Radica Stepanović-Petrović, PhD

Radica Stepanović-Petrović finished primary and secondary school in Belgrade. She received her bachelor degree at the Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Belgrade) in 1985 and achieved a grade point average of 9.79. In addition, she simultaneously reached the final year of studies at the Faculty of Economics (University of Belgrade). Received her masters degree in the field of cardiovascular pharmacology in 1990 at the Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Belgrade), and her PhD degree in the field of neurotoxicology in 1995 at the School of Medicine (University of Belgrade). She was promoted to the position of assistant professor in 1996, associate professor in 2002 and professor of pharmacology in 2007.

Radica Stepanović-Petrović is involved in the realisation of integrated academic studies in pharmacology and pharmacotherapy. She also takes part in the realisation of doctoral academic studies in pharmacology, specialised professional studies in pharmacotherapy and academic studies in pharmacotherapy in pharmaceutical practice. She is the Head of the specialised professional studies program in pharmacotherapy at the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Radica Stepanović-Petrović is editor in chief of the national journal Arhiv za farmaciju. She is a member of the Pharmaceutical Association of Serbia, Serbian Association of Pharmacologists, Serbian Neuroscience Society and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).

Her fields of scientific research include pain pharmacology, cardiovascular pharmacology, and neurotoxicology. She has published over 150 research and professional papers in these fields including more than 40 research papers in international journals. She is a reviewer in certain national and international journals.

She is an editor and co-author of a textbook in pharmacotherapy and a co-author of a handbook of pharmacology. Co-authored chapters in 3 books of national importance. Also, she is a co-author of a Serbian translation of a pharmacology textbook.

Radica Stepanović-Petrović is the Head of one scientific project (Project No. 175045) funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development.

• Stepanović-Petrović RM, Micov AM, Tomić MA, Kovačević JM, Bošković BD. Antihyperalgesic/Antinociceptive Effects of Ceftriaxone and Its Synergistic Interactions with Different Analgesics in Inflammatory Pain in Rodents. Anesthesiology 2014;120:737-50.

• Tomić MA, Micov AM, Stepanović-Petrović RM. Levetiracetam Interacts Synergistically With Nonsteroidal Analgesics and Caffeine to Produce Antihyperalgesia in Rats. Journal of Pain 2013;14:1371-82.

• Stepanović-Petrović RM, Micov AM, Tomić MA, Ugrešić ND.The local peripheral antihyperalgesic effect of levetiracetam and its mechanism of action in an inflammatory pain model. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2012;115:1457-66.

• Stepanović-Petrović RM, Tomić MA, Vučković SM, Poznanović G, Ugrešić ND, Prostran MŠ, Bošković B. Pharmacological interaction between oxcarbazepine and two COX inhibitors in a rat model of inflammatory hyperalgesia. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 2011;97:11-8.

• Micov A, Tomić M, Popović B, Stepanović-Petrović R. The antihyperalgesic effect of levetiracetam in an inflammatory model of pain in rats: mechanism of action. British Journal of Pharmacology 2010;161:384-92.

• Stepanović-Petrović RM, Tomić MA, Vučković SM, Paranos S, Ugrešić ND, Prostran MS, Milovanović S, Bošković B. The antinociceptive effects of anticonvulsants in a mouse visceral pain model. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2008;106:1897-903.

• Stepanović-Petrović RM, Tomić MA, Vučković SM, Kocev N, Ugrešić ND, Prostran MS, Bosković B. GABAergic mechanisms are involved in the antihyperalgesic effects of carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine in a rat model of inflammatory hyperalgesia. Pharmacology 2008;82:53-8.

• Tomić MA, Vučković SM, Stepanović-Petrović RM, Ugrešić N, Prostran MS, Bošković B. The anti-hyperalgesic effects of carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine are attenuated by treatment with adenosine receptor antagonists. Pain 2004;111:253-60.

• Krstić MK, Stepanović R, Ilić K, Krstić SK. Endothelium-independent contractile and relaxant responses to histamine in the rabbit aorta and common carotid, mesenteric, renal, and femoral arteries. General Pharmacology = Vascular Pharmacology 1996;27:529-33.

• Jokanović M, Maksimović M, Stepanović RM. Interaction of phosphamidon with neuropathy target esterase and acetylcholinesterase of hen brain. Archives of Toxicology1995;69:425-8.