Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
RNDr. Veronika Mešťanová, 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
Mešťanová
I.2 - Name
Veronika
I.3 - Degrees
M.A. M.Sc. Ph.D
I.4 - Year of birth
1986
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Histology and Embryology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
JFM UK, Malá Hora 4, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Assistant Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
veronika.mestanova@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25895
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
General Medicine, Denistry, Dental Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Public Health
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-7229-295X

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
FNS CU in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Biology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
FNS CU in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Anthropology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
JFM CU in Martin
II.b - Year
2017
II.c - Study field and programme
Medical, clinical and pharmaceutical biochemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Assistant professor JFM CU in Martin 2018 - present

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
Degree examination from english language, level C1-C2 English-slovak grammar school of M. Hodža in Sučany 2006
Beginner´s course in Molecular Diagnostics C-CMBC program of the IFCC Biomedical center Martin 2019
Moodle Testing CIT UK in Bratislave 2020
Understanding and extracting information from fluorescence microscopy using ImageJ Biomedical center Martin 2021
Questions import in Moodle CIT CU in Bratislava 2021
Artificial inteligence in education CIT UK in Bratislava 2024

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
Histology and Embryology 1 General Medicine I.+II. General Medicine
Histology and Embryology 2 General Medicine I.+II. General Medicine
Histology and Embryology for Dentistry 1 Dentistry, Dental Medicine I.+II. Dentistry, Dental Medicine
Histology and Embryology for Dentistry 2 Dentistry, Dental Medicine I.+II. Dentistry, Dental Medicine
Histology Nursing I. Nursing
Histology Public Health I. Public Health
Embryology Midwifery I. Midwifery
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.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.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
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
The Elements of Embryology General Medicine I.+II. General Medicine
The Elements of Embryology Dentistry, Dental Medicine I.+II. Dentistry, Dental Medicine

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
80
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
31
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
19
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
184
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
51
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
142
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
51
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
0
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Cingel, V. - Boháč, M. - Mešťanová, V. - Fedorová, L. - Varga, I.: Poland syndrome: from embryological basis to plastic surgery. In: Surgical and Radiological Anatomy. - 35, 8 (2013), 639-646. 

2

Varga, I. - Pospíšilová, V. - Mešťanová, V. - Gálfiová, P. - Polák, Š.: The thymus: picture review of human thymus prenatal development. In: Bratislava Medical Journal. - 112, 7 (2011), 368-376.

3

Varga, I. - Pospíšilová, V. - Mešťanová, V. - Šišovský, V.- Gálfiobá, P. - Polák, Š. - Adamkov, M.: Thymic Hassall´s bodies of children with congenital heart defects. In: Bratislava Medical Journal. - 111, 10 (2010), 552-557.

4

Mešťanová, V. - Šišovský, V. - Danišovič, Ľ. - Polák, Š. - Varga, I.: The normal human newborns thymus. In: Bratislava Medical Journal. - 114, 7 (2013), 402-408.

5

Varga, I. - Mešťanová, V. - Cingel, V. - Kubíková, E. - Dorko, F. - Polák, Š.: The first histological and immunohistochemical examination of thymus in a case of fetus in fetu. In: Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. - 192, 4 (2010), 232-236.

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

Krajňáková, B. - Výbohová, D. - Hurta Csizmár, S. - Mešťanová, V. - Adamkov, M.: Original paper Prognostic potential of PR MT5 and DSG 2 proteins in pre-malignant cervical lesions In: Polish Journal of Pathology. - 75, 2 (2024), (115-125).

2

Hurta Csizmár, S. – Výbohová, D. - Mešt’anová, V. – Krajňáková, B. – Kajo, K. - Kunertová, L. – Adamkov, M.: Original paper Expression of fascin in association with p16 and Ki-67 in cervical lesions: immunohistochemical study In: Polish Journal of Pathology. – 73, 3 (2022), 208-214.

3

Mazurakova, A. - Koklesova, L. - Samec, M. - Kudela, E. - Kajo, K. - Skuciova, V. - Csizmár, S.H. - Mestanova, V. - Pec, M. - Adamkov, M. - Al-Ishaq, R.K. - Smejkal, K. - Giordano, F.A. - Büsselberg, D. - Biringer, K. - Golubnitschaja, O. - Kubatka, P.: Anti-breast cancer effects of phytochemicals: primary, secondary, and tertiary care In: EPMA Journal. -13, 2 (2022), 315 – 334.

4

Mešťanová, V. - Varga, I. - Adamkov, M.: Impaired histomorphology might provoke cell cycle regulators alteration in thymus of children with various congenital heart defects. In: Medical Hypotheses. - 138 (2020), 1-9.

5

Samec, M. - Mazuráková, A. - Koklesová, L. - Mešťanová, V. - Franeková, M. - Kassayová, M. - Bojková, B. - Uramová, S. - Žúbor, P. - Janíková, K. - Danko, J. - Samuel, S.M. - Busselberg, D. - Kubatka, P.: Fluctuations of histone chemical modifications in breast, prostate and colorectal cancer: An implication of phytochemicals as defenders of chromatin equilibrium. In: Biomolecules. - 9, 12 (2019), 1-27.

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

Eich, G.F. - Kellenberger, C.J. - Willi, U.V.: Radiology of the chest wall. In: Pediatric Chest Imaging. Berlin: Springer, 2014, s. 431-458. / Cingel, V. - Boháč, M. - Mešťanová, V. - Fedorová, L. - Varga, I.: Poland syndrome: from embryological basis to plastic surgery. In: Surgical and Radiological Anatomy. - 35, 8 (2013), 639-646.  

2

Hall, J.G.: Muscle. In: Human Malformations and Related Anomalies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, s. 309-328. / Cingel, V. - Boháč, M. - Mešťanová, V. - Fedorová, L. - Varga, I.: Poland syndrome: from embryological basis to plastic surgery. In: Surgical and Radiological Anatomy. - 35, 8 (2013), 639-646. 

3

Vazimia, A. - Cohen, P.R.: In: American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. - 16,4 (2015), 295-301. / Cingel, V. - Boháč, M. - Mešťanová, V. - Fedorová, L. - Varga, I.: Poland syndrome: from embryological basis to plastic surgery. In: Surgical and Radiological Anatomy. - 35, 8 (2013), 639-646.           

4

Liu, C. - Lan, Y. - Liu, B. - Zhang, H. - Hu, H.: Trends in Immunology. - 42, 2 (2021), 165-175 / Varga, I. - Pospíšilová, V. - Mešťanová, V. - Gálfiová, P. - Polák, Š.: The thymus: picture review of human thymus prenatal development. In: Bratislava Medical Journal. - 112, 7 (2011), 368-376.                                

5

Ashrafizadeh, M. - Zarrabi, A. - Hashemipour, M. - Vosough, M. - Najfi, M. - Shahinozzsmsn, M. - Hushmandi, K. - Khan, H. - Mirzaei, H.: Pharmacological Research. - 160 (2020), 105199 / Samec, M. - Mazuráková, A. - Koklesová, L. - Mešťanová, V. - Franeková, M. - Kassayová, M. - Bojková, B. - Uramová, S. - Žúbor, P. - Janíková, K. - Danko, J. - Samuel, S.M. - Busselberg, D. - Kubatka, P.: Fluctuations of histone chemical modifications in breast, prostate and colorectal cancer: An implication of phytochemicals as defenders of chromatin equilibrium. In: Biomolecules. - 9, 12 (2019), 1-27.

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

Co-investigator - 313011X223: Research and development in the field of new technological solutions of medical equipment

2

Co-investigator - APVV-23-0428: The role of the vaginal microbiome and the immune system in the process of HPV-induced cervical carcinogenesis

3

Co-investigator - VEGA 1/0045/23: Herbal nutraceuticals in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer: myth or reality?

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
Membership in scientific society Slovak Anatomical Society 2019 - present
Membership in scientific society Slovak Medical Society 2019 - present
Membership in scientific society Medical Society in Martin 2019 - present

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

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-02-12