Margit Balazs is Professor at the University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology. She was the dean of the Faculty of Public Health of the University of Debrecen between 2012-2017, member of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee, member of the Editorial Boards of The Melanoma Molecular Map Project (Scientific Advisory Board), International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, European Association for Cancer Research. Her major research interest include identification of genetic and genomic alterations associated with the initiation and progression of malignant melanomas, identification of molecular background of drug resistance. The number of her scientific publications is above 100 with a cumulative impact factor over 290, her publications have been cited almost 4000 (Google Scholar: 3992) times. She was the leading scientist in more than 15 research project. She received several research and teaching awards in acknowledgement of her work including Pro Scientia tutor, Széchenyi Professor Award, Széchenyi Award, Award of National Council of Students' Scientific Committee.