Dr. Danijela Vojnović Milutinović is a Principal Research Fellow at the Department of Biochemistry. She graduated from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, where she also obtained her PhD. Throughout her professional career, she has been involved in several national and international projects, including the European Commission FP6 project “Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder” (#INCO-CT-2004-509213, 2004-2008), and the ongoing Horizon Europe project “Strengthening Translational Research for Improved Metabolic Health” (STRIMHealth) (#101159400, 2024-2027). In the STRIMHealth project Danijela will be leader of the work package 1 and Administrative Manager of the project.

Danijela’s expertise is in the field of molecular endocrinology, with a focus on steroid signalling in various pathophysiological conditions related to metabolic disorders, obesity, insulin resistance, and exceptionally Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). She is particularly interested in the pathophysiology of PCOS, i.e. the vicious cycle that develops between excess androgens, obesity, and insulin resistance in this syndrome. She has therefore devoted most of her research to elucidating the molecular mechanisms of these metabolic disturbances in the adipose tissue, muscle, and liver of the PCOS animal model.

During her career Danijela has published over 55 original research papers in international peer-reviewed journals and her h-index is 15. She is currently a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Society of Endocrinology and the Obesity Strategic Group in the same society. She is also Associate Editor for the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, member of the Editorial Board of Hormones International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, and member of the Joint Danube Survey of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River. Besides these, Danijela is a member of the Knowledge and Technology Transfer team at IBISS, which has a role in identifying and translating the obtained results from different research areas into protected intellectual property and further products or services.