The Department of Human Physiology was established in 2000. It mainly focuses on education, research and innovation in the relevant areas, namely hominal physiology, pathophysiology and clinical pathology. It also implements pre-university training, lifelong learning, career guidance and awareness raising for schools, lyceums, colleges and other educational institutions in the Penza Region.

The teaching staff train students within the Specialist’s degree programmes (for example, General Medicine, Medical Cybernetics and Pharmacy) and Bachelor’s degree programmes (for example, Biotechnical Systems and Technologies). It also works for the internship and clinical residency programmes. The research activity of the department resulted in launching the postgraduate programme in Pathophysiology and the lifelong learning programme in Clinical Pathology.

Within the area of human physiology, the department is engaged in studying general patterns and specific mechanisms of occurrence, development and outcomes of pathological processes and identifying the methods and principles of detection of pathological processes, their therapy and prevention. The students and teaching staff make their contribution to developing approaches for prevention of metastasis and reduction of side effects in tumour chemotherapy, exploring adaptive-compensatory reactions of haemostasis and examining the blood system in normal and pathological conditions.

The department supervises the student research team on human physiology. The task of the team is to attract the most gifted students to results-oriented research and development and to cultivate creative attitude towards their profession. Its participants regularly attend seminars and workshops, deliver reports at the conferences and symposia and enter competitions of various levels (for example, HUMAN MATRIX Olympiad, Seekers for the Essence, Topical Issues in Modern Medicine and Pharmacy).

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Bachelor

     Biotechnical Systems and Technologies
     Technosphere Safety: Engineering Environment Protection

Specialist

     Dentistry
     General Medicine
     Medical Cybernetics
     Paediatrics
     Pharmacy

Postgraduate

     Pathophysiology

RESEARCH

Research topics

•    Adaptive capabilities of the blood system under external damaging factors: ionizing radiation, toxic effects, injuries, stressful situations
•    Hematotoxicity and cardiotoxicity of chemotherapy drugs in treatment of cancer
•    Processes of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in cancer chemotherapy
•    Effects of antioxidants used together with chemotherapy drugs
•    Antioxidant properties of new drugs in vitro and in vivo
•    Cytological picture of the blood, indicators of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant system in hypodynamia
•    Adaptation processes in the body of athletes during physical exercise and in periods of early and late recovery
•    Biochemistry of pathologies of pregnancy and childbirth
•    Visualization of biochemical processes
•    Diagnostic value of microRNA in acute cerebrovascular insufficiency
•    Methods of teaching biochemistry in medical educational institutions

Collaboration

N.N. Burdenko Penza Region Clinical Hospital
G.A. Zakharyin Clinical Hospital no. 6
Penza Region Cancer Detection Centre
Penza Region Committee for Physical Education and Sport
Ogarev Mordovia State University
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Kursk State Medical University
Institute of Chemistry, Komi Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Physiologically Active Substances, Russian Academy of Sciences
Lyceum no. 55
School no. 74

CONTACTS

Prof. Dr. Nadezhda Mikulyak
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor
Head of the Department

3 Lermontova Street, building 10, floor 3, office 308
Tel: +7 (8412) 64-39-75
E-mail: normphys@mail.ru
Web-page of the Department of Human Physiology (in Russian)