RNDr. Jozef Židzik, PhD.

	Email:	jozef.zidzik@upjs.sk
	Homepage:	https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/jozef.zidzik
	Faculty:	LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
	Department:	ULBL - Department of Medical Biology
	Office:	MA6O613
	Phone:	+421 55 234 3248
	ORCID ID:	0000-0002-9863-4217

Since 2018, a university teacher - assistant professor in the position of Deputy Head for Education at the Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ in Košice (UPJŠ FM DMB). In the period 2013-2018 he was employed as a research specialist and before (2005-2013) as a researcher at UPJŠ FM DMB. In 2013, he was awarded the Scientific Qualification Level IIa by the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Until July 2011, he worked as an expert in the SF EU OP VaV project (Network of centres of excellence for oncology, ITMS Project Code: 26220120024). He is the author or co-author of 33 scientific and professional publications indexed in WoS/Scopus, which have more than 500 WoS/Scopus citations. He is also a first author or co-author and editor of 5 academic textbooks and 3 textbooks, and a co-author of sample questions from biology for entrance exams for UPJŠ FM.

Higher education and further qualification growth

Second degree of higher education:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, 2001, Biology

Third degree of higher education:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2005, General Biology

Research /art/ teacher profile

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Profile courses
Biológia 1 (in slovak) - Všeobecné lekárstvo (in slovak), I.+II. degree
Biológia 2 (in slovak) - Všeobecné lekárstvo (in slovak), I.+II. degree
Lekárska a humánna biológia 1 (in slovak) - Zubné lekárstvo (in slovak), I.+II. degree
Lekárska a humánna biológia 2 (in slovak) - Zubné lekárstvo (in slovak), I.+II. degree
Biology 1 - General Medicine, I.+II. degree
Biology 2 - General Medicine, I.+II. degree
Medical and human Biology 1 - Dentistry, Dental Medicine, I.+II. degree
Medical and human Biology 2 - Dentistry, Dental Medicine, I.+II. degree
Metódy v genetike človeka a molekulovej biológii (in slovak) - Všeobecné lekárstvo (in slovak), I.+II. degree
Biológia a genetika (in slovak) - Laboratórne vyšetrovacie metódy v zdravotníctve (in slovak), I. degree
Selected publications
ADC - ZHOU K - SOONG Y - TKÁČ I - JAVORSKÝ M - ŽIDZIK J - et al.: Variation in the glucose transporter gene SLC2A2 is associated with glycemic response to metformin. In: Nature Genetics. - ISSN 1061-4036. - Vol. 48, no. 9 (2016), s. 1055 - 1061. IF=27.959, Q1 - SJR, Citations: 80
ADC - JAVORSKÝ M - GOTTHARDOVÁ I - KLIMČÁKOVÁ L - KVAPIL M - ŽIDZIK J - SCHRONER Z - DOUBRAVOVÁ P - GAĽA I - DRAVECKÁ I - TKÁČ I: A missense variant in GLP1R gene is associated with the glycaemic response to treatment with gliptins. In: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. - ISSN 1463-1326. - Vol. 18, no. 9 (2016), s. 941-944. IF:6.715, Q1 - SJR, Citations: 20
ADC - ZAHARENKO L - KALNINA I - GELDNERE K - KONRADE I - SOLVEIGA G - ŽIDZIK J - JAVORSKÝ M - LEJNIEKS A - NIKITINA-ZAKE L - FRIDMANIS D - PECULIS R - RADOVICA-SPALVINA I - HARTMANE D - PUGOVICS O - TKÁČ I - KLIMČÁKOVÁ L - PIGAGS V - KLOVINS J: Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the intergenic region between metformin transporter OCT2 and OCT3 coding genes are associated with short-term response to metformin monotherapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. In: European Journal of Endocrinology. - ISSN 0804-4643. - Vol. 175, no. 6 (2016), s. 531 - 540. IF=4.101, Q1 - SJR, Citations: 11
ADC - GOTTHARDOVÁ I - JAVORSKÝ M - KLIMČÁKOVÁ L - KVAPIL M - SCHRONER Z - KOZÁROVÁ M - KOZELOVÁ Z - ÜRGEOVÁ A - ŽIDZIK J - TKÁČ, I: KCNQ1 gene polymorphism is associated with glycaemic response to treatment with DPP-4 inhibitors. In: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. - ISSN 0168-8227. - Vol. 130 (2017), s. 142 - 147. IF=2.548, Q1 - SJR, Citations: 11
ADC - ÜRGEOVÁ A - JAVORSKÝ M - KLIMČÁKOVÁ L - ŽIDZIK J - ŠALAGOVIČ J - HUBÁČEK J - DOUBRAVOVÁ P - GOTTHARDOVÁ I - KVAPIL M - PELIKÁNOVÁ T - TKÁČ I - YALURI A: Genetic variants associated with glycemic response to treatment with dipeptidylpeptidase 4 inhibitors. In: Pharmacogenomics. - ISSN 1462-2416. - Roč. 21, č. 5 (2020), s. 317-323. IF=2.533, Q3 - SJR, Citations: 6
Selected projects
VEGA-1/0183/20: Monitoring of genomic and proteomic markers of atherosclerosis progression in limb and carotid arteries in type 2 diabetes. (2020-2023) Role: Co-Investigator. Principal Investigator: prof. MUDr. Ivan Tkáč, PhD.
MZ SR-2019/29-UPJŠ-1: Monitoring of the relationship of selected gene variants and proteomic markers in patients with psychiatric disorders as a contribution to their personalised treatment. (2019-2021) Role: Co-Investigator. Principal Investigator: MUDr. Miriam Kozárová, PhD.
APVV-16-0158: Obesity, sleep Apnoea, obesity-hypoventilation syndrome: effects of hypoxia on cardiovascular outcomes in obesity and associated respiratory diseases and their modulation by therapy (2017-2021) Role: Co-Investigator. Principal Investigator: MUDr. Pavol Joppa, PhD.
VEGA 1/0724/15: Novel genetic mutations in the etiopathogenesis of dystonias: their significance, prevalence and manifestation. (2015-2017) Role: Co-Investigator. Principal Investigator: RNDr. Viera Habalová, PhD.
International mobilities and visits
Department of environmental and Molecular Biology of the H.Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakov, Poľsko, 23. - 27.6.2002, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Human Monitoring for Genetic Effects, The Alex Hollaender Course by EMGS
UK, 2.LF, Ústav biológie a lékařské genetiky, Oddělení lékařské molekulární genetiky, V Úvalu 84, Praha 5 – Motol, 150 06, Česká Republika, 5.8. - 12.8.2012, Erasmus: ID kód SK KOSICE02
Department of Radiation and Environmental Biology of the H. Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakov, Poľsko, 25.6. – 6.7.2012, Vyžiadaná prezentácia a školenie
University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, Reykjavik, Iceland, 30.8. - 6.9.2023, Erasmus+
University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, Reykjavik, Iceland, 20. - 25.5.2024, EEA and Norway Grants

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Projects

- EU contract: QLK4-CT-2000-00091 - Effects of PAHs in environmental pollution on exogenous and endogenous DNA damage (EXPAH), 2001-2004

International collaboration

- Cancer Biomarkers and Prevention Group, University of Leicester, UK
- Laboratory of Genetic Ecotoxicology, Institute of Experimental Medicine of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Toxicology, National Center of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Nutrition, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Genetics Research Institute (ONLUS) Milan, Italy
- Department of environmental and Molecular Biology of the H.Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow, Poland

Other

- member of Network of centres of excellence for oncology (SEPO I)
- in 2013 and 2016 co-author of works included in the collection of most important scientific works of UPJŠ, FM in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences field of research
- first author or co-author and editor of 5 academic textbooks and 3 textbooks
- participation in the creation and tuition of the elective course "Methods in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology" for 2nd year students of UPJŠ FM

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Taught courses and supervised study programmes