Anna Wojcicka, Ph.D is a researcher at the Laboratory of Genomic Medicine of the Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery at MUW. She graduated from the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw (2006), and completed her Ph.D. studies at The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education. She also graduated from the Manager of Innovation Studies at the Warsaw School of Economics.
She completed internships at the Department of Clinical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2004), at the Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Imperial College London (2011) and at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus (2011-12). She co-authored 12 scientific publications and a chapter “Molecular basis of hormonal signaling”, in a Clinical Endocrinology manual issued in 2012 by the Polish Society of Endocrinology. She received awards and scholarships from the Federation of European Biochemical Societies, FEBS (2011), British Society for Endocrinology (2011, 2009), European Thyroid Association (2011, 2009) as well as Team Prizes awarded by the Minister of Health (2009, 2011, 2012).
Her scientific interests focus on the role of thyroid hormones and microRNAs in the pathogenesis of human cancers. She currently participates in research projects aimed at elucidation of molecular basis of the thyroid, colon and liver cancers.