Petra Popovics, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor

Dr. Popovics is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at the Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University. She received BS and MS degrees from the University of Pecs, Hungary and obtained her Ph.D. in medical sciences from the University of St. Andrews, UK, in 2013. Dr. Popovics completed her postdoctoral training in the lab of Nobel Laurate Andrew V. Schally at the University of Miami. She then continued her postdoctoral work with Dr. Magda Grabowska at Case Western University and with Dr. Will Ricke at UW-Madison. Dr. Popovics has been awarded a K12 and a K01 NIDDK grant which supported her to establish an independent research laboratory in 2022. Her research has been focusing on the identification of the role of inflammatory factors in the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Most recently, she has identified the association of luminal foamy macrophages with BPH and established the pivotal role of osteopontin in prostatic fibrosis. Dr. Popovics is currently serving in the American Urological Association Research Education, Conferences, and Communications Committee and as Secretary for the Society for Basic Urologic Research.

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Presentation(s):

• PD16-05: Loss of Osteopontin improves urinary function and alters the prostatic immune environment

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  4:10 PM – 4:20 PM