children”, November 1994, was also from the Medical Faculty in
Novi Sad
, and she subsequently was honored by the
doctoral degree at the
University
of
Novi Sad
on 23rd June
1995. In
1999 she got certificates in ‘’Health Care Management” in ECPD (
EuropeanCenter
for Peace Development)
organization. In 2005 she got certificates in “Health Promotion” in
School
of
Public Health
at the
University
of
Belgrade
. She has
also participated in a number of seminars organized by FAO, ILSI and WHO
Europe.
Titles and advancement
By decision of
Republic Ministry of Science and Technology - Commission for acquiring
scientific titles - in
Belgrade
, on the 29th January 1997, she got the title of research associate of Medical Faculty in
Novi Sad
, and on the 29th November 1997, and
the same title at the Medical Faculty in
Belgrade
- field of hygiene nutrition. On
19th June 2002 she acquired the title Associate Research Professor
by decision of Republic Ministry of Science and Technology- Commission for
acquiring scientific titles. On the 21st April 1994, the Academic
Council of Medical Faculty,
University
of
Belgrade
and
Novi Sad
(the 8th June, 1994) appointed
her a mentor in the field of hygiene for advanced training at the mentioned
Faculties. She became a Registered Public Health Nutritionist (RPHNutr) and
member of The Nutrition Society in
UK
in 2002. She became a FAO
Expert in Nutrition in 2003.In May 2006 she got title Primarijus from the
Ministry of Health in
Serbia
.
Present and previous positions
·Presently working in Institute for
Medical Research, Department of Nutrition and Metabolism at the
University
of
Belgrade
, 2006
·Head of Nutrition Department in Public
Health Institute,
Subotica
,
appointed April 2001.
·Vice president of the Vojvodina’s
Medical Doctor Association, 2004.
Assistant manager for medical
affairs in Public Health Institute,
Subotica
,
June 1998 to April 2001.
·Created and the president the
non-governmental organization ’’NUTRIECOHEALTH’’: Center for nutrition,
ecology, fitness and health promotion and became (http://.www.nutriecohealth.org.yu),
September 2001.
·Appointed manager of
RegionalCenter
for Nutrition, November 1998.
·Appointed a president of Public
Health Institute’s Expert Council on the February 1998.
·Appointed Head of Section of
Hygiene and Environment Protection, and Chief of Nutrition and the School
Hygiene Department, April 1996 to the June 1998. During her period as Head,
the Institute and Hygiene Department got the Quality System Certificate from
IQNET ONORM EN ISO 9002. She established the basic methodology for food
quality andsafety control for
imported food and domestic products according tonational regulations and standards and
Codex Alimentarius.
·Creator and first president of the
Society of medical doctors in preventive medicine in Vojvodina’s Medical
Doctor Association,
Subotica
,
1992 - 1997.
·Appointed head of Hygiene, food
and nutrition Section in Public Health Institute,
Subotica
, September 1988.
Research Projects and Studies
1. Created
a program on cardiovascular diseases risk factors prevention in pre-school age
“My heart, healthy heart” (Public Health Institute,
Subotica
) carried out from 1995.
2. Coordinator
of the project (at regional level): “Following the progress towards achieving
the aims of the World Summit for children in
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
” (Public
Health Institute, in collaboration with UNICEF) in 1996.
3. Coordinator
of the project (at regional level): “Evaluation of health condition and
nutritional status of refugee population in FR Yugoslavia” (Public Health
Institute, World Health Organization) in 1998.
4. Leading
consultant for research, monitoring and correction of nutrition quality,
member of scientific board and coordination team for statistical data
processing, as well as member of the scientific team for suggesting
prevention measures for intervention, in the project: JUSAD - “Yugoslav study
of atherosclerosis precursors in school children” (Medical Faculty - Belgrade
- University Children’s Clinic) in 1998 and 2002/2003
5. Member
of sub-project research team and leading researcher of a pilot sub-project
for school children in the project: “Health condition, health needs and
health care use of population in
Serbia
” (Public Health
Institute), North Backa Region 1998.
6. Member
of project research team in
Serbia
,
leading researcher of the project: “Health condition, health needs and health
care use of population in
Serbia
”,
North Backa Region (WHO, UNICEF, 2000).
7. Member
of research team and leading researcher in
Subotica
on the project: ’’Health and risk
factors for cardiovascular diseases in schoolchildren and youth’’. Ministry
of science, technology and development of
Serbia
, and Medical faculty Novi
Sad 2002/2003.
8. Member
of research team on the project: ’’Nutrition as a risk factor, prophylactic
and therapeutic factor for health and non-communicable diseases in
population’’. Ministry for science, technology and development of
Serbia
,
Institute for medical research, Belgrade 2002.
9. Member
of research team in the project: ’’Growth and development of children in
Serbia
’’,
UNICEF-Belgrade 2002/2003.
10. Member or a research team as expert nutrition
consultant on the project: "Joint Assessment mission of needs for
internally displaced persons in
Serbia
and
Montenegro
",
JAM-Joint Assessment Mission UNHCR & ICRC from 2003.
11. Member or a research team as expert nutrition
consultant on the project: "Joint Assessment mission of needs for
refugees in Serbia and Montenegro", JAM-Joint Assessment Mission WFP
& UNHCR from 17.02 to 07.03 2003.
12. European Food Information Resource NetworkEuro FIR, Network of excellence, European
Commission , 2006 to2011 ,Project
coordinator forSerbia and member of
Scientific board of NoE
Professional Associations,
Consultancies, Working Groups
She is a member of a
number of associations including: Committee of Federation of European Nutrition
Societies (FENS), EANS (European Academy of Nutrition Science), European
childhood obesity group (ECOG), World Heart Federation (WHF), International
Group for Prevention of Atherosclerosis in the Childhood,Association for Nutrition Improvement of
Serbian and Yugoslav people, Yugoslav Board for Prevention of atherosclerosis
and Yugoslav association for study of obesity, Vojvodina’s Medical
Association of Yugoslav Board for Lipids, , and the Committee of Preventive
Medicine in Serbia, Yugoslav and European Anthropology Association.
She was appointed a
member of National committee for Prevention of ishemic heart diseases in
clinical practice for clinical guidelines for medical doctors in Serbia in
2002, Member of The Nutrition Society in UK (2002), member of commission of
the Ministry of Health in Serbia for getting advanced title of the specialist
of hygiene, member of chairmanship of the presidency of preventive medicine
association in Serbia.
She is a member of
group for monitoring nutritional status of children in
Serbia
and
collaborator in updating the WHO Global Database on Child Growth and
Malnutrition. She took part in working out reference values of lipid
parameters for children and youth in collaboration with other group members
on the
territory
of
Serbia
and
Yugoslavia
, in 1993/94.
She is a member of
National working group for Monitoring Growth and Development in Children. She
established the model of longitudinal monitoring of nutritional status of
population in North Backa Region especially children and made reference
values for anthropometrics parameters. This model is used on national level.
She is the creator and
president of the Nutrition and physical activity promotion festival-World
Food day celebration, which started in
1999 inSubotica
. From 2001 her model of World food
day celebration in
Subotica
was adopted by the
FAO SEUR office in
Budapest
as a model of whole country, and in 2002/2003 for all CEE Countries. She is a
collaborator of FAO Sub-regional office in
Budapest
member of AgroWeb Network group for CEE countries as an author of AgroWeb
Serbia
and
Montenegro
and Program and
National coordinator for sub-portal Food and Nutrition and World Food Day
celebration Internet information.
She became a member of
Steering CommitteeCEECFOODS network
(FAOSEUR support) and represetative of country in 2003.
She isthecoordinator of the Networkfor capacity
Development in Nutrition in CEE countries from 2006.
Scientific Committees
Member of
International Scientific and organizing Committee 2nd Conference
of the International Group for prevention of atherosclerosis in childhood
1998,
BudapestHungary
.
President of
Scientific and Organizing Committee 1st and 2nd Food
and Nutrition Conference with International Participation (1999, 2000),
Subotica
,
Yugoslavia
.
Invited lecturer and
reporter in the FAO/Slovak Workshop, Internet Portal on Food Safety-Communication
Systems to Strengthen Food Safety and build consumer confidence,
Nitra
,
SlovakRepublic
23-26.March 2003; and in the FAO WAICENT
and AIMS Workshop,
Budapest
,
Hungary
,
15-17 September 2003.
Member of Scientific
Program Committee 9th European Nutrition Conference October 1-4
2003. Roma, and for the 13th Workshop of the European Childhood
Obesity Group Brindizi
Italy
September 25-27.2003.
Invited lecturer and
reporter in the FAO Workshop “Improvement of Communication between FAO and
CEE Member countries ”
Prague
,
Czech Republic
21-28th May 2004.
Member of Scientific
Committee in the Scientific Workshop Early Nutrition and its later
Consequences: New opportunities
ParisFrance
2-3
July 2004.
Invited lecturer in
the 5th International Conference on Nutrition and Fitness Athens
Greece
9-12th June 2004.
Invited lecturer in
FAO Workshop “International workshop on the Development on Food Safety
Strategies”
Budapest
,
Hungary
6-8th September 2004.
Member ofOrganizing Committee and invited lecturer
in 1st Congress of Hyperlipidemias in Serbia and Montenegro with
international participation Novi Sad Serbia 15-17th September 2004
and for the conference “Primary prevention of CVD risk factors in children
and youth ”Belgrade, Serbia 14th September 2004.
Representative of the
country on the General assembly of IUNS in
Durban
in September 2005 during the 18th International Nutrition Conference.
Member of the Advisory
Board of the EuroFIR Food Comp Course, a training course on the production
and use of food composition data in nutrition,
Bratislava
, October 2006 (FoodComp 2006).
Awards & Honors
Awarded a diploma and medallion from the Medical
Association in
Subotica
and Vojvodina on the 7th Yugoslav Symposium about Hyperlipoprotheinaemia in
2000 inNovi Sad
, and got the first prize for the
best poster on symposium. Awarded the first prize for the best work presented
at the 1st Balkan Congress on Obesity held on February 7-9
2003 inAthens
,
Greece
.
She got the annual award for research work in Vojvodina from the Medical
Doctors Association in 2003.
Language
Serbian,
Croatia
,
English, Hungarian and first level of Spanish.
Scientific Journals
From the year
1998, she became member of the editorial board of the journals “Food and
nutrition”, “Food as medicine” (expert assistant), and from 1999, “The
Herald”, and "Serbian archive" (referee).From the year 2006 she
became member of the Advisory Board of the Bulletin of the National Nutrition
Institute in Cairo , Egipt.
Publications and participation on
the meetings
She actively takes
part in scientific meetings, congresses, symposiums in the country and
abroad. Up to now, she has over a 260 published papers, abstracts and reports
in domestic and international peer reviewed journals. She is the author
and/or editor of 17 published books or monographs and 11 software
applications in the field of food and nutrition and other activities of
preventive medicine. The papers are not included in this CV, but a list can
be provided on demand.
Published books and
monographs
Pavlovic M., Recommendations for Nutrition for children in
Preschool children care centers, Manual for usage of Gazette for
Recommendations for nutrition of preschool children in preschool
institutions with menus and recipes, Ministry for Labors and Social
Republic of Serbia, Belgrade 1996.
Pavlovic M., Kadvan A., Software for nutrition planning, Pavlovic
M.,
SuboticaYugoslavia
1997. p. 47
Pavlovic M., Using software for supervision of the growth and
nutritional status and in prevention of cardiovascular (CVD) risk
factors in childhood, Public Health Institute Subotica, Yugoslavia,
1997, p. 82.
Pavlovic M., Nutrition for preschool children, Public Health
Institute Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1997. p. 543.
Pavlovic M., (eds), Health care of population in North Backa
Region in 1997. Public Health Institute
Subotica
,
Yugoslavia
p 215
Pavlovic M. (eds), Health care of population in North Backa
Region in 1998 with Comparative review of health conditions from 1994,
Public Health Institute Subotica, Yugoslavia, 1999, p. 298.
Pavlovic M., Health status, Health needs and Health care usage in
Serbia in North Backa Region, pilot project, video film multimedia,
Public Health Institute, Subotica 1998.
Pavlovic M., (eds), Health care of population in North Backa
Region during the war period from march 24th-June 10th 1999. Public
Health Institute Subotica, 1999, p39
Pavlovic M., Nutrition, nutritional status and Health Status of
refugees in collective centers on the territory of Subotica in the
period 1995-99, Public Health Institute Subotica, 1999.
Jakovljevic D., Pavlovic M., et al, Health conditions of
populationneeds and health care
use, Public Health Institute, Subotica, Yugoslavia,1999, p.200.
Pavlovic M., Nutritional status of children in North Backa
Region, Public Health Institute
Subotica
,
Yugoslavia
,
1999 p. 271.
Pavlovic M. (eds), Nutritional status of children. Monograph,
Public Health Institute
Subotica
,
Yugoslavia
,
2000, p. 103.
Pavlovic M. (eds), Health care of population in North Backa
Region in 1999, with comparative review of health conditions from 1998,
Public Health Institute Subotica, Yugoslavia, p. 179.
Pavlovic M., Reinicke C., Vujnovic M. (eds) Book of abstracts of
the 2nd Food and nutrition Conference with international participation,
Subotica
- Pali},
17-18 November 2000, Public Health Institute 2001.
Pavlovic M., Primordial Prevention: Primary Prevention of Risk
factors in ishemic heart disease in childhood, in: Ostoji} M. et al. (eds.)
Prevention of ishemic heart disease, national committee for preparing
guidelines for clinical practice in Serbia, 2002, National Guidelines
for clinical practice, Belgrade; p. 98-114.
Lo Castro L, Guest P, Pavlovic M, Armstrong J, Report of the
UNHCR and WFP 2003 Joint Assessment Mission, for refugees in Serbia and
Montenegro, Geneva, Rome, Belgrade 2003.
Pavlovic Mirjana,Kadvan Agnes, Manual for usage of the
‘’Cardboard ‘’Software for evidence and evaluation of the parameters in
patients, Pavlovic M.,
Subotica
2003.
Software’s (Author or coauthor)
"Food Quality and Safety". Software for evidence and
analyses with reports and statistical evaluation of food quality and
safety of food samples, 1990.
"Analyses of meals". Software for evidence and analyses
statistical evaluation of the quality of collective nutrition based on
chemical - bromathological analyses, 1991.
"CHILD". Software for use in the supervision of the
Growth and nutritional status and in prevention of cardiovascular (CVD)
risk factors in childhood, 1994.
"NUTQ". Software for evaluation of the quality of
family nutrition based on 7-day food record questionnaire, 1995.
"Adults". Software for evidence and statistical
evaluation of nutritional status of adult population, 1995.
"Nutrition plan". Software for planning individual and
collective nutrition with nutrition recommendations, 1996 and new
version in2005
"Patient Card board". Software for evidence monitoring
and statistical evaluation of all parameters in patients in health institutions,
1996 and new version in2005
"Nutstat". Software for evidence monitoring and
statistical evaluation of nutritional status of children, 1996.
"Youth". Software for evidence and statistical
evaluation of anthropometrical physiological and biochemical parameters
with nutrition and lifestyle questionnaire, 1997.
"Education". Software for evidence and report of
education and research work of employers in Institute, 1998.
"Newborn". Software for evidence and statistical
evaluation of the nutritional status of newborns, 2000.
Collaboration with FAO SEUR
·FAO/ILSI Workshop “Food Based
Dietary Guidelines”, 1998 ,Nitra ,Slovak Republic, Country Representative
President of Scientific and Organizing Committee of the 1st and 2nd Food and Nutrition Conference with International
Participation (1999, 2000),
Subotica
,
Yugoslavia
,
with FAO SEUR support.
Member of AgroWeb Network group for CEE countries from 2000, and
author of AgroWeb Serbia and Montenegro, as well as Program and National
coordinator for sub-portal Food and Nutrition and World Food Day
celebration Internet information. FAO Sub-regional office,
Budapest
.
Participation in the FAO Workshop for Southeast European
countries “FAO Related National Information on Internet”, March 12-16th 2001,
Prague
,
Czech Republic
.
Videoconference - Rome-Budapest: “National AgroWeb Portals based
on WAICENT Methodology Tools”. FAOS EUR,
Budapest
, 19th November 2002.
Creator and president of the Nutrition and physical activity
promotion festival-World Food day celebration, started in
1999 inSubotica
. From
2001 her model of World food day celebration in
Subotica
was adopted by the FAO SEUR office in
Budapest
as a model of whole country,
and in 2002/2003 for all CEE Countries.
Worked as expert in FAO SEUR,
Budapest
, from 8-19 September 2003 and
from 3-5 December 2003 on Technical Cooperation Among Developing
Countries (TCDC) and Technical Cooperation Among Countries in Transition
(TCCT). Terms of Reference were World Food Day celebration presentation
on the Internet development and report about country activities in 2003
as WFD coordinator for CEE countries.
Invited lecturer and reporter in the FAO/Slovak Workshop,
Internet Portal on Food Safety-Communication Systems to Strengthen Food
Safety and build consumer confidence,
Nitra
,
SlovakRepublic
23-26 March 2003.
Invited lecturer and reporter in“FAO Subregional WAICENT and EIMS “ Workshopfor Central and Eastern Europe,
Budapest
,
Hungary
, 15-17 September
2003.
Member of CEECFOODS Network (FAO SEUR support) and representative
of
Serbia
,
2003. Participation in 3rd CEECFOODS Meeting,
RomeItaly
30 September 2003, and 4thCEECFOODSMeetingBratislavaSlovakRepublic
,
23-26 October 2004.
Invited lecturer and reporter in the FAO Workshop “Improvement of
Communication between FAO and CEE Member countries”.
Prague
,
Czech
Republic
21-28th May
2004.
Invited lecturer in FAO Workshop “International workshop on the
Development on Food Safety Strategies”.
Budapest
,
Hungary
6-8th September 2004.
