Ivana Jaric

Panelist and Young PI speaker | “Ovarian cycle disruption and its impact on brain plasticity and behavior in mice“

Ivana Jaric is a Group Leader at the Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Using mice as an animal model, her work focuses on elucidating the relationship between stress, female reproductive health, and psychiatric disorders. Her research also aims to enhance the translational validity of rodent research by developing evidence-based guidelines for the implementation of the Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) initiative. To this end, she has conducted research and presented best practices for implementing SABV in rodent experiments, including with respect to animal housing and experimental design. She also chairs the EU SABV COST Action, the first European network dedicated to strengthening SABV policy in preclinical biomedical research.