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Dr. Zigova worked with the Center for Aging and Brain Repair and held appointments in Neurosurgery and Anatomy as well as Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Southern Florida. She earned her PhD from the Institute of Neurobiology in Czechoslovakia, and her bachelor's and master's degrees from Safarik University in Czechoslovakia. She started working at USF in 1998 after a long period of working at Emory University.
Considered by many a rising star, Dr. Zigova won a USF Presidential Young Faculty Award in 2001, and was named the Jim and Amy Shimberg Scholar for her project, "Cell-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases." She authored and co-authored 119 scientific journal articles.
While at Emory, I had the honor of receiving much of my laboratory and primary science training under her supervision and guidance. She was not only an amazing mentor, but a wonderful person to be around, cultured, articulate, and full of passion for everything in life. She will not only be missed by her family and close friends, but by many of those who had the pleasure of knowing her and benefiting from her brilliance in the scientific community.
She is survived by her daughter Magdelina Zigova. Memorial donations should be sent to the Tanja Zigova Memorial Fund for Young Women in Science (make out to USF Foundation and send to MDC-70, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, Fl, 33612). For more information, contact the Center for Aging and Brain Repair at 974-3154. 2/30/04.
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