Efimova N.V., Professor and Doctor of Medicine. She graduated from the Irkutsk State Medical Institute with a degree in hygiene and epidemiology. She defended her thesis on the topic "Classification and identification of environmentally related health disorders" in 2001. Her research interests include: assessing the health impact of air pollution; mercury pollution of chemical enterprises of the environment and the impact on public health; and mathematical modeling of the relationship "environment-health factors". She is the author of over 300 publications, including monographs and textbooks, in addition to being engaged in the postgraduate training of specialists.