Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Belgrade University; Belgrade, Yugoslavia; B.Sc., Biology (1996)

John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i at Manoa; Honolulu, HI; Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences (2002)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992-1997
Supervisor of Medical Research Training Program for gifted high school students, Petnica Science Center, Yugoslavia

1998
Hawaii Biotechnology Group. Inc.

1998-2002
Graduate Assistant, University of Hawaii

2002-2004
Researcher, University of Hawaii, Pacific Biomedical Research Center

2003-2004
Scientist, Tissuegenesis Inc.

2004-2006
Researcher, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Cancer Research Center, Honolulu, HI

2006-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

HONORS AND AWARDS

Scholarship, University of Hawaii, 1998-2002
Research Assistantship, University of Hawaii, 1999 – 2002
Educational Improvement Funds (EIF) Award, University of Hawaii, 1999
Scientist development grant, Petnica Science Center, 2002
National Cancer Institute Fellowship, 2004
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2004-2005
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2005-2006

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society for Matrix Biology
International Cytokine Society
Endocrine Society
European Society for Medical Oncology
American Association for Cancer Research
Molecular Epidemiology Group (MEG-AACR)
Children's Oncology Group (COG)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA)

PATENT APPLICATIONS 

Ognjanovic S, Bryant-Greenwood GD, Tashima LS, Millar LK, Nemet E.  Methods for diagnosing and treating pre-term labor.  Filed October 23, 2002.

Bryant-Greenwood GD, Ognjanovic S.  Pre-B cell colony enhancing factor as a human myometrial contractile protein.  Filed September 20, 2004.

CURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS

PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR

Children's Cancer Research Fund, "Validation of Neonatal Blood Spot Analyses for Assessment of Perinatal Exposures" (Co-Principal Investigator with Logan Spector, PhD, University of Minnesota)

American Cancer Society, "Epidemiology of HBV Infection and Hepatocellular Carcinoma"

Karen Wyckoff Rein Foundation Grant, "The Role of p53 Mutations in Pediatric Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) and Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS)

CO-INVESTIGATOR

National Cancer Institute, "Predictors of Adult Leukemia" (Principal Investigator:  Julie Ross, PhD, University of Minnesota)