Organizing Committee Member
Dr. Jadranka Handzic
Professor
University Clinical Hospital Centre
Croatia
Biography
Jadranka Handžić graduated in 1984y. at Medical School University of Zagreb, took Master degree at 1987y. And PhD at 1989y. Since 1987y she spent her residential program of Otolaryngology than diploma at 1989 as specialist of Otolaryngology and 2003y as sub-specialist of Audiology. At 2000-2001 she spent academic year on Fulbright Scholarship at Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Centre and Dental School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh U.S.A Department for Paediatric Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A at position as Adjunct Associate Professor of Oral Medicine and Pathology and at 2001-2002 as Visiting Assistant Professor at Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Cleft Palate- Craniofacial Centre, Dental School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. 2001-2002 she had Lester Hamburg- Research Fellowship in Department for Paediatric Otolaryngology Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Medical School University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. From 2002 she was Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, University Clinical Hospital Centre and Medical School “Zagreb†and from 2008 Professor of Otolaryngology and Audiology. She is author and co-author of 16 articles in Current Contents, lecturer of 35 presentations on International conferences, reviewer in Journal and Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery, Director of 8 post-graduate studies of Otolaryngology and Audiology, author and co-author of 4 books, author of 3 international projects and co-worker on three projects.
Research Area
Hearing loss, Otitis media with effusion, Central auditory processing disturbance, speech recognition disorders, disorder of speech aquisition, gender differences in central auditory disorders accompanied with otitis media with effusion.