Publications Committee Chair

Dora is a medical writer at Synterex, a regulatory consulting firm. She comes from Croatia, where she received a DVM degree from the University of Zagreb and specialized her clinical training in small animal internal medicine and infectious diseases. She moved to the United States in 2017 to pursue a doctorate at the University of Minnesota, where her research combined basic science and bioinformatics in molecular oncology and virology. In addition to her clinical and research background, Dora has extensive experience teaching scientific and medical concepts to students of all ages and the general public, making her a skilled and engaging communicator for various audiences. She is fluent in English, German, and her mother tongue, Croatian. In her free time, Dora enjoys creative activities such as baking, crafting, and amateur wildlife photography, and you can often find her exploring many of America's natural wonders with her husband, their rescue dog, and their baby boy as the newest addition to the pack.