Associate professor Ana Vujaklija Brajkovic, MD, PhD works at University of Zagreb School of Medicine and University Hospital Centre Zagreb. She completed her PhD studies at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine in 2012 for which she received an award for significant scientific productivity during her PhD studies. She has published 38 articles in various journals. She is a member of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Croatian Society of Emergency Medicine and Medical Intensive Care (CROSEMIC), and Croatian renal association.She is recently leading a project on the role of gene polymorphism of IL-6 and IL6- receptor in disease severity and the outcome of treatment in patients with sepsis. Her teaching disciplines include critical care, sepsis, biomarkers, and acute kidney injury. Her interests include critical care and nephrology.