Dr. Zora Djuric Travels to Serbia as a Fulbright Scholar

Look for additional photos from her future research in Guatemala and Australia soon. 

Four women pose in a an office full of files.

Members of the scientific team at the CENM at the University of Belgrade were excited to welcome Dr. Djuric to join their ranks. This team does both population-based nutrition and mechanisistic work in clinical trials. Dr. Marija Glibetić is seated at the center.

A large group of people stand in front of the CENM clinical center

The Researchers from the Center for Research Excellence (CENM) in front of the clinical center. This center was created in a former garage in the middle of the historic city center in Belgrade. Numerous EU-sponsored trials have been conducted here.

Zora Djuric snaps a selfie in her office with files in the background.

Dr. Djuric snaps a selfie in her new office as she looks forward to building her statistical skills by analyzing diet and lifestyle data from a population-based sample of Serbian residents.  

Old stone steps climbing a grassy hill with tumbling stone walls and a stone fortress in the background.

Exploring is easy in Belgrade. Dr. Djuric enjoys walks to Kalemegdan Park, which is about two minutes from her office.

White flowers grow on a riverbank of a calm river

There are many sites to see on her daily walks in Belgrade. Flowers bloom on the riverbank of the Danube River, right where it joins with the Sava River.

People fill a city street in the darkness. Two illuminated buildings are in the background.

Nightlife abounds. The streets are always lively and crowded.

Flowers grow in a grassy patch on a street corner. Cars pass along the left side. An old city building is in the background.

Roses grow in abundance at the University of Belgrade’s Student Square.

Two women stand in a cafe. The cafe is outdoors with a railing separating them from some greenery and a body of water.

Dr. Vesna Tumbas-Šaponjac (right) invited Dr. Djuric to the University of Novi Sad’s Institute of Food Technology. The institute is internationally competitive in the area of food science. There she gave a lecture entitled “The Effects of Obesity on Cancer Prevention: Fish Oils as an example”

Dr. Djuric stands on a brick path next to a short brick wall. The River Danube is behind her.

Dr. Djuric in Novi Sad on the banks of the Danube. The University of Novi Sad is directly across the river from the old fortress where this picture was taken.

Dr. Djuric stands at a podium. She is speaking into a microphone and a laptop sits next to her. There are flags positioned behind her.

Lecture at the University of Novi Sad. 

Fresh octopi, squid and several varieties of fish with price tags sitting on ice in a market display

Scoping out some great omega-3s at a Belgrade grocery store.

A close up of a sign on a store. The sign has an image of a daisy with a snake sprouting from the center. It features writing in Serbian on it.

The “medicinal plant” pharmacy is in the same building as the CENM offices. Their motto on the poster is “the power of plants.” There you can buy teas and tinctures for many different kinds of ailments, such as high blood pressure, cholesterol and gastritis. The pharmacy is named after Dr. Jospeh Pancic (Josif Pančić) who extensively documented Serbian plants in the late 1800’s and was president of the Serbian Royal Academy, the equivalent of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.