April the 27th, 2023 - Four Croatian scientists were officially accepted to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts at the Festive Plenary Session in Salzburg on April the 15th this year.

The Croatian scientists were Igor Rudan, Emilio Marin and two professors of the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb - Lidija Beketić Orešković and Stjepan Orešković. The Academy accepted totally 38 members from 11 nations into the circle of new members. 

Prof. Ph.D. Stjepan Orešković is the head of the Department of Medical Sociology and Health Economics and former director of the "Andrija Štampar" School of Public Health. Thanks to his contribution to the economics and sociology of health, he was accepted into the social sciences class. Prof. Ph.D. Lidija Beketić Orešković is a doctor at the Clinical Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice, and was admitted to the Academy based on her exceptional contribution to the field of medicine.

Emilio Marin is professor emeritus of the Croatian Catholic University. From 2011, he was the first full-time professor at the Croatian Catholic University in Zagreb, and from 2012 to 2020, he was vice-rector for international cooperation at that university. He is world famous for his archaeological research.

Igor Rudan is a professor at the University of Edinburgh and head of the Department of International Health and Molecular Medicine. He is joint director of the Center for Global Health Research and the World Health Organization Collaborating Center at the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh. He was accepted into the academy based on his contribution to medicine, primarily to reducing the mortality of children worldwide from infectious diseases.

The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) is a transnational and interdisciplinary network, connecting about 2,000 recommended scientists and artists worldwide, including 37 Nobel Prize laureates. The members of the Academy are chosen on the basis of outstanding scientific, artistic and managerial achievements.

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