Ing. Lucia Bosáková, PhD., university associate professor

	Email:	lucia.bosakova@upjs.sk
	Homepage:	https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/lucia.bosakova
	Faculty:	LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
	Department:	UPZMV - Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology
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	ORCID ID:	0000-0001-8381-7064

Lucia Bosáková received her doctorate in Economics (University of Economics in Bratislava) and Health sciences (University of Groningen). She works as a senior researcher at the Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology (Faculty of Medicine, UPJŠ). Her research focuses on the socioeconomic determinants of health and socioeconomic inequalities in health. She is an expert in innovative methods in the research of social determinants of health (Concept mapping). She is a head of DIPEx Slovakia. She is also a member of the international and national HBSC network. She has participated in several national (APVV, VEGA) and international projects (H2020 RIVER; H2020 Euro-healthy, FP7 SOPHIE, etc.). She also cooperated with the WHO Europe on a study on the bottom up approach to employment of marginalized groups.

Higher education and further qualification growth

Second degree of higher education:

University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Business Economics in Košice, 2008, Economics and management

Third degree of higher education:

University of Economics in Bratislava / University of Groningen, 2012 / 2021, Economics and management / Health sciences

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Study programme: Public Health, study field: Public Health, III. degree
Profile courses
Scientific communication and research project management - Public health, 3. degree
Economics and management in healthcare - Public health, 2. degree
Selected publications
The international Family Affluence Scale (FAS): Charting 25 years of indicator development, evidence produced, and policy impact on adolescent health inequalities [elektronický zdroj] / Candace Currie ... [et al.]. - DIGARCHUPJS. In: SSM - Population Health. - ISSN 2352-8273. - Roč. 25, (2024), 101599, s. [1-8]
Bosakova L., Rosicova K., Filakovska Bobakova D., Rosic M., Dzurova D., Pikhart H., Lustigova M., Santana P.: Mortality in the Visegrad countries from the perspective of socioeconomic inequalities. International Journal of Public Health, 2019 Apr;64(3):365-376
How to improve the system of care for adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems from the perspective of care providers: a concept mapping approach [elektronický zdroj] / Lucia Bosakova, Zuzana Dankulincova Veselska, Daniela Filakovska Bobakova. In: Health research policy and systems. - ISSN 1478-4505. - Roč. 22, č. 1 (2024), Article number: 9, s. [1-12]
Svobodova I., Filakovska Bobakova D., Bosakova L., Dankulincova Veselska Z.: How to improve access to health care for Roma living in social exclusion: a concept mapping study. International Journal for Equity in Health 2021, 20, 61.
Association of socioeconomic disadvantage and ethnicity with perinatal neonatal, and infant mortality in Slovakia [elektronický zdroj] / Lucia Bosakova, Katarina Rosicova, Daniela Filakovska Bobakova. - DIGARCHUPJS. In: BMC Public Health. - ISSN 1471-2458. - Roč. 24, č. 1 (2024), article number 1142, s. [1-10]
Selected projects
HORIZON 2020 RIVER-EU H2020-SC1-BHC-2018-2020- Reducing Inequalities in Vaccine uptake in the European Region – Engaging Underserved communities – Better Health and care, economic growth and sustainable health systems
HORIZON 2020 EURO-HEALTHY 643398 - Shaping EUROpean policies to promote HEALTH equitY
7RP SOPHIE HEALTH-F3-2011-278173 - Evaluating the impact of structural policies on health inequalities and their social determinants and fostering change
APVV-15-0012 Psychosociálny vývin detí s emocionálnymi a behaviorálnymi problémami v systéme starostlivosti – longitudinálna štúdia
VEGA 1/0981/15 Trajektória detí a dospievajúcich s emocionálnymi a behaviorálnymi problémami v systéme sociálnej a zdravotníckej starostlivosti – longitudinálna štúdia
International mobilities and visits
University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, 26.01-31.01.2025, Erasmus
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania, 06.06.-10.06.2023, Erasmus
University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark, 01.10-05.10.2023, other
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 06-10.09.2021, Erasmus
University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, 26.1-1.2.2020, Erasmus
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 8.-22.11.2019, Erasmus
University of Iceland, School of Education, Reykjavík, Island, 15.-22.6.2019, iné
Concept Systems, Ithaca, NY, USA, 13.-19.4.2019, iné
WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice, Italy, 25.-27.4.2017, iné
Organisational activities
Principal investigator for Slovakia - DIPEx International, 2021-present
Member of the HBSC national team - HBSC - (Health Behaviour in School-aged children) (WHO), 2012-present
Member of the HBSC international team and HBSC Social Inequalities FG - HBSC - (Health Behaviour in School-aged children) (WHO), 2012-present
Member of the Scientific Council - University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Business Economics in Košice, 2013-2015
Member of the Dean's college - University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Business Economics in Košice, 2013-2015

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