Dr. Alyona Vladimirovna Lavrinenko is a leading specialist in medicine and microbiology with 17 years of scientific research and teaching experience. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Medical Cybernetics from Karaganda State Medical Academy (2006), a Master's degree in Medicine from Karaganda State Medical University (2017), and a PhD in Medicine from Karaganda Medical University (2023, ФД №0000170). Currently serving as Head of the Research Laboratory at the National Academy "Karaganda Medical University" and as a Leading Research Scientist. She is responsible for implementing more than 10 grant projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan and coordinates international scientific projects (SMART, ATLAS, DARMIS, MARAFON, CEASER). Dr. Lavrinenko actively participates in the Interdepartmental Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in Kazakhstan, the working group of the SCAT program (WHO), the Kazakh Society of Geneticists and Breeders, and serves as an expert for the National Center for State Scientific and Technical Expertise. She has been awarded the badge "Densaulyk Sakttau Isiniy Uzdigi" (2024), holds a WHO Global Laboratory Leadership Programme Certificate, and has four certificates registered in the State Register of Intellectual Property Rights.