Paltsev Mikhail Aleksandrovitch

The initiator and Senior Editor of the Journal “Molecular Medicine”


Scientific degree
    Doctor of Medical Sciences

Academic title
    Professor, member of Russian Academy of Sciences

Scientific Awards
  • Laureate of state award of the USSR in the field of science and technology (1991)
  • Russian Federation Government awards holder in the field s of science and technology (1999, 2005, 2011)
  • Russian Federation Government award in the field of education (2008)
  • The President of RF award in the field of education (2002)
  • D.S. Sarkisov (2001), V.S. Gulevich (2007) and A.I.Strukov (2010)awards of RAMS
  • Honorary professor of Moscow State University (2004)
  • Honored academic of Russian Academy of Education (2006)
  • The head of school of science – the winner of the competition for State support of leading schools of sciences

State orders
  • Order of the Badge of Honor
  • Order of Friendship
  • Order of Merit for the Motherland, IV grade
  • The gratitude of President of RF

Work place and working position
  • 2018-present Center for Immunology and Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • 2015 - 2017 Chief Academic Secretary, Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • 2011 - 2015 – National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Vice director in medical and biological studies
  • 2006 - 2011 – first vice-president of RAMS
  • 1987 - 2009 – President of Moscow Medical Academy of I.M. Sechenov
  • 1990 - 2010 – Head of the Department of pathological anatomy of Moscow Medical Academy of I.M. Sechenov

Scientific interests
  • Personalized and molecular medicine
  • Study of molecular markers of socially significant diseases
  • Development of molecular and cellular mechanisms of human reproduction
  • Molecular and cellular mechanisms of aging
  • Development of perspective methods of diagnostics
  • Development of new generation medications
  • Development of modern approaches to disease treatment with genetic and cellular technologies

Hirsch Index
  • RINC – 14
  • Web of Science – 2

Publication number
  • 24 invention patents
  • 80 monographs, including text –books, manuals, courseware and pathology atlases
  • More than 500 publications in national and foreign periodicals

Additional information
  • The officer of the Presidium of RAS
  • The member of the interdepartmental Council on awards of Russian Federation Awards in the field of science and technology
  • National representative of European Association of predictive-preventive and personalized medicine

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