MEDICAL RESEARCH IN SERBIA: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

In the light of the COVID-19 pandemics, we tried to summarize concepts and ideas which would increase the capacity for medical scientific research in Serbia, and probably other Western Balkan countries to cope with the present situation where (i) more knowledge about medicine at the cellular and molecular level is urgently needed and (ii) medical students, PhD students, and young medical doctors are at risk for their professional future, if isolation from European medical science community would continue. We suggest several ways to improve medical science of Serbia, and review funding available for such projects. Our paper presents an open call for dialogue between stakeholders and beneficiaries of such projects and should by no means be viewed as a final proposal, but rather as an invitation to participate in designing a better future.