Zverev Vitaly Vasilyevich (Russia) - in 1975 he graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Volgograd State Medical Institute. Then he worked at the Research Institute of Applied Microbiology of Glavmicrobioprom and at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1985 he defended his thesis. He headed the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology of the Medical and Preventive Faculty of Sechenov University. Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (2002), Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2013). Awarded the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation Federation in the field of science and technology in 1997 and in 2005, as well as the medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree (February 28, 2023). By the decision of the Academic Council of VolgSMU dated February 11, 2015 , for special merits to the Volgograd State Medical University, the development of academic and socio-political programs, Professor V. V. Zverev was awarded the title of "Honorary Professor of volgograd State Medical University".
