Ass. Gjylije Sherifi was born on February 25, 1971, in Ballaban, municipality of Prishtina, where she completed her primary education at “Zenel Hajdini” school and secondary medical education at “Ali Sokoli” school in 1990.
In 1997, she graduated from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Prishtina in the field of Albanian Language and Literature.
In 2019, she completed her postgraduate studies at AAB College in Prishtina in the field of Health Management, earning the title Master of Arts (MA).
From 2001 to 2003, she obtained the title Trainer in Family Medicine, becoming certified as one of the first trainers in this field in Kosovo (Training of Trainers’ Course for Family Nurse Trainers).
In 2023, she completed her Bachelor studies at UBT College and earned the title Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Her professional career began at the “Mother Teresa” Humanitarian Association, at the Health Polyclinic in Prishtina, on March 30, 1992, as a nurse.
In 1996, she worked with UNICEF on a child vaccination programme in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo (IKSHPK).
In 1997, Nurse Gjylije was employed at the Main Family Medicine Center (QKMF) in Prishtina, where she worked as a nurse.
She has worked in the Home Care Unit, Pediatrics Unit, Occupational Medicine Unit, and has managed the Family Medicine Unit.
Currently, she works as a nurse in the Pediatrics Unit.
Since the academic year 2019/2020, Ass. Gjylije Sherifi has been part of the non-regular academic staff at AAB College, where she conducts practical training in the laboratory for first-year students in the subject “Fundamentals of Nursing” and for second-year students in the subject “Emergency Aid and Health Care in Special Conditions”.
She has participated in several international conferences and presented the research titled “Attitudes of Type 2 Diabetes Patients Regarding Lifestyle Modification”. Link
Since 2023, Ass. Sherifi has been a member of the Supervisory Council at OIK.
Ass. Sherifi lives in Prishtina, Kukësi Street.