Vladan P. Čokić, MD, PhD, is the principal research fellow and head of the Department of Molecular Oncology at the Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. Bachelor’s degree (1990-1996), master's degree (1996-2005), PhD (2006-2009), internal medicine residency (2006-2011) at the Faculty of medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. Since 1998, he has been employed at the Department of experimental hematology, Institute of Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. Visiting fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Molecular Medicine Branch, Bethesda, MD, USA (1999-2004). Guest Researcher at the Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics, Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD, USA (Sept/Oct 2008). His current research subjects are hematologic malignancies and the pathogenesis of COVID-19, while his previous research interests were hemoglobinopathy, nitric oxide and erythropoiesis. Principal investigator or senior researcher in several national projects and partner in international research projects. He has been a member of the Serbian Medical Society (SMS) since 2005 and a regular member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the SMS since 2022.