**About the Editors**

#### **Yuliya I. Ragino**

Ph.D. and Sc.D. in medicine, Main Accreditation Commission (VAK) professor, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) professor, corresponding member of the RAS, head of the Institute of Internal and Preventive Medicine –a branch of a federal publicly funded scientific institution, the federal research center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, the Siberian Branch of the RAS (IIPM –a branch of the ICG SB RAS). Ragino Yu.I. is an expert in the fields of medical biochemistry and pathophysiology and an author or coauthor of more than 350 scientific publications, including 8 books, 10 patents of the Russian Federation, and 4 patents of the Eurasian Patent Organization. In the Russian Scientific Citation Index (RSCI): h-index: 24. In Scopus: h-index: 10. In the Web of Science: h-index: 8. The main basic-research accomplishments of Ragino Yu.I.: A study on the key biochemical markers and mechanisms of formation of unstable atherosclerotic plaquesand of their various types in atherosclerosis. The development of methods for early biochemical diagnosis of atherosclerosis and risk assessment of acute coronary syndrome. Conceptualization of the one-directionality of highly atherogenic changes of oxidation-modified and structurally altered lipoproteins of the blood, including small high-density atherogenic subfractions of lipoproteins, in clinically significant atherosclerosis and in the presence of its major risk factors; in this regard, novel evaluation criteria of pharmacotherapy effectiveness have been proposed. Research into atherogenic properties of oxidized proteins and their role in atherogenesis. Creation and investigation of experimental animal models (in vitro, in vivo), new lipid-containing coordination compounds of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors with glycyrrhizin. Significant antiatherogenic effects of the obtained compounds have been demonstrated.

#### **Mikhail I**. **Voevoda**

Ph.D. and Sc.D. in medicine, Main Accreditation Commission (VAK) professor, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) professor, academician of the RAS. Voevoda M.I. is an expert in the fields of the molecular and medical genetic and an author or coauthor of more than 800 scientific publications, including 13 books, 16 patents of the Russian Federation. In the Russian Scientific Citation Index (RSCI): 935 publications, 8414 citations, h-index: 35. In Scopus: 281 publications, 6578 citations, h-index: 23. In the Web of Science: 283 publications, 4429 citations, h-index: 21. The main basic-research accomplishments of Voevoda M.I.: A study on the key on molecular biological, organism level, and populational patterns of development of major internal diseases in the Siberian population and designing a scientific basis for their prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Voevoda M.I. supervises graduate courses in the Medical Genetics specialty and the Endocrinology specialty. Under him tutelage, 20 Ph.D. dissertations and 10 Sc.D. dissertations have been defended.
