Dorottya Csuka (Dorottya Bazsáné Csuka) graduated as a molecular biologist from Eötvös Loránd University, then she pursued her PhD studies at Semmelweis University and also completed a research fellowship at the University of Copenhagen. Later on, she also worked at the University of Helsinki as a postdoctoral researcher. Since 2014 she has been working in the Molecular Genetics Research Group at the Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology, Semmelweis University as a postdoctoral research fellow. With her colleagues, she has been studying the genetic and immunological aspects, as well as the (patho)physiological role and the altered function of the complement system in rare hereditary kidney disorders (atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, C3-glomerulopathy) and in hereditary angioedema. As no mutation can be detected in the well-known disease-associated complement genes in a large percent of these patients, they are searching for novel candidate genes and risk haplotypes contributing to the development of these diseases that can lead to potentially life-threatening conditions. Since March 2020, she has been participating in the RNA-based virus diagnostics of subjects potentially infected with coronavirus (COVID-19).
As of March 2020, Dorottya Csuka is author of 85 peer-reviewed research articles with a total impact factor of 396,65.
She won the following awards: Grant for Young Investigators (C1-inhibitor Deficiency Workshop, 2013), Erdős Pál Fellowship for Young Researchers (2014), Award for Women in Science (2014), Bolyai János Research Fellowship (2015), Junior Prima Award (Hungarian Science category, 2015), Gergely János Award and Fellowship (2019). She participated in several research grants, and was a principal investigator in two of them: a postdoctoral OTKA grant (2016–2018) and an MTA Premium Postdoctoral Research Programme grant (2019–2021).
She is member of the Hungarian Society of Immunology, the International Complement Society, and Hungarian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (as a secretary from 2014 to 2015). She supervised 5 students in the National Students’ Scholarly Circle Competition and 2 of her students are currently completing their PhD.