Dr. Modra Murovska obtained her MD at the Riga Medical Institute/Medical Academy of Latvia, Faculty of Paediatrics, and her PhD at the All-Union Cancer Research Centre, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences in Moscow, Russia. Since 2012, she has been a full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.  Dr. Modra Murovska is currently an Associate Professor at Riga Stradi University and a Leading Researcher at the Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Riga Stradi University. Dr. Modra Murovska has been awarded the American Society for Microbiology Morrison Rogosa Award. Her scientific interests are virology, blood-borne viruses, persistent viral infections and their association with human pathologies, the implication of viral infections in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases (including neural diseases), and the role of viral infections in cancer development.