Dr. Natasa Strbo is a basic and translational immunologist, and assistant professor on a tenure track at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. Dr. Strbo obtained her medical degree (1996) from the Medical School University of Rijeka, Croatia. After completing of internship (1997) at the Center for Emergency Medicine Clinical Hospital Rijeka, Croatia, she became a research fellow and later instructor/teaching assistant at the Department of Physiology and Immunology, Medical School University of Rijeka, Croatia. She obtained her master’s degree in 1999 and the same year started graduate school. During graduate studies, Dr. Strbo spent 2 years as a postdoctoral associate in Dr. Eckhard Podack’s lab at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Miller School of Medicine University of Miami. After graduation, in 2004, she joined Dr. Podack’s lab as a Senior Scientist and continued her research on heat shock protein under his mentorship. She also worked as an NIH volunteer in Dr. Genoveffa Franchini's NCI/NIH lab for two years. In 2013 Dr. Strbo was appointed to Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology Miller School of Medicine University of Miami and in 2019 she was approved tenure-earning track at the rank of Assistant Professor. Dr. Strbo received numerous Awards, including the CTSI K2 scholar and Glaser Award.
