CURRICULUM VITAE

Nikolay V. MATVEEV, MD, PhD


Mail address: 199 Park Dr., ap. 146, Boston, MA, USA
Phone/fax: 617-3755727
E-mail:  nmatveev @  hsph .harvard.edu, matv @ sandy.ru


Work Experience:

2004-present
Head of Telemedical Department
Moscow Research Institute for Pediatrics and Children Surgery.
Main duties: organization of the work of the department in sphere of telemedicine and teleeducation, own research in sphere of teledermatology

2004-present
Director and co-owner of DiaScan Ltd.
DiaScan Ltd. is a small spin-off company in Russia, specializing in development of medical image analysis software.
Main duties: organization of medical researches and software development, machine vision algorithms development, general control over the company’s work, promotion of collaboration with the governmental structures.

1998 – 2004
Deputy Director (Research) of the Institute
Research Institute for Hygiene and Occupational Pathology, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Main duties: organization of the scientific work within the Research Institute, forming the research policy of the Institute, planning and reporting for regional administrative bodies, Healthcare Ministry of the Russian Federation, etc., organization of collaborative projects, participation in Federal and local healthcare programs.
Own investigations in the field of occupational dermatology, immunology, teledermatology, medical informatics, policy issues in public health.

2002 – present
Lecturer on Occupational Medicine
Faculty for teaching the foreign students, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy (part time)
Main duties: creation curriculum on occupational health, delivering the lectures in occupational health for foreign students (in English).

1993 - 1998
Medical Representative
Sandoz (Novartis), F. Hoffmann – La Roche
Main duties: promotion of medical preparations (including anti-HIV medications) in Nizhny Novgorod region and 7 surrounding regions of Russia. The responsibilities included creation and editing the promotional articles for local press and scripts for local TV programs.

1988 - 1998
Occupational Dermatologist
Research Institute of Hygiene and Occupational Pathology, Nizhny Novgorod.
Main duties: organization of dermatological service in industrial enterprises in Nizhny Novgorod region and surrounding regions (Vladimir and Kirov regions, Chuvashian, Mariy El, Mordovian Republics), occasionally – dermatological investigations in several regions of Ukraine and Moldova.


Education:

2005-2006 - Harvard School of Public Health
MPH candidate (Occupational and Environmental Health) – expected graduation in June 2006
In January 2006 have participated in a research project of Harvard School of Public Health in Bangladesh, providing training in principles of digital photography of arsenic skin lesions for field forces in Dhaka and Pabna (Bangladesh)

1993-1995 Moscow F. F. Erisman Research Institute of Hygiene
Candidate of Medical Sciences [=PhD] (hygiene, dermatology)

1981-1988 State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Medical Doctor


Postgraduate training / fellowships:

2004 Public Health & Organization of Health Care Services
Medical Institute of Border Guarding Service of The Russian Federation,
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

2002-2003  International Policy Fellowship / Public Health
Center for Policy Studies, Central European University
Budapest, Hungary

2001 Research fellowship in Telemedicine / Medical Informatics
Center for Health Sciences Communication, Brody School of Medicine,
East Carolina University, Greenville (NC), USA

1999 Dermatomycology
Medical Center of Administration of The President of Russian Federation,
Moscow, Russia

1990  Computer Technologies in Medicine
Nizhny Novgorod State University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

1988 Dermatology
Research Institute of Dermatology and Venereology,
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia


International grants awarded:

1) 2005-2006 E. Muskie Fellowship (USA) Study at Harvard School of Public Health
2) 2003-2004 IREX/Starr Foundation (USA) Research project on medical journalism in the USA, Russia and Armenia (head of international collaborative team)
3) 2002 Project Harmony Inc. (USA) First telemedical project for a Russian correctional institution (head of the collaborative project)
4) 2002-2003 The German Federal Ministry for Science and Education. Collaborative research on genetic aspects of diabetes (leading investigator).
5) 2002-2003 Open Society Institute (Switzerland -Hungary) International Policy Fellowship / Public Health
6) 2001 IREX (USA) Research fellowship on teledermatology in East Carolina University (Contemporary Issues Fellowship Program)
7) 2000 The British Council Publication of the proceedings of the scientific conference “Ecological and hygienic problems of population health preservation” (head of the team)
8-12) 5 travel awards for the scientific conferences in Sweden (1998, 1999), Germany(2001, 2004), the USA (2002), Switzerland (2004).


The Russian grants awarded

1) 2004-2006 The Governmental Fund for Support of Small Enterprises in Scientific Sphere
Governmental Contract for software development for diabetes type II risk assessment


Main publications:

1. Matveev NV "Possible directions of reform of the system for collection, analysis and distribution information in the field of occupational and environmental health of Russia" (in Russian, The proceedings of WHO/ILO regional conference in Ufa, Bashkortostan, September 2003) – available at www.policy.hu/matveev/Ufa.pdf

2. Matveev NV, Kaligin AA, Yatsyna IV, Smirnova OV, Zaitseva TA, Krasavina EK, Dzybik OK, Arzamastseva EYu “Telemedicine in Occupational Dermatology: First Experience in Russia” (in Book of Abstracts of 12th Annual Meeting of American Contact Dermatitis Society, Washington, DC, 2001, p. 67)

3. Levchenko AG, Chernyshev EA, Polkovoy AYu, Matveev NV “New information technologies in public health monitoring” (in “Ecological and Hygienic Problems of Population Health Preservation”, Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod, 2000, p. 153-155) – available at http://webcenter.ru/~ipz/bc5.pdf

4.  Matveev NV “Health telematics in labour medicine, hygiene, and ecology ” (in “Ecological and Hygienic Problems of Population Health Preservation”, Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod, 2000, p. 145-149) – available at http://webcenter.ru/~ipz/bc5.pdf

5. Tikhomirov IuP, Matveev NV, Somov BA “Approaches to the Implementation of Telemedical Service in Six Regions of Russia in the Field of Occupational Dermatology” (The 4th Congress of Internet Academy of Biomedical Sciences, Canada, 1998,
http://www.mcmaster.ca/inabis98/occupational/tikhomirov0639)

6. Somov BA, Perlamutrov YuN, Matveev NV, Yatsyna IV “Immunopathology of Skin” (in “Clinical Immunology”, Moscow, Medicine, 1998, p.209-262)


Participation in International Conferences/Symposia:

1.    Prague (Czech Republic), 2005. European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference Embec 05
2.    Luxembourg, 2005. The International Conference for eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT Med-e-tel 2005
3.    Zurich (Switzerland), 2004. V International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders.
4.    Erfurt (Germany), 2003. VI Erfurter Tage: Praevention von Arbeitsbedingten Gesundheitsgefahren und Erkrankungen.
5.    Tromso (Norway), 2003. The 8th International Conference on the Medical Aspects of Telemedicine.
6.    Helsinki (Finland), 2003. The First World Congress on Work-Related and Environmental Allergy.
7.    Vienna (Austria), 2002. European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference
8.    New Orleans, LA (USA), 2002. 13th Annual Meeting of American Contact Dermatitis Society
9.    New Orleans, LA (USA), 2002. 60th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Dermatology
10.    Washington, DC (USA), 2001. 59th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Dermatology
11.    Washington, DC (USA), 2001. 12th Annual Meeting of American Contact Dermatitis Society
12.    Moscow (Russia), 2000. International Symposium “Telemedicine and Problems of Image Transferring” (session co-chair)
13.    Moscow (Russia), 2000. International Conference “Modern Aspects of Telemedicine” (session co-chair)
14.    Visby (Sweden), 1999. The Baltic conference on telemedicine (environmental section co-chair)
15.    Visby (Sweden), 1998. The Baltic conference on telemedicine
16.    Helsinki (Finland) 1998. The IVth Congress of European Society for Contact Dermatitis


Membership:

1. International Society of Optical Engineers –SPIE (2003)
2. American Contact Dermatitis Society (2001)
3. Executive Board of Russian Telemedical Association (2000)
4. Council on Telemedicine of Healthcare Ministry of Russian Federation (2000)


Official messages of thanks:

1. Administration of The City of Nizhny Novgorod (2000)
2. Ministry of Health Care of Russian Federation (1999)


Main skills:

Experience in organization of the effective work of scientific teams, including international teams. Significant knowledge of telemedicine projects in Russia and worldwide, especially in sphere of teledermatology and pediatric telemedicine.
Recently involved into the project of Harvard School of Public Health concerning evaluation of arsenic induced skin lesions in Bangladesh.
Good computer skills, including certain experience in image analyzing software development.
Fluent English, modest knowledge of German.


Personal:

Date of birth - November 23, 1962.
Divorsed, one daughter (b. 2000).