STEPANOVA Svitlana (was born in 12.09.1968, Uman, Ukraine) – PhD of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1995), Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy of NUPh. 
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Graduated from Kharkiv Pharmaceutical Institute (1991), where she worked as: Postgraduate Student (1991-1994), Assistant (1995-2001) and  Associate Professor of the Pharmacognosi Department (2002-2004), Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds (2004-2012),  Associate Professor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Phytotherapy of the Institute for Advanced Training of Pharmacy Specialists (2007-2012), Associate Professor of the Department of Fundamental and Language Training (2012-2015), Associate Professor of the Departments of Nutriciology and Pharmaceutical Bromatology (2014-2019), Associate Professor of the Botany Department (2019-2020), Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy from 2020.

Educational work.  Teaches pharmacology, clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care, side effects of drugs. Co-author of more than 60 educational and methodological works: a textbook «Фармакогнозія з основами біохімії рослин» (2000) and training manuals. Passed the Oxford English language course (Kharkiv branch of Kyiv state courses «Interlingua», 2003).

Scientific work. Field of scientific interests: research some plants of the Fabaceae, Apiaceae, Boraginaceae, Portulacaceae families and development of hepatoprotective, nephroprotective, hypouricemic drugs and dietary supplements based on them. In 1995, defended candidate thesis on the topic “Study of BAC of some plants of the Caragana genus and prospects for their use.” Author and co-author of more than 200 scientific and scientific-methodological works, among them: 2 monographs (Лекарственные растения, почки и обмен мочевой кислоты, 2014 and New technologies in food production: raw materials, additives, quality, 2018), more than 60 articles, 7 patents, Pharmaceutical Encyclopedia articles.

Social activities. Member of the All-Ukrainian public organization “Association of Pharmacologists of Ukraine” and the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology «IUPHAR», member of the non-profit association «Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine» (CONEM), member of the Ukrainian Botanical Society, a student dormitory supervisor (2001-2004), secretary of the State Examination Commission of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2005-2007).