Natasa Tozon
Prof. dr. Nataša Tozon graduated from the Veterinary faculty of the University of Ljubljana in 1991. In 1995, she completed her master’s studies and in 1998 she obtained her doctoral degree, defending the doctoral dissertation »The occurence and progression of renal pathological changes in feline immunodeficiency virus-infected cats«.
In 2014 she was appointed as Full Professor in field of Animal Health and Diseases – Internal Medicine of Small Animals at the Veterinary Faculty in Ljubljana. Since 1997 she has been lecturing different subjects, primarily infectious diseases and clinical oncology.
She is a member of the Research Programme Group P4 0053, researching endocrine, immune and enzyme responses in healthy and diseased animals and participates in several research projects, primarily in the field of translational oncology and current infectious diseases of dogs and cats.
She also received a special achievement award for research work from the Veterinary Faculty in 2016. Furthermore, in 2017 one of her publications was selected for »Excellent in Science«, which is rewarded by the the Scientific Research Councils of Slovenian Research Agency. She was a mentor to three junior researchers, mentor or co-mentor to 6 postgraduate students (one masters and five doctoral) as well as seven student research studies.
Prof. Nataša Tozon participated in curriculum of Veterinary Faculty in Pisa, Italy and Veterinary Faculty, University of Jerusalem, Israel as an invited lecturer. Since 2007, she has been teaching postgraduate studies in Clinical Oncology – Masters in Oncology at the Veterinary Faculty in Pisa, Italy. As an invited lecturer she also participated in the 1st World Congress in the field of electroporation in year 2015.
Nataša Tozon is a member of the organizing, editorial and program committee of the annual international workshop on the use of electrochemotherapy and gene electrotransfer in veterinary medicine. She frequently participates as an invited lecturer at different types of education in the field of electroporation based therapies around the globe.
In her clinical work she uses her professional experience to successfully transfer knowledge gained from research work to clinical practice. Nataša Tozon is one of the first in the world to introduce some alternative methods of treatment of oncologic diseases, such as electrochemotherapy and immunotherapy employing interleukin-12 gene electrotransfer into veterinary medicine.