**Dragana Nikitovic**

Dragana Nikitovic is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Histology-Embryology at the Medical School, University of Crete (UOC). She has earned a Doctor of Medical Sciences degree from the UOC, Greece. She has carried out postgraduate research at the Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, the UK, and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Her scientific interests are focused explicitly on studying proteoglycans (PGs) and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) effects in disease progression, including cancer and inflammation and their mechanisms of action. She serves as an associate editor, review editor, and editorial board member for several journals in Life Sciences and is an active member of respective scientific societies. Her research interests have resulted in the authorship of more than 100 original publications and book chapters.
