Prof. Agata Sakowicz is an assistant professor at the Medical University of Lodz. Agata started her career working as a laboratory diagnostician between 2001 and 2005 in Bonifraters' Hospital in Lodz. She is a specialist in laboratory diagnosis and in genetic laboratory diagnostics. She has published her work and written reviews in international journals. Agata has many research interests but mainly focuses on cardiovascular complications during pregnancy. To identify the molecular mechanism of pregnancy complications such as hypertension or preeclampsia, she has obtained grants from the National Centrum of Science.