prof. MVDr. Monika Halánová, PhD.

	Email:	monika.halanova@upjs.sk
	Homepage:	https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/monika.halanova
	Faculty:	LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
	Department:	UE - Department of Epidemiology
	Office:	MB7O23
	Phone:	+421 55 234 3374
	ORCID ID:	0000-0002-9011-2238

Prof. MVDr. Monika Halánová, PhD. is a professor of Epidemiology and concurrenlty the Head of the Department of Epidemiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice At present, she also works in the position of Vice-Dean for Grants, Development and International Relations at this Faculty. In addition to teaching activities, in research activities she focus mainly on the issue of infectious and opportunistic diseases. She completed study stays in several laboratories focused on the diagnosis of infectious and parasitic diseases. She participates in the design and preparation of curricula for medical students in the field of Epidemiology and Public health. She is the Person Responsible for the Study Program and Chairwoman of the PhD study program - Epidemiology in the field of study General Medicine and a member of another 4 committees of PhD study. She was, or is, a tutor of 9 students (4 successfully completed their studies) and a consultant of 3 students.She has a significant share in the solution of grant projects (especially VEGA, KEGA, but also APVV, Horizon 2020, EU projects) focusing mainly on epidemiology and of infectious diseases, to this time is a researcher of 28 scientific and research projects in position as principal investigator, deputy principal investigator, or scientific co-worker. In 2020, she started works as national coordinator of the project “DisCoVery within EU-RESPONSE” financed from the European Union program for research and innovation Horizon 2020. She was also head of the working group for Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, which is participating in the preparation of a new international study program, MSc. in Migrant Health: Addressing New Challenges in Europe. She is the author or co-author of more than 400 original scientific (80 in CC, WoS or Scopus) and professional papers published in foreign and domestic journals, textbooks, books and monographs, which have been cited more than 590 times (HI = 14, according to the Web of Science). She is the head of the accredited laboratory for COVID-19 diagnostics.

Higher education and further qualification growth

Second degree of higher education:

University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice, 1995, General Veterinary Medicine

Third degree of higher education:

University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice, 1999, Infectious and invasive diseases

Associate professor:

Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2008, Epidemiology

Professor:

Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2019, Epidemiology

Research /art/ teacher profile

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Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
Study programme: Epidemiology, study field: Všeobecné lekárstvo/General Medicine, III. degree
Profile courses
Epidemiology - General Medicine, I. + II. degree
Hygiene and epidemiology - Dental Medicine, I. + II. degree
Epidemiology - Laboratory investigation methods, I. degree
Epidemiology of infectious diseases - Epidemiology, III. degree
Epidemiology - selected chapters - Public Health, III. degree
Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure: Epidemiology, study field to which it is assigned: General Medicine
Selected publications
TROSEID, Marius - ARRIBAS, Jose R - ASSOUMOU, Lambert - HOLTEN, Aleksander Rygh - POISSY, Julien - TERZIC, Vida - MAZZAFERRI, Fulvia - BANO, Jesus Rodriguez - EUSTACE, Joe - HITES, Maya - JOANNIDIS, Michael - PAIVA, Jose-Artur- REUTER, Jean - PUNTMANN, Isabel - PATRICK-BROWN, Thale D J H - WESTERHEIM, Elin - NEZVALOVA-HENRIKSEN, Katerina - BENIGUEL, Lydie - DAHL, Tuva Borresdatter - BOUSCAMBERT, Maude - HALÁNOVÁ, Monika - PETERFI, Zoltan - TSIODRAS, Sotirios - REZEK, Michael - BRIEL, Matthias: Efficacy and safety of baricitinib in hospitalized adults with severe or critical COVID-19 (Bari-SolidAct): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. In: Critical Care : the official journal of the Critical Care Forum. - ISSN 1364-8535. Roč. 27, č. 1 (2023), art. no. 9, s. [1-15]. Q1
PETRÍKOVÁ, Katarína - HALÁNOVÁ, Monika - BABINSKÁ, Ingrid - LOGOIDA, Mariia - KALIARIKOVÁ, Karin - JARČUŠKA, Peter - DRAŽILOVÁ, Sylvia - SOBOLOVÁ, Vladimíra - JANIČKO, Martin: Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana Infection and Impact of Related Risk Factors in People from Eastern Slovakia. Pathogens. - ISSN 2076-0817. - Roč. 10, č. 10 (2021), art. no. 1261, s. 1-9. Q2
HATALOVÁ, E - VALENČÁKOVÁ, A - LUPTÁKOVÁ, L - ŠPALKOVÁ, M - HALÁNOVÁ, M - BEDNÁROVÁ, V - GABZDILOVÁ, J - DEDINSKÁ, K - ONDRISKA, F - BOLDIŠ, V - KALINOVÁ, J: The first report of animal genotypes of Cryptosporidium parvum in immunosuppressed and immunocompetent humans in Slovakia. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. - ISSN 1865-1682. - Roč. 66, č. 1 (2019), s. 243-249. Q1
LOGOIDA, Mariia - KRISTIAN, Pavol - SCHREIBEROVÁ, Andrea - LENÁRTOVÁ, Patrícia Denisa - BEDNÁROVÁ, Veronika - HATALOVÁ, Elena - HOCKICKOVÁ, Ivana - DRAŽILOVÁ, Sylvia - JARČUŠKA, Peter - JANIČKO, Martin - PORHINČÁK, Štefan - HALÁNOVÁ, Monika: Comparison of two diagnostic methods for the detection of Hepatitis B virus genotypes in the Slovak Republic. Pathogens. - ISSN 2076-0817. - Roč. 11, č. 1 (2022), art. no. 20, s. 1-14. Q2
HATALOVÁ, Elena - GUMAN, Tomáš - BEDNÁROVÁ, Veronika - TURČOK ŠIMOVÁ, Vladimíra - LOGOIDA, Mariia - HALÁNOVÁ, Monika: Occurrence of cryptosporidium parvum IIaA17G1R1 in hospitalized hemato-oncological patients in Slovakia. Parasitology Research - ISSN 1432-1955. - Roč. 121, č. 1 (2022), s. 471-476. Q1
Selected projects
HORIZONT 2020: EU Response (European Research and Preparedness Network for Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases). Years of implementation: 07/2020 - 06/2025 Position: Slovak coordinating investigator
Project OP Integrated Infrastructure "Analysis of cardiovascular and immunological response of patients after overcoming COVID-19 with a focus on research of new diagnostic markers and therapeutic agents". Years of implementation: 01/2021 - 06/2023. Positon: Head of activity
APVV PP-COVID-20-0064: Prevalence study of SARS-CoV-2 collective immunity in the population of eastern Slovakia. Years of implementation: 7/2020 - 12/2021 Position: principal investigator
APVV-15-0134: Genetic diversity of selected medically important emerging and reemerging pathogens with zoonotic potential" Years of implementation: 2016 - 2019 Position: principal investigator
VEGA MŠVVaŠ SR 1/0084/18: "Genetic analysis of selected emerging and re-emerging pathogens with zoonotic potential in animals and humans" Years of implementation: 2018 - 2021 Position: principal investigator
Organisational activities
Chairman of the Commission for PhD Studies in the field Epidemiology - Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2016 -
Member of Scientific Board - Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Košice, 2018 -
Vice-Dean for Grants, Development and International Relations - Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Košice, Faculty Board, 2018 -2023
Member of the Commission for PhD Studies in the field Public Health - Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Košice, 2010 -
Member of the Commission for PhD Studies in the field Infectious and parasitic diseases of animals - University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, 2016 -
Member of Scientific Board - University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Scientific Board, 2022 -
Vice-Rector for academic Qualifications and PhD Studies - Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Košice,, 2023 -
Member of Scientific Board - Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Košice, Scientific Board, 2023 -
Member of Board for Science, Technology and Arts at the Board of Universities of the Slovak Republic - Board of Universities of the Slovak Republic, 2023 -

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Awards

Award of the Mayor of Košice - for special contribution to the development of the field of Epidemiology, for research in the field of epidemiology and for pedagogical activities at the Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (2021)
Stanislav Prowázek Medal - for many years of scientific research work in the field of zoonotic and opportunistic infectious diseases (2016)
Best Teacher of the Faculty of Medicine UPJŠ (2010)

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