Vladislav Yanovich Bekish
parasitologist university professor
Vladislav Janovich Bekish was born on July 23, 1973. He belongs to a Belarusian scientific and medical family associated with Vitebsk State Medical University. His father, Oswald-Jan Leonovich Bekish, was a prominent Belarusian medical biologist and parasitologist, professor, and corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. This family connection placed Vladislav Bekish within an established academic tradition in medical biology and parasitology.
Bekish received his higher medical education at Vitebsk State Medical University and obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine. His subsequent academic work developed at the intersection of medical biology, general genetics, and parasitology, leading to a career combining university teaching, scientific research, and the preparation of educational literature for medical students and foreign students.
Bekish has pursued an academic and scientific career at Vitebsk State Medical University in Vitebsk, Belarus. He became a Doctor of Medicine and professor and has served as head of the university's Department of Medical Biology and General Genetics. In this role, he has taught medical biology and genetics, participated in scientific and educational events, supported dissertation evaluation, and contributed to the development of medical education, including instruction for foreign students in Russian and English. His research and scholarly work concern parasitology, helminth infections, host–parasite interactions, the effects of parasite metabolites on host cells and the genome, and medical-biological approaches to the study and treatment of parasitic disease.
Established a sustained academic and research career in medical biology, general genetics, and parasitology at Vitebsk State Medical University.
Contributed to research on helminth infections, parasite metabolites, host-cell genetic damage, and methods of protecting the host genome during parasitic disease.
Contributed to the development of medical-biological teaching materials and educational programs for medical students and foreign students.
(Monograph co-authored by O.-Ya. L. Bekish and V. Ya. Beki...)
2008(Educational test collection for foreign medical students,...)
2008(Second revised and expanded edition of a medical biology ...)
2011Bekish is the son of Oswald-Jan Leonovich Bekish, a Belarusian professor and parasitologist who headed academic departments at Vitebsk State Medical University and was a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Vladislav Bekish has continued the family's academic association with medical biology and parasitology at the same university.
