Aleksandra Damasiewicz-Bodzek, MD, PhD, specialist in dermatology, researcher and academic teacher at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Author and co-author of 99 scientific publications and conference reports. The main areas of scientific activity include: advanced protein glycation, heat shock proteins, pathobiochemical and immunological aspects of chronic diseases, ELISA techniques in biomedical research.