On December 13, 2024, at Karaganda Medical University, Aidana Askarovna Sultanbekova successfully defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), on the topic of:

"Детекция SARS-CoV-2 в назальных мазках на основе время - пролетной масс-спектрометрии (MALDI-MS)" on the 8D10100 – Medicine educational program.

In accordance with the Model Provisions on the Dissertation Council, the session was attended by temporary members of the Dissertation Council, represented by leading specialists of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

• Alma Zeynollakyzy Tokayeva, Candidate of Medical Sciences, senior lecturer at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Dermatology and Venerology, and Immunology, Semey Medical University, Semey.
• Marina Alekseevna Morenko, PhD, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Chairperson at the Department of Pediatrics with courses in Allergiology, Immunology, Hematology, and Endocrinology, Astana Medical University, Astana.
• Lyazat Katayevna Ibrayeva, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, Karaganda Medical University, Karaganda.

Academic Advisers:

• Irina Adilevna Kadyrova, PhD, Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow of the laboratory, Karaganda Medical University, Karaganda, Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Sergey Valentinovich Yegorov, PhD, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Following the results of a secret vote, the Dissertation Council appealed to the Science and Higher Education Quality Assurance Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan to award the the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

The Dissertation Council pays compliments to the PhD candidate and her academic advisers on the successful defense and wishes continued success!