Tomasz J Guzik

Tomasz Guzik (b. March 8, 1974 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish physician scientist. Member of the American Heart Association and scientific societies of Poland, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Dr Guzik graduated in Medicine from Jagiellonian University School of Medicine in Kraków, He continued his education in Oxford receiving a degree in molecular medicine from the University of Oxford where he studied under the guidance of Prof Keith M Channon. He received PhD degree in Immunology and in 2004 became an Assistant Professor of Jagiellonian University. He is currently a visiting Assistant Professor at Emory University, Atlanta, GA. He received prestigious science awards of Polish Government, Crescendum Est Polonia Foundation, Wellcome Trust and others.

His scientific work concerns vascular biology and pharmacology of endothelium. His research focuses on the mechanisms of oxidative stress in human vasculature and on the search for novel antioxidants which could be clinically more useful than vitamins currently available. Working in theWellcome Trust in Oxford he found the possible relationships between genetic variation of human genome and free radical production and oxidative stress. He described selected mechanisms of oxidative stress in human diabetes mellitus

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