Output of the project: Magnetic nanoparticles for solving diagnostics - terapeutics problems with Covid-19 (NANOVIR)“ - kód ITMS2014+: 313011AUW7

Active participation in a foreign conference: 29. kongres Československé společnosti mikrobiologické s mezinárodní účastí 15. - 17. 9. 2022 Orea Congress Hotel Brno

Autors: Sulinová Z., Vilček Š., Nagy L., Kočíková B., Pavlová A., Jacková A., Zeleňáková A., Zeleňák V.

Title: Testing Iron Oxide Magnetic Particles Coated with Different Ligands for Viral RNA Isolation.

Participation of University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice and the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Košice

Sulinová, Z., Rimárová, K., Diabelková, J. The dependence of systolic and diastolic blood pressure on anthropometric paramaters in boys and girls. In: Book of abstracts from II. Autumn International Symposium of Health Sciences and International Conference of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation. - 2019. - ISBN 9788096974955. - p. 13-14.

Kočíková, B., Sulinová, Z., Pavlová, A., Jacková, A., Vilček, Š. Vývoj diagnostického UP-single-PCR testu na detekciu vírusu hepatitídy E s využitím univerzálnych primerov. Kongres Československé společnosti mikrobiologické (29. : 15.-17.09.2022 : Brno, Česko); In: 29. kongres Československé společnosti mikrobiologické s mezinárodní účastí, 28. Moravsko-slovenské mikrobiologické dny, 31. Tomáškovy dny mladých mikrobiologů : abstrakty - přednášky. - Brno : Československá společnost mikrobiologická, 2022. - ISBN 9788088379188. S. 73-73. - Spôsob prístupu: https://system.bpp.cz/upload/files/%C4%8CSSM%202022/Sborn%C3%ADk%20slou%C4%8Deno.pdf.

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Magnetic nanoparticles for solving diagnostics - terapeutics problems with Covid-19 / A. Zeleňáková et al.

Project (NANOVIR) ITMS 2014+:313011AUW7

In: 14 th International Conference on Physics of Advanced Materials : abstract book. - Iasi : International Complex Phenomena and Advanced Materials Society, 2022. - S. 79-81

online https://icpam.ro/main/wp-content/uploads/BoA-ICPAM14-webfriendly.pdf.

Project Title: The Impact of Noise on the Health of Children and Adolescents

Project Duration: 1 April 2024 – 31 December 2029 (the project is currently ongoing)

Project Type: Scientific Research Project

Grant Scheme: KEGA – Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic

Project Number: 001UPJŠ-4/2024

Title of the Parent Grant Project: E-learning Multimedia Centre for Monitoring the Effects of Environmental Factors on Human Health for Students of Medical and Health Sciences

Participating Institution: Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia

Principal Investigator: Prof. Kvetoslava Rimárová, MD, CSc.

Project Team:

- Prof. Kvetoslava Rimárová, MD, CSc. – Principal Investigator

- Jana Diabelková, PhD. – Assistant Professor

- Zlatana Sulinová, DVM, PhD. – Assistant Professor

Project Aim: To analyse the adverse effects of noise and its potential associations with the health of children and adolescents.

Research Design and Methodology: The research is currently being conducted using questionnaires and noise measurements in school facilities. The target population comprises pupils attending primary and secondary schools and students attending universities in Košice, aged 12–30 years. Participation in the study is voluntary. For underage participants, parental informed consent and approval from the relevant school management are required.

The research is being conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava. Data collection is anonymous, and the results are intended exclusively for scientific purposes.

Significance of the Project: The project contributes to expanding knowledge about noise as an environmental factor and may support the development of preventive measures aimed at protecting the health of children and adolescents in school environments.

My Role in the Project: Member of the research team at the Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, involved in the research project and authorised to access research data.

Name of the international project: Nanoparticles for solving diagnostic and therapeutic problems with COVID 19 (NANOVIR)

YEAR 2021-2022, OPII-VA/DP/2020/9.2-01, (ITMS code: 313011AUW7)

Operating program: Integrated infrastructure 2014-2020

Acronym: NANOVIR

Supported by the fund: European Regional Development Fund

Involved workplaces: Pavel Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Institute

of experimental physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Košice

Head of project: prof. Ing. Štefan Vilček

Co-investigators: MVDr. Zlatana Sulinová PhD., doc. MVDr. Anna Jacková PhD., MVDr. Alica Pavlová

Goals of the Project:

The NANOVIR will contribute increasing the participation of Slovak research institutions in international research projects aimed at combating pandemics caused by COVID-19 diseases in the form of bilateral support of international scientific cooperation with Aix-Marseille University, France. The subject of the research project is the solution of diagnostic and therapeutic problems of COVID-19 diseases with the use of magnetic nanoparticles.

My role:

Improve the quality of laboratory diagnostics of COVID-19 using new variations of silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles for isolation of viral RNA with subsequent detection by the RT-qPCR method together with effective quality control of smears.

Name of the project: E-learning innovation of teaching Hygiene and public health through online teaching scripts

YEAR 2019, VVGS-2019-1383

Grant scheme: IPEL's internal scientific grant system

Type of project according to the directive: UPJŠ project

Involved workplaces: Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Košice

Head of project: Mgr. Jana Diabelková, PhD.

Co-investigators: MVDr. Zlatana Sulinová PhD., Mgr. Andrea Bušová, PhD.

Goals of the Project:

The goal of the project was the creation, application and introduction of a new online teaching aid intended for the study of the subject Hygiene as part of undergraduate and postgraduate education at the Faculty of Medicine of the UPJŠ in Košice. These online the scripts are freely redistributable and present a list of the most important concepts, tutorials, definitions, parameters and abbreviations used in the field of public health. The terms given in the online scripts serve to teach prevention in public health and for teaching in the field of health promotion. Online scripts can also be used in the organization of research for diploma, doctorate and doctoral theses, and they can also be used in clinical studies, because they also contain concepts and abbreviations important in the creation of databases and in statistical evaluations. As part of undergraduate education, e-learning is an important pedagogical part of education in the field of "Public Health".

My role:

- preparation of basic materials and literature (Slovak, Czech and foreign)

- study of basic teaching materials and monographs dealing with the given issue

- searching for important Internet resources, especially on the WHO (World Health Organization) and CDC websites (Center for Disease Control), ÚVZ (Office of Public Health), EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), ILO (International Labor Organization), SHMÚ (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute), ŠVPS SR (State Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic)

- assisting the solver in compiling online scripts

- online availability of scripts for all study programs on the website of UPJŠ and MEFANET

Name of the project: Molecular genetic characterization of hepatitis E virus in food animals and risks for human population.

VEGA 1/0429/20, YEAR 2021-2022

Involved workplaces: University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice

Head of project: doc. MVDr. Anna Jacková PhD

Co-investigators: MVDr. Zlatana Sulinová PhD., MVDr. Alica Pavlova, RNDr. Božena Kočíková PhD.

My role:

- implementation of laboratory methodologies related to the solution of the given project: including nuclear extraction acids by various methods, PCR, RT-PCR, real-time RT-PCR, sequencing, phylogenetic analysis and interpretation results

- collection of biological material

- recording of results, standard documentation of results, their statistical evaluation and archiving

Name of the project: E-learning Multimedia Centre for Monitoring the Effects of Environmental Factors on Human Health for Students of Medical and Health Sciences

YEAR 2024–2026, KEGA Project No. 001UPJŠ-4/2024

Grant scheme: Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic (KEGA)

Type of project according to the directive: UPJŠ project

Involved workplaces: Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia; Institute of Public Health and Hygiene and other participating departments of the Faculty of Medicine

Head of project: Prof. MUDr. Kvetoslava Rimárová, CSc.

Co-investigators: Mgr. Jana Diabelková, PhD.; Mgr. Lívia Kaňuková; PhDr. Perla Ondová, PhD.; doc. PhDr. Viliam Knap, PhD., MHA, MPH; MVDr. Zlatana Sulinová, PhD.; Mgr. Marianna Kizeková, PhD.; Mgr. Erik Drabiščák, PhD.; PhDr. Gabriela Štefková, PhD.; PhDr. Mária Sováriová Soósová, PhD.; doc. PhDr. Mária Zamboriová, PhD.; prof. Mgr. MUDr. Erik Dorko, PhD., MPH, MBA.

Goals of the Project: The aim of the project is to modernise and improve theoretical and practical education for students of medical and health sciences through the development and implementation of an innovative e-learning multimedia centre for monitoring the effects of environmental factors on human health. The project focuses on identifying, measuring and evaluating selected environmental and lifestyle risk factors, including air and water quality, food, occupational and social environments, noise, vibration, temperature, radiation and other physical and chemical factors. It aims to develop students’ knowledge, practical skills and competencies in assessing environmental exposures, identifying relationships between risk factors and health outcomes, and evaluating their contribution to infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases.

An important objective is to integrate modern measurement methods, multimedia educational materials and online software applications into university teaching. The project also includes the development of self-assessment tools for evaluating individual risk factors, physiological and anthropometric parameters, and cardiovascular risk. These tools will support students in understanding the relationship between environmental exposures, lifestyle, health indicators and disease prevention. The planned outputs include electronic teaching materials, university textbooks and manuals, multimedia and printed educational resources, podcasts, videos and scientific publications. The project aims to strengthen preventive approaches, improve students’ practical competencies and contribute to the modernisation of medical and public health education.

My role:

- Participation in the implementation of the project activities at the Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.

- Contribution to the preparation and development of teaching materials related to environmental factors, their effects on human health and disease prevention.

- Support for the integration of project outputs into university teaching in hygiene, environmental health and public health.

- Participation in the development and use of educational methods for assessing environmental and lifestyle risk factors and their relationship to health indicators.

- Contribution to the preparation of educational and scientific outputs related to the project.

- Application of project outcomes in the education of medical and public health students, with an emphasis on health protection, health promotion and disease prevention.

Name of the project: Updating and Innovation of the Public Health Study Programme in the Field of Prevention of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases

YEAR 2024–2026, KEGA Project No. 003UPJŠ-4/2024

Grant scheme: Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic (KEGA)

Type of project according to the directive: UPJŠ project

Involved workplaces: Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia; Institute of Public Health and Hygiene and other participating departments and clinics of the Faculty of Medicine.

Head of project: Prof. Mgr. MUDr. Erik Dorko, PhD., MPH, MBA

Deputy Head of Project: Doc. MUDr. Kvetoslava Rimárová, CSc., mim. prof.

Co-investigators: Mgr. Jana Diabelková, PhD.; Mgr. Erik Drabiščák, PhD.; MVDr. Zlatana Sulinová, PhD.; doc. MUDr. Eva Feketeová, PhD.; MUDr. Róbert Čellár, PhD., MPH; MUDr. Aneta Bednářová, PhD.; MVDr. Martina Tejová; doc. MUDr. Silvia Timková, PhD.; and other members of the project team.

Goals of the Project: The project aims to update and innovate teaching in the Public Health study programme, with a particular focus on the prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases. Its main output is a university textbook providing comprehensive information on the incidence, aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of selected chronic non-communicable diseases.

The textbook focuses primarily on cardiovascular diseases, oncological diseases, diabetes mellitus, chronic respiratory diseases, and mental and neurological disorders. It also covers diseases of the urogenital and digestive systems, musculoskeletal disorders, and diseases of the oral cavity.

The project aims to incorporate the latest scientific knowledge and selected research findings of the project team into the teaching materials. It also promotes innovative teaching methods, including case-based and intervention-oriented discussions, educational videos, and field visits or visits to clinical workplaces.

The textbook and innovative teaching methods are intended primarily for Public Health students, while also supporting students of General Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Physiotherapy. The project seeks to strengthen students’ knowledge of epidemiology, population health assessment, health determinants and risk factors, and to improve their professional competencies in the prevention of chronic diseases and in the protection, promotion and development of public health.

My role in the project:

• As a member of the project team at the Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, my proposed contribution includes:
• Participation in the implementation of project activities focused on the prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases.
• Contribution to the preparation and development of educational materials related to public health, epidemiology and disease prevention.
• Support for the integration of current scientific knowledge and relevant research findings into teaching materials.
• Application of project outputs in university teaching, particularly in the field of Public Health.
• Participation in the dissemination of project outcomes through educational and scientific activities.

Project Title: The Impact of Noise on the Health of Children and Adolescents

Project Duration: 1 April 2024 – 31 December 2029 (the project is currently ongoing)

Project Type: Scientific Research Project

Grant Scheme: KEGA – Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic

Project Number: 001UPJŠ-4/2024

Title of the Parent Grant Project: E-learning Multimedia Centre for Monitoring the Effects of Environmental Factors on Human Health for Students of Medical and Health Sciences

Participating Institution: Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia

Principal Investigator: Prof. Kvetoslava Rimárová, MD, CSc.

Project Team:

- Prof. Kvetoslava Rimárová, MD, CSc. – Principal Investigator

- Jana Diabelková, PhD. – Assistant Professor

- Zlatana Sulinová, DVM, PhD. – Assistant Professor

Project Aim: To analyse the adverse effects of noise and its potential associations with the health of children and adolescents.

Research Design and Methodology: The research is currently being conducted using questionnaires and noise measurements in school facilities. The target population comprises pupils attending primary and secondary schools and students attending universities in Košice, aged 12–30 years. Participation in the study is voluntary. For underage participants, parental informed consent and approval from the relevant school management are required.

The research is being conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava. Data collection is anonymous, and the results are intended exclusively for scientific purposes.

Significance of the Project: The project contributes to expanding knowledge about noise as an environmental factor and may support the development of preventive measures aimed at protecting the health of children and adolescents in school environments.

My Role in the Project: Member of the research team at the Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, involved in the research project and authorised to access research data.