Prof. Ana Marušić, MD, PhD

ana.marusic(at)mefst.hr

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6272-0917
 
Ana Marušić is Professor of Anatomy and Chair of the Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health at the University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, and holds an Honorary Professorship at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. She got her MD, and PhD/DSc degrees from the University of Zagreb School of Medicine, and is also senior reseacher in public health. She holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Brest, France. Prof. Marušić is the Senior Co-editor in Chief of the ST-OPEN journal, and editor emerita of the Journal of Global Health and the Croatian Medical Journal. She was the president of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and Council of Science Editors (CSE).  Prof. Marušić is the founder of the Cochrane Croatia and takes responsibility for Research as its Research Coordinator. She is on the Steering Group of the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUality And Transparency Of Health Research) Network. Prof. Marušić is the President of The Embassy Foundation. She has a number of significant academic achievements including authorship of more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and was heavily involved with creating the policy of mandatory registration of clinical trials in public registries which helped change the legal regulation of clinical trials worldwide. She has received a number of awards for her research.
She serves as the Research Integrity Advisor for the Doctoral School at the University of Split School of Medicine.
Prof. Marušić is a certified VIRT2UE trainer, and has participated in a number of EU research grants. Her research is also supported by the Croatian Science Foundation.


EDUCATION:
PhD/DSc - University of Zagreb School of Medicine, 1989
MSci - University of Zagreb School of Natural Sciences, 1987​
MD - University of Zagreb School of Medicine, 1985
 
TRAINING - FELLOWSHIPS:
Postdoctoral training - University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA, 1989-1990
Wellcome Trust Fellowship - Guest Editor and researcher in The Lancet, 2002 and 2003
 
CURRENT POSITIONS/TITLES:
Tenured Full Professor, University of Split School of Medicine, since 2008
Chair, Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, since 2011
Head, Center for Evidence-based Medicine, University of Split School of Medicine, since 2022
Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK

 
AWARDS: 2016 - Meritorious Award, Council of Science Editors
2006 - National Award for Science, Parliament of the Republic of Croatia
2002 - Strossmayer’s Croatian Academy of Sciences Award
2001 - Strossmayer’s Croatian Academy of Sciences Award
1999 - Croatian National Decoration for the Contribution to Science
 
SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS in Public Health and Meta-research (since 2010):
-Huić, Mirjana. Completeness of registration, changes in the registration and publishing results from randomized controlled trials in general medical journals. University of Split School of Medicine, 2013
-Barać, Lana. Definitions and research of authorship across various scholarly disciplines. University of Zadar, 2015 (in English)
-Malički, Mario. Reliability of scientific publications in biomedicine, University of Split School of Medicine, 2015
-Pranić, Shelly. Adequacy of registration and results reporting of randomized controlled trials in Clinicaltrials.gov and publications. University of Split School of Medicine, 2016 (in English)
-Mahmić Kaknjo, Mersiha. Use of EBM methods in assessing national medicines lists, University of Split School of Medicine, 2017
-Ivan Buljan. Interventions for improvement of understanding and critical assessment of evidence-based medicine, University of Split School of Medicine, 2019
-Diana Jurić, Transparency of clinical trials on drug-drug interaction registered in ClinicalTrials.gov: reporting on adverse events and description of pharmacological intervention, University of Split School of Medicine, 2019
-Ružica Tokalić, Completeness of reporting and quality of evidence in clinical practice guidelines, University of Split School of Medicince, 2021
-Marin Viđak, Is there a difference in perception of organizational ethical climate in academic organizations? Multi-method study at a medical school and school of humanities, University of Split School of Medicine, 2021
-Ivana Bokan, Predictors of academic success in nursing education, 2023
-Rea Roje, Towards research integrity implementation in biomedical research: research integrity practices in biomedicine versus other disciplinary fields, 2023
-Slavica Jurić Petričević, Effectiveness of reminders about 10-year cardiovascular risk change to women in menopausal transition: a randomized controlled trial, 2023

 
TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
-Creator of integrated undergraduate course Research in Biomedicine and Health, since 2010
-Teaching undergraduate courses in Gross Anatomy, since 1986
-Organizer, continuing medical education course “Planning and Writing Research”, since 2002
-Teaching research methodology and evidence based medicine at doctoral schools in Croatia and abroad


JOURNAL EDITOR:
-Editor in Chief, ST-OPEN, since 2023
-Editor in Chief, Journal of Global Health (http://www.jogh.org), 2011-2023
-Editor in Chief, Croatian Medical Journal, 1994-2011

MEMBERSHIP IN RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BODIES:
- President, The Embassy Foundation
- Founder and member, Cochrane Croatia
- Member, GRADE Working Group
-Member, Steering Committee, EQUATOR Network, since 2013
- Council member, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), since 2020
- Co-Chair, Cochrane Scientific Committee, 2017-2022
- President, European Association of Science Editors (EASE), 2015-2018
- Chair, Research Committee, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), since 2010
- Member, WHO Guidelines Review Committee, 2010-2015
- Member, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), 2003-2011
- President, Council of Science Editors (CSE), 2007-2008
- President, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), 2002-2003
 
 
MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS (last 5 years)
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Evidence-based medicine, Transparency of clinical research, Research integrity, Responsible research and innovation
  
Published articles (PubMed)

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