Edite BIRGELE

birgele.JPG (5833 bytes) Professor Edite BIRGELE
Director of Preclinical Institute,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Latvia University of Agriculture

K.Helmana iela 8,
Jelgava, LV - 3004
Latvia

Phone: + 371 63027664
Fax: + 371 63027344
E - mail: edite.birgele@llu.lv

Born: August 14, 1937, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

Physiology
Gastroenterology
Digestion
Duodenogastric Reflux in Animals
Morphofunctional State of Stomach

Languages: English, Latvian, Russian

Education

Latvia University of Agriculture (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) cum laude, 1961
Post-graduate Study, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Latvia University of Agriculture, 1964 - 1968
Dr. biol. (Candidate of Science in former USSR system, Ph.D. in Western countries), Institute of  Experimental and Clinical Medicine of Latvia, 1969
Dr. habil. biol. (Doctor of Sciences in former USSR), Institute of Physiology, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, 1986

Experience

Researcher, Senior Researcher, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine of Latvia, 1969 - 1987
Head of Department of Physiology, Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Latvia University of Agriculture, 1987 -2000
  Director, Preclinical Institute of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 2000 -

Honours and Awards

    •     Member, Latvian Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, 1992

Professional Activities and Memberships

Member of the Board, Latvian Council of Science, 1997 -
Member, Latvian Council of Science Expert Committee for Agricultural Sciences, 1994 -
Member, Habilitation and Promotion Council (Veterinary Medicine), Latvia University of Agriculture,
  1992 – 1996; Chair, 1997 -
Member, Habilitation and Promotion Council (Animal Sciences), Latvia University of Agriculture,1992 -
Member of the Editorial Board for Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture (A: Biological Sciences), 1995 -
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Latvia University of Agriculture, 1991 -
Member of the Presidium, Association of Professors of Latvia, 1997 -
Member, State Commission of Scientific Qualification, 1999 -

Courses

Latvia University of Agriculture:

Physiology, 1987 -
Anatomy and Physiology of Animals, 1994 -

Recent / Representative Publications

Research Projects



Last update 25.02.2008