Bálint Nagy
Prof. Dr. Bálint Nagy D.Sc.
He currently works as the head of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Debrecen.
Prof.
Nagy is a world-renowned expert in human genetics and genetic diagnostics.
Work experience:
- He held the position of Head of the Department of Genetics at Semmelweis University in Budapest;
- He worked in the Department of Medical Genetics at Helsinki University Central Hospital;
- He also worked as a Visiting Fogarty Fellow at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
He is a member of many professional societies:
- Hungarian Gynecology society,
- The American Association for Clinical Chemistry,
- The New York Academy of Sciences,
- Hungarian Human Genetic Society,
- European Society of Human Genetics,
- European Society for Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
He was the president and founder of the Central-Eastern European Congress conferences on Free Nucleic Acids in Prenatal Diagnosis, which also took place in the Slovak Republic.
He has been a reviewer in renowned journals:
- The Lancet,
- Human Genetics,
- BioTechniques, Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,
- BMJ.
In 1995, he received the E. Strandjord Young Investigators Award from the Association of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (USA) and in 2006, the prestigious award from the Hungarian Medical Society.