Branka Aukst Margetić , doc.dr.sc. prim. dr. med. diplomirala je na Medicinskom fakultetu u Zagrebu 1991 godine. U Neuropsihijatrijskoj bolnici „ Dr. Ivan Barbot“ u Popovači započela je rad u psihijatriji 1992 godine. Psihijatriju je specijalizirala 2001. Od 2009-2017 godine je radila na Klinici za psihijatriju KBC Zagreb, a od 2017. nadalje radi na Klinici za psihijatriju KBC Sestre milosrdnice. Znanstveni magisterij obranila je 2006 godine, a doktorirala 2010 godine na Medicinskom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Docent je na Medicinskom fakultetu u Zagrebu te Hrvatskom katoličkom sveučilištu.
Subspecijalist je biologijske psihijatrije od 2008 godine te subspecijalist psihoterapije od 2019. Educirala se u području grupne analitičke psihoterapije kao i kognitivno- bihevioralne psihoterapije. Status znanstvenog savjetnika stekla je 2017 godine. Do sada je objavila preko stotinu recenziranih članaka od čega 74 u bazi podataka Current Contens, 14 poglavlja knjiga od kojih su većina sveučilišni udžbenici, te imala niz izlaganja na domaćim i inozemnim skupovima. Citirana je preko 1000 puta u Web of Science bazi podataka s h indeksom 17. Mentor je na nekoliko doktorata te diplomskih i završnih radova. Uključena u rad više domaćih i inozemnih znanstvenih projekata. Recenzent za vodeće svjetske znanstvene časopise. Član je uredničkih odbora časopisa Liječnički vjesnik, Archives of Psychiatry Research i Journal of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder & Treatment.

Branka Aukst Margetic, assistant professor, MD, graduated on Medical School in Zagreb, University of Zagreb in 1991. Her work in psychiatry started in Neuropsychiatric hospital “Dr Ivan Barbot” in 1992. She finished residency in psychiatry in 2001. and from 2009 - 2017. worked in Department of psychiatry University Hospital Center Zagreb and since 2017 in Department of psychiatry University Hospital Center „Sestre milosrdnice“. She completed the master thesis in 2006 and doctoral thesis in 2010 at Medical school University of Zagreb.
She is subspecialist in biological psychiatry and psychotherapy. She got the status of scientific adviser in 2017. She was engaged in psychotherapeutic educations in group analysis and cognitive behavioural therapy. So far, she authored over hundred scientific articles, 71 of them indexed in Current contents data base, wrote 14 book chapters, most of them university textbooks, and had numerous presentations on domestic and international congresses. She is cited oved 1000 times in Web of science database with h index of 16. She is assistant professor in Medical School University of Zagreb and Department of nursing at Croatian Catholic University. She was mentor on a doctoral and many graduation theses, worked on several international and domestic scientific projects and works as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. She is member of the editorial bords of Liječnički vjesnik, Archives of Psychiatry Research and Journal of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder & Treatment.