Smolensk State Medical UnIversity

The Smolensk State Medical University was founded in 1920.Professor Roman Kozlov is a Fellow of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the Federation of European Societies for Chemotherapy (FESCI).

Professor Kozlov received both his PhD and DSc in Clinical Pharmacology and Microbiology at the Smolensk State Medical Academy in Smolensk, Russia. In 1996 he was awarded an MSc in Clinical Microbiology from the University of London and has been the recipient of several awards, including an ESCMID Award for Advances in Clinical Microbiology in 2005, Institute Merieux grant in 2011 and APUA Leadership Award in 2012. In 1995 and 2009, he was awarded grants from the President of the Russian Federation. Since 2015, he serves as a Chief Specialist of Ministry of Health of Russian Federation on Clinical Microbiology & Antimicrobial resistance. In 2016 he was elected to  Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) as a Corresponding Member. 
Professor Kozlov has focused his clinical research on therapeutic agents for infectious diseases and has been involved in numerous clinical trials of antimicrobial agents. His main research interests are in the diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of serious microbial infections, both in the community and in hospitals, and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and surveillance. Professor Kozlov has authored or co-authored more than 350 publications.

1. Students from more than 50 countries study here: from India, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sri Lanka and other countries of African, Asian and South American continents.
2. For foreign students,the education is carried out in the English medium.