Prof. Dr. Maja Cupic works full-time as a Full Professor at the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade. She started her studies in medicine at the University of Belgrade in 1987, received her Master's degree in Clinical and Experimental Bacteriology in 1992, and completed her Virology Specialization in Microbiology with Parasitology in 1996, where she got her Doctorate in 2000. Her research interests are virology; viral infection of the genital tract and its connection with the emergence of perinatal infections; and viral infections in immunocompromised patients, following viral infections in transplant patients, and research in the field of interactions between genetic polymorphisms of cytokine genes and viral diseases, as well as their impact on the success of the anti-viral therapy. A special emphasis is on the research of some cytokine gene polymorphisms in the pathogenesis of HR HPV cervical disease.