Dace Zavadska

Dace Zavadska serves as a Full Professor at Rīga Stradiņš University since September 2005, holding previous roles as Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Lecturer. In addition, Dace Zavadska is a corresponding member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences since November 2022, Chair of NITAG Latvia for the Latvian Ministry of Health since September 2016, and a Senior Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist, as well as Head of the Family Vaccination Centre and Head of the Science and Education Department at Bērnu klīniskā universitātes slimnīca. Dace Zavadska has held leadership positions in the World Health Organization's Global NITAG Network, serving as Chair from May 2021 to September 2023 and as EURO representative from August 2019 to May 2021. Educational achievements include a Doctor of Medicine – MD, PhD in Medicine from Rīga Stradiņš University, advanced training in vaccinology from the University of Geneva, and ongoing collaborations with The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Medical University of Graz.