Bozena Smolkova earned her undergraduate degree and completed her PhD in Genetics from Comenius University, Bratislava. She was employed as a research scientist at the Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Bratislava, and, currently, she is employed as a senior scientist at the Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava. She focuses on human molecular genetics and epigenetics, particularly on DNA methylation changes in tumor tissues and peripheral blood, including circulating cell-free DNA and circulating tumor cells. She has published 73 original research publications in prestigious international journals. She is also a reviewer for national and international journals, such as Mutation Research and Food and Chemical Toxicology. In addition, she is an active participant in oncology lectures, supported by the Cancer Research Foundation, where she shares her knowledge and expertise to promote the importance of cancer research in the prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer.