Lukyanova, Elena Mikhailovna

Born in a family of teachers. During the Great Patriotic War, she was an underground worker, scout and nurse of a partisan detachment.

In 1949 she graduated from Kiev Medical Institute . From the same year she worked at the Ukrainian Research Institute for the Protection of Motherhood and Childhood (since 1965 - Kiev Research Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology (KNII PAG) named after MP Buiko of the Ministry of Health of the Ukrainian SSR, since 1993 - Institute of Pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine): first junior, then senior researcher , head of the pediatric department, and in 1966 - 1979 - deputy director for scientific work. In 1979–2004 - Director of the Institute, since 2004 - Honorary Director.

Buried in Kiev at the Baikovo Cemetery .

In 1966 she defended her doctoral thesis "Questions of specific antenatal and postnatal prevention of rickets." She created the Ukrainian school for the study of calcium-phosphorus homeostasis and the systems of its regulation in different age periods of a child’s life in normal conditions and in pathology and related many clinical, biochemical and physiological disorders in children. She has identified complex mechanisms for the development of diseases, in the genesis of which there are diverse disorders of calcium-phosphorus metabolism, a new classification has been developed, and modern methods for the prevention and treatment of these diseases have been created. The important links of bone tissue metabolism disorders were clarified depending on the child's age, the type of somatic pathology, the influence of adverse environmental factors on the child's body, which became the basis for developing new, more effective methods of preventing and treating various bone diseases and hypocalcemic conditions in children. With the participation of Academician E. M. Lukyanova, a new drug, Videin-3, was created, which is widely introduced into the practice of protecting the health of children and pregnant women.

EM Lukyanova also created a scientific school of pediatric gastroenterology. She uncovered separate mechanisms for the formation of chronic diseases of the stomach, intestines, liver, biliary tract and pancreas in children, developed effective schemes of pathogenetic therapy and their prevention. Created new products of medical nutrition for children with the pathology of the digestive system. Modern methods of endoscopic and ultrasound examination of the digestive organs in children have been developed and introduced into the practice of healthcare.

Under the guidance of Academician E. M. Lukyanova, unique studies of the effects of radiation exposure on the state of the biological system “mother-fetus-child” have been conducted, the characteristics of the occurrence of stochastic and non-stochastic effects in the organism of the future mother and her children have been studied. The researcher has developed diagnostic criteria and treatment-and-prophylactic complexes for children and women from radiation-controlled areas of Ukraine who have been exposed to acute or prolonged low-dose irradiation.

For many years she was the chief consultant of children's clinics and children's advisory clinic of the Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine. E. M. Lukyanova is an outstanding pediatrician with experience of many years of practical work in a children's clinic. The profile of her medical care is extremely wide and includes, in particular, counseling for seriously ill children of all age groups with various diseases, managing complex medical consultation both at the institute and beyond.

Under the leadership of E. M. Lukyanova, 25 doctors and 58 candidates of science were trained. Among the students are Academician Yu.G. Antipkin, Doctor of Medical Sciences A.D. Moroz and others.

Received 18 copyright certificates and patents of Ukraine.

Author of more than 600 published scientific works, including 27 monographs, 10 manuals and textbooks, including: monographs “Rakhit” (1970), “Angioholecystitis in children” (1975), “Vitamins in pediatrics” (1984), “New products dietary and therapeutic nutrition of high biological value for pregnant women and children "(1991)," The Chernobyl Accident. The First Ten Years (1996), Rheumatoid Arthritis in Children (2002), Ionizing Radiation and Immune System in Children (2003), Chernobyl Disaster: Status health of women and children "(2003) and others, manuals for physicians" Pediatric Gastroenterology "(1978)," Pharmacotherapy in Pediatrics "(1993)," Medicine of childhood "(2002).

President of the Association of Pediatricians of Ukraine (since 1982 ), member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Pediatricians (since 1991 ), member of the World Association of Perinatologists (since 1992), member of the European Association of Perinatologists (since 1993 ), academician of the American Academy of Pediatricians (since 1998 ), member of the Supervisory Board of of the Ukraine to Children Foundation (since 1995 ), member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (since 1993), Chairman of the Committee on Bioethics under the Presidium of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (since 2001 ).

Editor-in-Chief of Perinatology and Pediatrics and Woman's Health magazines, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, as well as Chairman of the Coordination Councils of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine at the National Program of Children of Ukraine National Program "Reproductive Health 2001–2005".

The first woman in Ukraine elected as a full member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR in the field of pediatrics, academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, the Academy of Medical Sciences of Russia, and the American Academy of Pediatricians.

She was the chairman of the problem commission “Age characteristics of the child’s body in health and pathology” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, deputy chairman of the Scientific Council on Pediatrics under the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (until 1991), deputy chairman of the All-Union (until 1991) and the Ukrainian Pediatric Societies, member of the Presidium of the V.I. Lenin (until 1991).

Executive editor of the first in Ukraine and the former Soviet Union branch encyclopedia on pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology "Health of the mother and child" (K., 1992), author of several articles for this edition.

• State Prize of the USSR in the field of science and technology (1987) - for the development and introduction of modern methods of endoscopic examination of the digestive organs in children.
• State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR in the field of science and technology (1980) - for studying the exchange of vitamin D in the body and the development of methods for the prevention and treatment of D-hypovitaminosis in children.
• State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology (05.12.2000) - for the series of scientific works "Fundamental research of hypoxic states and the development of methods of using adaptation to hypoxia in medicine and sports" ^[1] .
• Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Ukrainian SSR (1982).
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree (1985).
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1971).
• Order of the October Revolution (1982).
• Order of Princess Olga III degree (08.18.1997) ^[2] .
• She was awarded 15 medals for her labor activity and participation in the Great Patriotic War.
• Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (01/10/2003) ^[3] .
• Diploma of the International Academic Rating "Golden Fortune" (2001).
• Silver St. George medal "Honor, glory, work."
• Commemorative medal "For merits in economic development and a significant contribution to the creation of the international image of Ukraine."
• Freeman of the city of Kiev (1997).

In 1995, the International Biographical Center (Cambridge, United Kingdom) and the American Biographical Institute recognized it as one of the 500 most influential and prominent scientists in the world.

She was awarded the diploma “The Laureate of the Euromarket Award” EMRC (2002), the diploma of the Cambridge International Biographical Institute “International Health Worker 2003”, “International Peace Prize” of the American Biographical Institute and the United States Convention on Culture (2003). He has the international award “Golden Mercury” (Oxford, 2003), the international award “The Millennium Award for Merit to Humanity” (Oxford, 2003), the honorary sign “Saint Sophia” for his personal contribution to the revival of spirituality, national science and culture (2003).

• Elena Mikhailovna Lukyanova's profile on the official website of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Scientific biography E. M. Lukyanova (Ukr.)
• Obituary E. M. Lukyanova (Ukr.)