Claudia Maria Jurca is Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, and the Chief of the Regional Center of Medical Genetics and Coordinator of the National Program in Genetics Disorders at "Dr Gavril Curteanu" Municipal Hospital. She received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of Oradea. She is also a member of the Romanian Society of Medical Genetics, the European Society of Human Genetics, and the Romanian Society of Morphology and Embryology.