Tatiana Petrova appointed Full Professor
The Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne has appointed Tatiana Petrova as Full Professor as of 1st August 2022.
Since 2008, Tatiana Petrova has been leading the Vascular and Tumour Biology laboratory. The aim of her research is to use a multidisciplinary approach, based on molecular biology, genetic animal models, advanced imaging and patient material, to answer fundamental questions in vascular and cancer biology and to provide new concepts and molecular targets for therapeutic interventions.
She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, with approximately 1,000 citations in 2021.
Over the past 10 years, her research has been regularly supported by numerous national and international funding agencies, including the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Ligue Contre le Cancer, European Union research programmes and the Human Frontier Science Program. Prof. Petrova is also, since 2020, Deputy Director of Basic Research in the Department of Oncology.
The management of the Department of Oncology warmly congratulates Professor Petrova on her well-deserved academic promotion.