Dr. Elżbieta Ciara is a graduate of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw. Since 1996, she has been employed at the Department of Medical Genetics of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute (CMHI) in Warsaw, and since 2007, as an Assistant Professor. In 2006, she obtained a PhD in medical sciences in the field of medical biology at the Medical University of Warsaw. Since 2008, she has been the Head of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory of the CMHI. She is a member of the Polish Society of Human Genetics and the National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnostics. In 2007, she obtained the title of specialist in laboratory medical genetics, and in 2016, she obtained the title of Specialist certified by the European Board of Medical Genetics. Her research interests include molecular biology, human genetics, epigenetics, medical genetics, epidemiology, and etiology of rare diseases.