Name: Sara Savic, PhD, DVM, Senior Research Fellow

Quality Manager

Head of department for serology, immunology and biochemistry

Phone: 021/4895330, 0648185409

e-mail: sara@niv.ns.ac.rs

 Scopus Author ID: 36728048800

ORCID iD 0000-0001-7875-9234

ResearchGate: Sara-Savic

APVNT Number: 1641

ID of researcher in MPNTR of Serbia: 132397

Scientific field: microbiology and infectious diseases

Expertize field: dianostics of infectious and zoonotic diseases

Born: 1969

Education:

Graduate studies: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade 1994. – basic studies

Master studies: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Belgrade , 13.07.2001 – “Comparative examination of different methods for diagnosing parvoviral infection of dogs”

PhD studies : Faculty of Agriculture, Department for Veterinary Medicine, University of Novi Sad 23.04.2010. – “Clinical and laboratory manifestation of Lyme disease in dogs with natural and experimantal infection”

Licence No: 1098, since 2008.

Scientific titles:

• 1997 Research Trainee
• 2001 Research Assistant
• 2010 Research Associate
• 2015 Senior Research Associate
• 2020 Senior Research Fellow

Professional Experience:

– March 1995.- October 1996. Mevex, Company for distribution of veterinary medicals

– November 1996 – present – Scientific veterinary Institute “Novi Sad”

– 1998 to 2001 – Department for virology

– 2001 to 2003 -Department for sampleing

– Since 2004 and still – Quality manager of the Institute

– From 2003 – Department for serology and immunology researcher

– During school year 2015/2016 – teaching at the postgraduate “Gender studies” at the subject of “Ecofeminism”

– From 2016 and still – Head of the Department for serology immunology and biochemistry

Scientific experiance:

• Basic Research interest:
  • Infectious diseases,
  • zoonotic diseases,
  • vector-borne disease,
  • vectors and vector borne pathogens,
  • laboratory diagnostic methods,
  • control and monitoring of contagious diseases and zoonosis of domestic and wild animals,
  • emerging diseases,
  • One Health aspect application,
  • gender and One Health,
  • gender equity in medical sciences.

 Main daily and research activities:

• Detection of infectious and vector-borne disease in animals by classic laboratory methods (agglutination, ELISA, AGID, MAT, immunochromatography, IFAT);
• Control and monitoring of infectious diseases in animals, vector-borne diseases and zoonozes
• analysis of vectors for pathogens – tick analysis – by molecular or serology methods
• haemathology and biochemistry in animals
• DNA isolation and molecular diagnostics of pathogens in animals and vectors
• main working interests: brucellosis, leptospirosis, Q fever, equine infectious anemia, maedi-visna (CAEV)
• main research interests: Lyme borreliosis, dirofilariosis, leishmaniasis, babesiosis, erlichiosis, anaplasmosis, a One Health perspective application, gender issues
• implementation of standards SRPS ISO/IEC 17025:2017, SRPS ISO 9001:2015, SRPS ISO 14001:2015 in the work of Institute and follow up on the changes, new demands, improvements and education od the staff

Published over 240 scientific and experts papers

Participated in several natonal and international projects

National projects:

• Projects of Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Serbia
  • Study on wildlife health and importation of new biotechnological procedures in detection of infectious and zoonotic agenses – the risk analysis for human health, domestic and wild animals and contamination of environment Project No; 31084; Coordinator dr Tamas Petrovic (2011 – 2019)
  • Biotechnology procedures in diagnostics of viral and bacterial infections, microbiological food contaminants and biological products in veterinary medicine Project No; 20115; Coordinator dr Sava Lazic (2008 – 2011)
  • Reasearch on farmacologic characteristics of antimicrobial agenses, import of new tehnologic solutions and alternative methods of prophylaxis with the aim to improve control of infectious diseases in small animals Project No; 30171; Coordinator dr Dubravka Milanov (2011 – 2019)
• Project of Provincial Secretary for Science and Technological Development
  
  • The role of rodents as natural hosts in transmission of zoonotic agents, (2019-2020), coordinator Prof dr Olivera Bjelić Čabrilo, participants Sara Savić and Tamaš Petrović
  • Sandflies and mosquitoes -Vectors of infectious diseases in the region of Vojvodina Province (2013-2014), coordinator dr Sara Savic
  • Hazard analyses, risk assessment and identification of critical control measures for food production in animal breeding farms in AP Vojvodina (2010-2011) , project leader Branka Vidic

International project

• COST action “Life and death of protozoan parasites”, as representative of the management comitee for Serbia
• COST action „EURNEGVEC – European network for neglected vectors and vector-borne infections” FA1207 as representative of the management comitee for Serbia
• COST action „NEOH“ TD1404 – Network for Evaluation of One Health (NEOH) as representative of the management comitee for Serbia and leader of WG2
• COST Action CA17108: „Aedes Invasive Moquitoes (AIM)“, as member of the scientific team in Serbia
• COST Action CA18208 – Novel tools for test evaluation and disease prevalence estimation HARMONY as representative of the management comitee for Serbia
• COST action CA21170 – “Prevention, anticipation and mitigation of tick-borne disease risk applying the DAMA protocol (PRAGMATICK)” as representative of the management comitee for Serbia
• Bilateral project with Slovenia „Detection of causative agent of Lyme borreliosis and leptospirosis and development of methods for identification and conformation of infection in Serbia and Slovenia from a One Health perspective – as leader of the project

Trainings:

• Diagnostics of parasitic and vector borne diseases in animals
• Tick borne diseases and vector borne diseases
• Diagnostic of dirofilariosis
• Diagnostic of parasitic diseases in animals
• One Health workshop – program of technical support to the health of animals
• Internal control for accreditation of laboratory (ISO / IEC 17025)
• Technical demands for quality control of laboratory work, acreditation  of laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025:2017) – documentation, management, laboratory methods, internal control
• Internal control SRPS ISO 9001 and SRPS ISO 17025
• Training on Transdisciplinary Research Evaluation: from Methodological Challenges to Indicator Definition
• Evaluation of One Health

Expertize skills:

• Infectious diseases in animals of bacterial origine
• Zoonotic diseases of bacterial origine
• Vector borne diseases of bacterial and parasitic origine (Lyme borreliosis, dirofilariosis, leishmaniasis, erlichiosis, anaplasmosis)

 Membership in Scientific and Professional Associations:

• Serbian Association of One Health, – president and one of the founders
• Network for EcoHealth and One Health (NEOH) – vice chair
• Ecohealth International (EHI), – member of the board as for European Chapter
• Serbian Society of parasitologists , member
• Society of Serbian Microbiologists, member
• European Association for Wildlife Diseases (EWDA) member of the organizational board
• European Society of Dirofilariosis and Angiostrongylosis (ESDA), member
• Serbian Veterinary Association
• Veterinary Chamber of Serbia

Other skills:

• fluent English
• Member of the Editorial board of national journal – Arhiv Veterinarske Medicine
• Member of the Editorial board of national journal – Veterinarski Glasnik
• Revewer for Froniers in Veterinary Medicine
• Editor of thwo topics in Research Directions
• One of the organizors of One Health Day in Serbia
• Zumba® fitness instructor

Present position:

• Quality Manager
• Head of the Department for serology and immunology
• Senior Research fellow

Current Work Contact Details:

Sara Savic, PhD, DVM
Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad”
Rumenacki put 20
21113 Novi Sad, Serbia

https://niv.ns.ac.rs/team/sara-savic

sara@niv.ns.ac.rs;

mobile: +381 64 818 54 09

phone: +381 21 489 53 30

Scientific field: microbiology and infectious diseases

Field of expertize: zoonotic diseases, vector borne diseases, One Health, seroprevalence, diagnostic methods