Dr. Ivana Vucenik

Dr. Ivana Vucenik is Associate Professor of Medical and Research Technology and Pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. She received her Ph.D. in immunology and hematology from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and joined the University of Maryland in 1990, the group of Prof. A.K.M. Shamsuddin. Since then, she has been studying the bioactive properties of dietary compounds, particularly the anticancer function of inositol hexaphosphate (InsP6) and inositol in vivo and in vitro. As a recognized nutrition researcher and educator, she has made numerous presentations at national and international meetings.