Ranko Škrbić graduated in 1986 from the Medical Faculty, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and completed postgraduate study at Zagreb University, Croatia. As a Japanese Government Research fellow, he spent 13 months (1989–1990) at Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan. In 1994, he defended his PhD thesis at University of Belgrade, Serbia. Dr Škrbić has engaged in basic pharmacology, toxicology, and clinical pharmcology studies, performing various functions, from Junior Researcher and Research Assistant, to Leading Scientist, Associate Professor, and Head of Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology at Medical Faculty, University of Banja Luka.