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Gabriela Szalayova, M.D., earned her medical degree from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, and later completed a Graduate Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Vermont, where she also participated in basic science research in the immunology and pathology department. She began her career in general surgery and traumatology, working at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and later at Danbury Hospital within Western Connecticut Health Network. Alongside caring for patients, she pursued research related to immunology and breast cancer, contributing to scientific publications and presentations.
Her transition to primary care broadened her perspective from treating individual conditions to understanding health across the lifespan. Working with patients facing a wide range of health concerns has strengthened her interest not only in medicine itself, but in the biological processes that shape human health and disease: from cellular and molecular mechanisms to genetics and the nervous system.
Gabriela is particularly drawn to the challenge of translating complex medical and scientific knowledge into information that is accurate, engaging, and accessible beyond the scientific community.
At ALLATRA Media, she covers Medicine, Neuroscience, Genetics, Biology, Chemistry, and the impact of micro- and nanoplastics on human health.
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