Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. MUDr. Tibor Baška, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Baška
I.2 - Name
Tibor
I.3 - Degrees
Prof. M.D., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1969
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Public Health, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Malá Hora 11149/4B, 036 01 Martin, Slovenská republika
I.7 - Position
professor
I.8 - E-mail address
tibor.baska@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3589
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Public Health
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-3442-7470

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1993
II.c - Study field and programme
general medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1998
II.c - Study field and programme
epidemiology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
public health
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2020
II.c - Study field and programme
public health
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
assistant lecturer Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 1993-1996
lecturer Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 1996-2009
senior lecturer Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 2009-2020
professor Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 2020-until now

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
specialization in Public Health Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 2010
specialization in Health Management and Financing Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 2018

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Nutrition and Hygiene 2 Public Health I. Public Health
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases 2 Public Health I. Public Health
Epidemiology of Non-infectious Diseases Public Health I. Public Health
Emergent Situations in Communicable Diseases Public Health II. Public Health
Decision Making and Health Public Health II. Public Health
V.2 - 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
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Public Health I. Public Health
Public Health II. Public Health
Public Health III. Public Health
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Public Health Public Health
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
23
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
28
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
5
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Introduction into the Public Health Public Health I. Public Health
Biostatistics Public Health I. Public Health
Methodology in Epidemiology and Hygiene Public Health I. Public Health
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases 1 Public Health I. Public Health
Research in Public Health I Public Health I. Public Health
Preventive Occupational Medicine 1 Public Health I. Public Health
Disaster Medicine Public Health I. Public Health
Basics of Scientific Research Work Public Health I. Public Health
Public Health Counselling Public Health II. Public Health
Travel and Tropical Medicine 1 and 2 Public Health II. Public Health
International Public Health Public Health II. Public Health
Intervention Programmes in Public Health Public Health II. Public Health
Basics of Scientific and Research Work Public Health II. Public Health
Research in Public Health II. - 1, II.-2, II.-3 Public Health II. Public Health
Diploma Thesis Seminar Public Health II. Public Health

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
477
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
57
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
52
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
30
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1177
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
215
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
431
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
165
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
13
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Baška, Tibor - Sovinová, Hana - Neméth, Agnes - Przewozniak, Krysztof - Warren, Charles W. - Kavcová, Elena - GYTS Collaborative Group: Findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia -smoking initiation, prevalence of tobacco use and cessation

In: Sozial- und Preventivmedizin. - Roč. 51, č. 2 (2006). s. 110-115. - ISSN 0303-8408

IF (JCR) 2006=1,013

Citations (18)

2

Baška, Tibor - Straka, Štefan - Bašková, Martina [UKOLJ239] - Maďar, Rastislav: Economic rewarding of smoking cessation-facilitating drugs - a comparison of over-the-counter and prescribed nicotine replacement therapy

In: Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. - Roč. 5, č. 3 (2004), s. 487-491. - ISSN 1465-6566

Registered in: scopus

IF (JCR) 2005=1,823

Citations (9):

3

Baška, Tibor - Warren, Charles W. - Bašková, Martina - Jones, Nathan R.: Prevalence of youth cigarette smoking and selected social factors in 25 European countries: findings from the Global YouthTobacco Survey

In: International Journal of Public Health. - Roč. 54, č. 6 (2009), s. 439-445. - ISSN 1661-8556

Registered in: scopus

IF (JCR) 2009=1,333

Citations (50)

4

Baška, Tibor - Pudule, I. - Tilgale, N. - Warren, Charles W. - Lee, Juliette - Lea, Veronica - Jones, Nathan R.: Smoking tobacco in waterpipes among adolescents in Europe: the case of Latvia and Slovakia

In: Tobacco Control. - Roč. 17, č. 6 (2008), s. 432. - ISSN 0964-4563

IF (JCR) 2008=4,438 [2012-4.111]

Citations (20)

5

Hublet, Anne - Bendtsen, Pernille - Looze, Margaret E. de - Fotiou, Anastasios - Donelly, Peter - Vilhjalmsson, Runar - Baška, Tibor - Asvee, Katrin - Franelic, Iva P. - Gabhainn,Saoirse Nic - Bogt, Tom F. M. ter: Trends in the co-occurrence of tobacco and cannabis use in 15-year-olds from 2002 to 2010 in 28 countries of Europe and North America

In: European Journal of Public Health. - Roč. 25, suppl. 2 (2015), s. 73-75. - ISSN 1101-1262

Registered in: scopus

Registered in: wos

IF (JCR) 2015=2,751

Citations (33)

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Ochaba, Róbert - Baška, Tibor - Bašková, Martina: Alcohol use and its affordability in adolescents in Slovakia between 2010 and 2018 [elektronický dokument] : girls are less adherent to policy measures

In: International journal of environmental research and public health [elektronický dokument]. - Roč. 18, č. 10 (2021), s. [1-10], art. no. 5047 [online]. - ISSN (print) 1661-7827

URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/10/5047/htm

Registered in: scopus

Registered in: wos

SJR (SCOPUS) 2020=0,747

SNIP (SCOPUS) 2020=1,356

CiteScore (SCOPUS) 2020=3,40

IF (JCR) 2020=3,390

Kvartil Q:

wos-jcr -- Q2 [Environmental sciences] -- 2020

wos-jcr -- Q1 [Public, environmental & occupational health] -- 2020

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Health, toxicology and mutagenesis] -- 2020

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Pollution] -- 2020

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Public health, environmental and occupational health] – 2020

2

Štefanová, Eliška - Bakalár, Peter - Baška, Tibor: Eating-Disordered Behavior in Adolescents: Associations with Body Image, Body Composition and Physical Activity [elektronický dokument]

In: International journal of environmental research and public health [elektronický dokument]. - Roč. 17, č. 18 (2020), s. [1-9], art. no. 6665 [online]. - ISSN (print) 1661-7827

URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344227091_Eating-Disordered_Behavior_in_Adolescents_Associations_with_Body_Image_Body_Composition_and_Physical_Activity

Registered in: scopus

Registered in: wos

SJR (SCOPUS) 2020=0,747

SNIP (SCOPUS) 2020=1,356

CiteScore (SCOPUS) 2020=3,40

IF (JCR) 2020=3,390

Kvartil Q:

wos-jcr -- Q2 [Environmental sciences] -- 2020

wos-jcr -- Q1 [Public, environmental & occupational health] -- 2020

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Health, toxicology and mutagenesis] -- 2020

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Pollution] -- 2020

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Public health, environmental and occupational health] -- 2020

Citations (15)

3

Štefanová, Eliška - Baška, Tibor - Holubčíková, Jana - Timková, Silvia - Tatarková, Mária - Sovičová, Miroslava - Hudečková, Henrieta: Selected behavioural factors affecting oral health in schoolchildren : results from the health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC) Slovak study. In: International journal of environmental research and public health. - Roč. 17, č. 20 (2020), s. [1-11], art. no. 7516. - ISSN (print) 1661-7827

URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602590/

Registered in: scopus

Registered in: wos

SJR (SCOPUS) 2020=0,747

SNIP (SCOPUS) 2020=1,356

CiteScore (SCOPUS) 2020=3,40

IF (JCR) 2020=3,390

Kvartil Q:

wos-jcr -- Q2 [Environmental sciences] -- 2020

wos-jcr -- Q1 [Public, environmental & occupational health] -- 2020

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Health, toxicology and mutagenesis] -- 2020

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Pollution] -- 2020

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Public health, environmental and occupational health] -- 2020

Citations (7)

4

Baška, Tibor - Buck, S. - Straka, Ľubomír - Janík, Martin - Malinovská, Nora - Hudečková, Henrieta: Links between alcohol and external causes of deaths in males [elektronický dokument] : an autopsy study. In: Public Health [elektronický dokument]. - č. 204 (2022), s. 76-81 [print]. - ISSN (print) 0033-3506

Registrované v: SCO SCOPUS

Registrované v: MEDLINE

Registrované v: CCC Current Content Connect

Registrované v: WOS CC Web of Science Core Collection

Registrované v: SSCI Social Sciences Citation Index

Registrované v: SCIE Science Citation Index Expanded

SJR (SCOPUS) 2021=0.973

SNIP (SCOPUS) 2021=1.334

CiteScore (SCOPUS) 2021=4.5

IF (JCR) 2021=4.984

AIS (JCR) 2021=1.083

Kvartil Q:

wos-jcr -- Q1 [Public, environmental & occupational health] -- 2021

scimago-sjr -- Q1 [Medicine (miscellaneous)] -- 2021

scimago-sjr -- Q1 [Public health, environmental and occupational health] -- 2021

wos-ais -- Q2 [Public, environmental & occupational health] -- 2021

Ohlasy (1)

5

Charrier, Lorena - Bersia, Michela - Vieno, Alessio - Comoretto, Rosanna Irene - Štelemekas, Mindaugas - Nardone, Paola - Baška, Tibor - Dalmasso, Paola - Berchialla, Paola: Forecasting Frequent Alcohol Use among Adolescents in HBSC Countries [elektronický dokument] : a Bayesian Framework for Making Predictions. In: International journal of environmental research and public health [elektronický dokument]. - Roč. 19, č. 5 (2022), s. [1-14], art. no. 2737 [online]. - ISSN (print) 1661-7827

URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/5/2737/htm

Registrované v: SCO SCOPUS

Registrované v: WOS CC Web of Science Core Collection

Registrované v: CCC Current Content Connect

Registrované v: SCIE Science Citation Index Expanded

Registrované v: SSCI Social Sciences Citation Index

Registrované v: MEDLINE

SJR (SCOPUS) 2021=0,814

SNIP (SCOPUS) 2021=1,440

CiteScore (SCOPUS) 2021=4,50

IF (JCR) 2021=4,614

AIS (JCR) 2021=0.866

Nordic List Level (Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers) 2022=1

Kvartil Q:

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Health, toxicology and mutagenesis] -- 2022

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Pollution] -- 2022

scimago-sjr -- Q2 [Public health, environmental and occupational health] -- 2022

wos-jcr -- Q2 [Environmental sciences] -- 2021

wos-jcr -- Q1 [Public, environmental & occupational health] -- 2021

wos-ais -- Q2 [Public, environmental & occupational health] -- 2021

wos-ais -- Q2 [Environmental sciences] -- 2021

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Baška, Tibor - Sovinová, Hana - Neméth, Agnes - Przewozniak, Krysztof - Warren, Charles W. - Kavcová, Elena - GYTS Collaborative Group: Findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia -smoking initiation, prevalence of tobacco use and cessation. In: Sozial- und Preventivmedizin. - Roč. 51, č. 2 (2006). s. 110-115. - ISSN 0303-8408. IF (JCR) 2006=1,013; Ohlasy/Citations (18). Cited in: Nazarzadeh, M. - Bidel, Z. - Ayubi, E. - Bahrami, A. - Jafari, F. - Mohammadpoorasl, A. - Delpisheh, A. - Taremian, F.: Smoking status in Iranian ... In: Addictive Behaviors, roč. 38, č. 6, 2013, s. 2214-2218 - SCI ; SCOPUS

2

Baška, Tibor - Pudule, I. - Tilgale, N. - Warren, Charles W. - Lee, Juliette - Lea, Veronica - Jones, Nathan R.: Smoking tobacco in waterpipes among adolescents in Europe: the case of Latvia and Slovakia. In: Tobacco Control. - Roč. 17, č. 6 (2008), s. 432. - ISSN 0964-4563. IF (JCR) 2008=4,438 [2012-4.111]; Ohlasy/Citations (19) Cited in: 2009 Eissenberg, T. - Shihadeh, A.: Waterpipe Tobacco and Cigarette ... In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, roč. 37, č. 6, 2009, s. 518-523 - SCI ; SCOPUS

3

Baška, Tibor - Warren, Charles W. - Bašková, Martina - Jones, Nathan R.: Prevalence of youth cigarette smoking and selected social factors in 25 European countries: findings from the Global YouthTobacco Survey. In: International Journal of Public Health. - Roč. 54, č. 6 (2009), s. 439-445. - ISSN 1661-8556. Registrované v/Registered in: scopus; IF (JCR) 2009=1,333; Ohlasy/Citations (47). Cited in: 2016 Mazaba, M. L. - Siziya, S.: Prevalence and correlates for cigarette smoking among school-going adolescents: An international perspective from the global youth tobacco surveys. In: Smoking and Adolescence : International Public HealthExperiences. New York : Nova Publishers, 2016, S. 11-16 - SCOPUS

4

Hublet, Anne - Bendtsen, Pernille - Looze, Margaret E. de - Fotiou, Anastasios - Donelly, Peter - Vilhjalmsson, Runar - Baška, Tibor - Asvee, Katrin - Franelic, Iva P. - Gabhainn,Saoirse Nic - Bogt, Tom F. M. ter: Trends in the co-occurrence of tobacco and cannabis use in 15-year-olds from 2002 to 2010 in 28 countries of Europe and North America. In: European Journal of Public Health. - Roč. 25, suppl. 2 (2015), s. 73-75. - ISSN 1101-1262. Registrované v/Registered in: scopus, wos; IF (JCR) 2015=2,751; Ohlasy /Citations (30). Cited in: 2020 Herke, M. - Moor, I. - Winter, K. - Hoffmann, S. - Spallek, J. - Hilger-Kolb, J. - Pischke, C. - Dragano, N. - Novelli, A. - Richter, M.: BMJ Open, roč. 10, č. 12, 2020, čl. č. e038999 - SCI ; SCOPUS

5

Baška, Tibor - Madarasová Gecková, Andrea - Bašková, Martina - Krajčovič, Andrej: Decline in alcohol use among adolescents in Slovakia: a reason for optimism? In: Public Health. - Roč. 139 (2016), s. 203-208. - ISSN 0033-3506. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308050193_Decline_in_alcohol_use_among_adolescents_in_Slovakia_a_reason_for_optimism. Registrované v/Registered in: scopus, wos; IF (JCR) 2016=1,538; Ohlasy/Citations (7). Cited in: 2021 Roche, A. - Kostadinov, V. - Chapman, J. - McEntee, A.: Health Promotion Journal of Australia, roč. 32, č. S2, 2021, s. 248-255 - SCI ; SCOPUS

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Global Tobacco Surveillance System. An international program of WHO. Since 2002 until now national coordinator for Slovakia. In the frame of the program, WHO granted until now finantial support of 6 projects of epidemiological surveys.

2

Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC). An international project under the auspicies of WHO. Since 2009 member of both Slovak and International investigation teams. National coordinator is Prof. Andrea Madaraszová Gecková, PhD.

3

Projekt supported by Slovak Research and Development Agency

Identification number: APVV- 023-0355

Title: Public health significance of natural and anthropogenic determinants of human exposure to arsenic in water

Principal investigator: Mgr. Miroslava Sovičová, PhD.

4

Cross-border cooperation project Slovakia-Czechia INTERREG

Identification number: INTERREG SK-CZ/2023/4_Vzdeláv. NFP403401DYA6

Title: Increasing the level of undergraduate and postgraduate education in public health aspects of water contamination

Duration: 02/2025 – 01/2027

Principal investigator: Mgr. Miroslava Sovičová, PhD.

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the Academic Senate of the JFM CU Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava 2023-2027
member of the comittee Slovak Epidemiological and Vaccinological Society, Slovak Medical Association) 2021-
member of the Editorial Board International Journal of Public Health (ed. Frontiers, ISSN: 1661-8564) 2010-

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University Medical Center Groningen Groningen, Netherlands 25 June 2024 - 28 June 2024; 26 January 2025 - 27 January 2025 Member of the examination board at defences of PhD students, opponent of the dissertation theses at the academic public defences and a member of the ceremonial senate at the awarding of diplomas to PhD graduates.

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

World No Tobacco Day 2015 Award given by Director-General of the WHO in recognition of outstanding contribution to tobacco control; https://www.who.int/news/item/27-05-2015-world-no-tobacco-day-2015-awards---the-winners


On 11 April 2024 the Bronze Medal of Prof. MUDr. Juraj Červenka, CSc., for development of epidemiology of chronic non-communicable diseases given by the Slovak Epidemiological and Vaccinological Society


On 21 August 2024 the Medal of MUDr. Ivan Stodola for contribution to development of health educaton in population of the Slovak Republic given by the Chief Hygienist of the Slovak Republic and the President of the Slovak Society of Social Medicine


24 September 2024 the Silver Medal of the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine CU in Martin for contribution to dissemination of education and science


Date of last update
2025-01-30