Elizabeta Nemeth

Nemeth obtained her degree in molecular biology and physiology from the University of Belgrade and then earned a neuroscience degree from the University of Hawaii in 1998. She did postdoctoral research in the area of ovarian cancer and later worked at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. In 2001, she became a member of the Department of Medicine at UCLA, where she worked on iron metabolism and the hormone hepcidin.^[2][3] In 2007, the American College of Nutrition honored her with the Grace Goldsmith Award.^[4] Currently she is a co-founder of Intrinsic LifeSciences,^[4] and is an associate professor at the UCLA Center for Iron Disorders.^[5] Her research has suggested treatments for anemia and iron overload.^[6]