This was for the study of the effects of consanguinity and inbreeding on cancer incidence in Croatian island isolate populations. Mentored by Dr Branka Janicijevic from the Institute for Anthropological Research in Zagreb, he obtained the Masters of Science (M.Sc.) degree from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 1997. He continued his postgraduate education at the University of Zagreb. Later in 1994, he received the main Award for Presentation at the annual conference of the European Medical Students Association (EMSA) in Prague, Czech Republic. He was also awarded the Scholarship for the 50 most successful students from the University of Zagreb in 19 and the Scholarship of the City of Zagreb for the 20 most successful students in 1994. ĭuring his medical studies, he was awarded the Annual Award from the Principal (Rector) of the University of Zagreb for the best student scientific article in the academic year 1992//94. He led this research as a medical student, publishing the results mainly in Croatian journals "Libri Oncologici" and "Acta Medica Croatica".
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This collaboration resulted in more than 20 research papers, case reports, and case series published between 19. He also engaged in cancer research with his father Nikola Rudan and with Professor Marija Strnad, the Head of the Cancer Registry of Croatia. He studied during the period of the Homeland War in Croatia (1991-1995) and obtained a degree of Medical Doctor (M.D.) as the joint top of his Class. Educationįrom 1989-1995 he returned to Zagreb to study medicine at the University Medical School. He was also awarded as the high school top unrated player at the chess championship of North Carolina. He also led his school to the honours at the state championships in French and German language and was a member of their varsity tennis team and varsity chess team. There, he was the single awardee of the Annual School Award for Mathematics in 1989.
From 1988-1989 he attended West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, N.C., USA.
This led him to take up the offer for the "Open Door" exchange programme to finish the 4th year of High School in the USA. In 1985 he joined High School for Mathematics and Computer Science (MIOC) in Zagreb, where he was also top of his class. He was the top of his class throughout primary education.
He also represented his school at the Zagreb city championships in swimming (breaststroke style) and in athletics (long jump). He took part in several state championships in Mathematics, Physics, and Chess in 1983-1985. Igor Rudan attended Primary School "Veljko Vlahović" in Krajiška Street in Zagreb from 1977-1985. Family Rudan originates from the village of Bogomolje at the island of Hvar, Croatia. Their father and Igor's grandfather, Mario Rudan, was a judge of the Croatian Supreme Court, while his wife Lucija (nee Perinić) was a school teacher and a well-known Croatian poet. His uncle Pavao Rudan, MD, PhD, Nikola's younger brother, was an anthropologist and an eminent Croatian scholar who later became Secretary-General of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. His mother Tatjana (nee Valić) was a concert pianist. His father Nikola Rudan, MD, PhD, was a surgeon at the Institute for Tumours and Allied Diseases in Zagreb. Igor Rudan was born in Zagreb, Croatia's capital in 1971, which was then a city in the former Yugoslavia.