Prof. Dr. Snjezana Židovec-Lepej, PhD, is Head of the Department of Immunological and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljevic" in Zagreb, Croatia, and is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. She studied molecular biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, where she subsequently obtained her MSc and PhD. Prof. Zidovec is a Fellow of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Immunology (ESCMID), has served as a member of the ESCMID Educational Subcommittee, and is a Scientific Advisor in clinical medical sciences at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine. Since 2022, she has served as the President of the Croatian Society of Biologists in Healthcare. She is a principal investigator of a scientific project funded by the Croatian Science Foundation project and has been the principal investigator and researcher in national and international projects, focusing on molecular virology and immunology, including projects for the Scientific Center of Excellence in Viral Immunology and Vaccinology. Her areas of expertise include the molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 and viral hepatitis, resistance to antiviral drugs, cellular immunology, and cytokine responses in human infectious diseases.