The work is dedicated to Olha Ivanivna Tymchenko, the outstanding scientist who studied the problems of genetic epidemiology, and highlights the main stages of her life and scientific activity.

Reproductive health, genetic epidemiology, medical genetics.

1. Antipenko EN, Timchenko OI, Bezhenar AA et al. [Cytogenetic study of human bone marrow after a single local irradiation]. In: [Materials for the extended meeting of the Scientific Council on General and Medical Genetics of the Ministry of Health of the Ukrainian SSR, the Section of Medical Genetics of the Ukrainian Society of Genetics and Breeders, the Scientific Council on Problems of Cytology and Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR]. Kiev; 1971:31. Russian.

2. Antipenko EN, Timchenko OI. [On genetic effects of microwave electromagnetic fields of nonthermal intensities]. In: [Biological effect of electromagnetic fields: abstracts of reports of the All-Union Symposium]. Pushino; 1982:35-6. Russian.

3. Antipenko EN, Timchenko OI. [On the effect of thyroxine on the number of cells with aberant chromosomes in the liver of rats after X-ray and neutron irradiation]. Cytology and Genetics. 1983;17(4):19-22. Russian.

4. Antipenko EN, Timchenko OI. [On the use of the antelophase method of cytogenetic analysis of rat liver cells for the evaluation of mutagenic environmental pollutants]. In: [Test systems for assessing the mutagenic potential of environmental pollutants: abstracts of the report at the meeting of the section of the genetic aspects of the problem "Man and the Biosphere" MNTSGKNT USSR July 4-6, 1984]. 1984:9. Russian.

5. Antipenko EN, Timchenko OI, Chistyakova MB et al. [Influence of thyroxine on morphological and cytogenetic effects caused by nitrosodiethylamine in rat liver]. Experimental Oncology. 1987;2. Russian. 6.Antipenko EN, Timchenko OI. [Identification and evaluation of genetic effects of low-energy physical factors (on the example of noise)]. In: [Section of genetic aspects of the problem "Man and the biosphere" at the State Committee for Science and Technology of the USSR]. Kiev; 1988:117. Russian.

6. Antipenko EN, Timchenko OI. [Identification and evaluation of genetic effects of low-energy physical factors (on the example of noise)]. In: [Section of genetic aspects of the problem "Man and the biosphere" at the State Committee for Science and Technology of the USSR]. Kiev; 1988:117. Russian.

7. Antipenko EN, Timchenko OI, Fedorova AA. [Mechanisms of mutagenesis: cytogenetic significance of thyroid status disorders of various etiology]. In: [Ecological and genetic consequences of the impact of anthropogenic factors on the environment: abstracts of the reports of the II All-Union Coordination Meeting March 21-23, 1989]. Syktyvkar; 1989:27. Russian.

8. Antipenko EN, Timchenko OI, Koveshnikova I. [On the issue of possible mutagenic activity of environmental pollutants in somatic cells]. In: [All-Union Symposium - Scope and methods of genotoxic evaluation and side effects of biologically active substances: abstracts]. Leningrad; 8-9. Russian.

9. Piotrovych LM. [Optimization of the system of specialized medical assistance to the population in case of reproductive losses] [dissertation]. 2002. Ukrainian.

10. Pokanievych TM. [Risk factors for the formation of congenital malformations among newborns (according to the data of genetic monitoring of the population of the Kyiv region)] [dissertation]. 2003.

11. Pidhorna OV. [Features of the karyotype of married couples with reproductive disorders of various origins] [dissertation]. 2004. Ukrainian.

12. Halahan VO. [Medical genetic counseling in the population genetic monitoring system] [dissertation]. 2004. Ukrainian.

13. Lynchak OV. [The directionality of genetic and demographic processes in conditions of population depopulation] [dissertation]. 2010. Ukrainian.

14. Pomozhova NV. [Risk factors for the formation of genetically determined reproductive disorders] [dissertation]. 2009. Ukrainian.

15. Polka OO. [Congenital defects of the nervous system: prevalence among newborns, risk factors, prevention] [dissertation]. 2011. Ukrainian.

16. Pokanievych TM. [The medical burden of congenital pathology as one of the obstacles on the way to the sustainable development of the population's health] [dissertation]. 2013. Ukrainian.

17. Revenko OO. [Pathogenesis of complications of artificial termination of pregnancy, development of methods of their prevention and treatment in women of reproductive age (clinical-epidemiological study)] [dissertation]. 2013. Ukrainian.

18. Serdiuk AM, Tymchenko OI, Brezitska NV et al. [Gene pool and health: reproduction of the population of Ukraine]. Kyiv; 2006. 272 p. Ukrainian.

19. Tymchenko OI, Lynchak OV, Kurylo IO. [Gene pool and health: the importance of socio-economic factors in the occurrence of reproductive disorders among women of Ukraine]. Kyiv: Medinform; 2010. 150 p. Ukrainian.

20. Serdiuk AM, Tymchenko OI, Lynchak OV. [Gene pool and health: congenital malformations among newborns]. Kyiv: Medinform; 2012. 571 p. Ukrainian.

21. Tymchenko OI, Hoida NH, Matiukha LF et al. [Prevention of congenital pathology of spontaneous miscarriages and infertility within the framework of providing primary health care: methodological recommendations No. 81.14/292.14]. Kyiv; 2014. 46 p. Ukrainian.

Savina RV, Turos OI, Omelchenko EM, Polka OO. [Professor Olha Ivanivna Tymchenko and her scientific school]. Hygiene of Populated Places. 2023;73:3-8. Ukrainian.