Galina Vasylivna Makukh
Head of the Regional Neonatal Screening Center
Doctor of Biological Sciences (2012)
Leading researcher at the Institute of Hereditary Pathology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.
His scientific developments are related to DNA analysis.
He studies the problems of genetic diagnosis of hereditary diseases (cystic fibrosis, phenylketonuria, hereditary muscular atrophy (HMA), myopathy, Niemegen syndrome, etc.), in particular, using polymerase chain reaction.
Head of a separate subdivision of the All-Ukrainian Association of Specialists in Medical and Laboratory Genetics.
Winner of the State Prize of the President of Ukraine (2008)
Member of the ESHG (European Society for Human Genetics) and the European Cystic Fibrosis Task Force (ECFS).
Mission - to ensure the highest accuracy, quality and access to the benefits of modern genetic technologies for Ukrainian patients and doctors.
Life credo: "Work as if everything depends on you. Pray as if everything depended on God." Andrei Sheptytsky