Zita Puskár is the head of Szentágothai János Laboratory and deputy director of the Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Puskar received her MSc degree in mathematics and physics in 1993 at the Kossuth Lajos University of Arts and Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary and obtained her PhD degree in Medical Sciences at the University Medical School of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary in 1999. She received postdoctoral training in spinal cord circuitry and pain research at University of Glasgow (1999-2001). Dr. Puskar’s academic interests include the organization of spinal neuronal circuits involved in pain transmission and peripheral inflammation induced changes in the spinal dorsal horn. She holds professional memberships in European Neuroscience Association, Hungarian Neuroscience Association, Hungarian Anatomical Society, Society for Neuroscience, Hungarian Society for Microscopy, International Association for the Study of Pain, and Hungarian Pain Society (Secretary).