Asya Zelikivna Kolchynska (; July 4, 1918 – 2010) was a Ukrainian pathophysiologist, Doctor of medical sciences (1964), and Professor (1976). Laureate of the

State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology The State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology is an annual award given by the President of Ukraine for accomplishments in science and technology. It is given for one of four categories: outstanding scientific research in the humanities, soc ...

(2000).

Early life and education

Asya Kolchynska was born in 1918 in Kyiv in the family of an employee. She graduated with honors in 1940 from the Faculty of Biology of the

University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

, and entered the graduate school of the Institute of Botany of the

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Career

With the beginning of the battles on the Eastern Front of the Second World War, Kolchynska moved to

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...

, where she worked at the local pedagogical institute and studied at the 2nd Moscow Medical Institute in the evacuation. Kolchynska received her diploma in Kyiv in 1946. From 1946 Kolchynska worked at the Institute of Physiology of the

(Kyiv). Between 1969 and 1976, she was the head of the Laboratory of Applied Physiology, and from 1976 to 1982 she was the head of the

hypoxia Hypoxia means a lower than normal level of oxygen, and may refer to: Reduced or insufficient oxygen * Hypoxia (environmental), abnormally low oxygen content of the specific environment * Hypoxia (medical), abnormally low level of oxygen in the tis ...

department. In 1982 Kolchynska transferred to the Kyiv Institute of Physical Culture. She was a professor-consultant and head of the hypoxia department of the problem laboratory. From 1992 to 1998 Kolchynska worked at medical firms in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, and from 1998 to 2006 she headed the laboratory of medical informatics of the Institute of Informatics and Regional Management of the Kabardino-Balkaria Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Nalchik).

Scientific Research

Kolchynska studied hypoxia, adaptation and acclimatization,

ontogenesis Ontogeny (also ontogenesis) is the origination and development of an organism (both physical and psychological, e.g., moral development), usually from the time of fertilization of the egg to adult. The term can also be used to refer to the stu ...

, extreme conditions, alpine, underwater and sports physiology, clinical pathophysiology, and mathematical modeling. The programs developed by Kolchynska and her students for the calculation of oxygen regimes and indicators of the state of the functional respiratory system have found a use for the current complex control in various sports.

Works

* ''Oxygen deficiency and age'' (1964), * ''Oxygen regime of the child and teenager'' (1973), * ''Underwater medical and biological research'' (1976), * ''Respiration and oxygen regimes of dolphins'' (1980), * ''Secondary tissue hypoxia'' (1983), * ''Oxygen, physical condition, efficiency'' (1992).

References

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