Dana-Teodora Anton-Păduraru currently works as an associate professor at the Department of Mother and Child Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaṣi, Romania. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in 1990, becoming a Master in Clinical Nutrition in 2010 and 2018 at the Faculty of Nutrition and Dietetics. She received her PhD degree in 1998. She is a senior pediatrician, and her major research fields of interest are nutrition and metabolism diseases and cystic fibrosis. She was the regional coordinator of the National Health Programme for "Neonatal screening for phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, and cystic fibrosis” (2009–2002) and is the regional coordinator for “Cystic fibrosis in children” (2009–present). She was the project manager of the ESCRH grant “Developing and implementing an educational program for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy in adolescent girls from rural areas from North-Eastern Romania”.
Felicia Trofin is a specialist doctor in microbiology and an assistant professor in the microbiology department at "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iasi, Romania. She holds a PhD degree with her research theme focusing on "Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers in SARS-CoV-2 Infection". She has concentrated her research on studying the inflammatory and immune response, as well as describing SARS-CoV-2 infection. Furthermore, she has conducted original studies on pathological products such as breast milk. She is passionate about studying the microbiome.
