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Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Scientific Secretary
doc. RNDr. Monika Barteková, PhD.
Education and qualification:
1991-1996 Faculty of Natural Sciences,Comenius University Bratislava (Master in Biochemistry)

Scientific and academic degrees:
2005 - PhD in Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
2018 - Associated Professor in Normal and Pathological Physiology - Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava

Present affiliation:
2018-present: Centre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, SAS, Bratislava
Current position: Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
1996-2017: Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Bratislava
2011-present: Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava
Current position: Associated professor

Major board appointments:
2021- : member of the Assembly of SAS
2021- : member of the committee no. 9 for Medical Sciences of the VEGA grant agency
2018-present: Vice-chair of Scientific Board of Centre of Experimental Medicine, SAS
2014-2017: Member of Scientific Board of Institute for Heart Research, SAS
2015-present: Member of Editorial Board, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
2015-present: Member of Editorial Board, CV Network of IACS
2015-present: Council member - International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences-European Section

Awards:
2014-“Distinguished Service Award in Cardiovascular Science, Medicine and Surgery” by International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Winnipeg, Canada

Scientific activities:
- Ischemia-reperfusion injury of the heart, myocardial infarction, markers of injury, potential therapies
- Endogenous and exogenous cardioprotection
- Molecular mechanisms involved in cardiac stress situations and cardioprotection

Teaching and supervising activities:
- Lectures and practical courses on Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University
- Supervising 4 PhD. students and 11 pre-graduate students

Scholarships and study and research stays:
Experimental Kardiologie, Max-Planck Institut, Bad Nauheim, Germany (1997)
Experimental Cardiology, St. Boniface Research Center, Winnipeg, Canada (2015)

Scientometric data:
Number of papers in journals with IF: 53
Number of papers in other journals: 18
Number of book chapters: 5
Number of school textbooks: 1
Number of independent citations: over 1500
Hirsch-Index (Scopus): 22