PhD Student in Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College (2024 – present) 

WHO Consultant on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Ukraine Country Office (2022-2024) 

Email: mariia.savchyna@doctoral.uj.edu.pl 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariia-savchyna/ 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1377-239X 

Research interests: public health, refugee health, stress, resilience, epidemiology, emergency response  

Education 

2022 Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine – Specialist in Pediatrics 

2020 Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine – Medical Doctor 

Research projects 

1. PhD Thesis – STRONG: Trauma, resilience, health: Hormonal, immunological, and genetic biomarkers of stress response among three generations of Ukrainian refugees. NAWA Grant, PI: prof. dr hab. Grażyna Jasieńska (2024 – present)
2. EDuREF: Emegency department use among Ukrainian refugees in Poland. OPUS Grant, PI: dr Iwona Bielska (2025 – present)

Conferences, research stays and internships: 

2026 – Charles Univerity, Prague – Bayesian statistics winter school, Erasmus + Grant 

2025 – Hasselt University, Belgium – Research Stay, PROM Grant 

2025 – EHBEA European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association, Newcastle upon Tyne, the United Kingdom – Poster presentation, EHBEA Student Travel Grant 

2019 – KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Belgaum, India – Clinical exchange student, IFMSA Grant 

2018 – Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Mihno – Research exchange student, IFMSA Grant 

Awards: 

2025 – First place at the Summer School of the Doctoral School of Medical and Health Sciences, best PhD project presentation