Malika Samatovna Abdullahodjaeva (28 November 1932 - 26 June 2018) was a Soviet and Uzbek

pathologist Pathology is the study of the causal, causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when us ...

, a full member of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan,

Hero of Uzbekistan Hero of Uzbekistan ( uz, Oʻzbekiston qahramoni, Uzbek alphabet#Correspondence chart, Cyrillic Ўзбекистон қаҳрамони) is the highest national award in the Republic of Uzbekistan. It is awarded to citizens of Uzbekistan and non-cit ...

(2006).

Early life and education

Malika Abdullahodjaeva was born on 28 November 1932 in Moscow in a family of students of the

Communist University of the Toilers of the East The Communist University of the Toilers of the East (KUTV) (russian: link=no, Коммунистический университет трудящихся Востока; also known as the Far East University) was a revolutionary training scho ...

. Abdullahodjaeva graduated from Tashkent secondary school No. 110 in 1950 with a golden medal, the medical faculty of the Tashkent State Medical Institute (TashGosMI) (1956, with honors), and postgraduate studies at the Brain Institute of the

USSR Academy of Medical Sciences The USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (russian: Акаде́мия медици́нских нау́к СССР) was the highest scientific and medical organization founded in the Soviet Union founded in 1944. Its successor is the Russian Academy of ...

(laboratory of histochemistry) in 1960. On December 27, 1960, she defended her dissertation for the Candidate of Medical Sciences degree at the Academic Council of the Medical and Biological Department of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences. In 1968, Abdullahodjaeva defended her doctoral dissertation. In 1970 she was approved as a professor.

Career

Abdullahodjaeva worked at the Tashkent State Medical Institute, from 1963 till 1969 she simultaneously headed the pathomorphological department with the histochemistry laboratory at the Research Institute of Radiology, Radiology, and Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Uzbek SSR. Since 1969 Abdullahodjaeva was a head of Department of Pathological Anatomy, Tashkent State Medical Institute. In 1990, after the institute's division, she headed the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Second TashMI, which she led until 2000. From 1972 to 1997, Abdullahodjaeva was the chief pathologist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In 1995, she was elected a corresponding member, and in 2000 a full member (academician) of the

Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan The Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan ( uz, Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Fanlar akademiyasi, Ўзбекистон Республикаси Фанлар академияси) is the main scientific organization of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It coordi ...

. Abdullahodjaeva is an author of many guidelines and manuals, including for foreign students, and an atlas for students of the Faculty of Dentistry. In 1997-1999 Abdullahodjaeva published the first Uzbek two-volume textbook for 3rd-year students of medical universities ''Fundamentals of Human Pathology''. Malika Abdullahodjaeva died on 26 June 2018.

Awards and honors

Abdullahodjaeva is an Honored Scientist of the Uzbek SSR (1980). She was awarded the

Medal "For Labour Valour" The Medal "For Labour Valour" (russian: Медаль «За трудовую доблесть») was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union bestowed to especially deserving workers to recognise and honour dedicated and valorous labour or ...

(1970), the

Order of the Badge of Honor The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

(1976), Medal "Veteran of Labor" (1984), Medal "Oliy Talim A'lochisi" (2000), the Order "Mekhnat Shukhrati" (2003). In 2006 he was awarded the title of "Uzbekiston Qahramoni" ("Hero of Uzbekistan") with the award of the "Gold Star".

References

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