Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
MUDr. Radovan Košturiak, 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
Košturiak
I.2 - Name
Radovan
I.3 - Degrees
MUDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1972
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Clinical Immunology and Medical Genetics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Kollárova 2, Martin
I.7 - Position
research assistant
I.8 - E-mail address
kosturiak1@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/78582
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Clinical Immunology and Allergy
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-6999-4336

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
general medicine
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
general medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
JLF UK Martin
II.b - Year
2017
II.c - Study field and programme
paediatrics
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
doctor Specialized Hospital for Respiratory Diseases in Poprad-Kvetnica, a non-profit organization 1997-2008
doctor Lučenec General Hospital and Outpatient Clinic, a non-profit organization 2008-2010
lekár Lekartin s.r.o, Nitra od 2010

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

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
Introduction to Pediatrics General Medicine I. General Medicine
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)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
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
Clinical Immunology and Allergy General Medicine II. General 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
32
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
24
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
6
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
66
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
50
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
66
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
50
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Jesenak M, Bobcakova A, Golebski K, Krohn IK, Seys SF, Rennerova Z, Durdik P, Tufvesson E, Markocsy A, Kosturiak R, Diamant Z. Airway epithelial barrier integrity: an emerging treatable trait in asthma management. Respir Med. 2026 Feb;252:108579. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2025.108579. Epub 2025 Dec 18. PMID: 41421562.Jesenak M, Bobcakova A, Golebski K, Krohn IK, Seys SF, Rennerova Z, Durdik P, Tufvesson E, Markocsy A, Kosturiak R, Diamant Z. Airway epithelial barrier integrity: an emerging treatable trait in asthma management. Respir Med. 2026 Feb;252:108579. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2025.108579. Epub 2025 Dec 18. PMID: 41421562.

2

Jesenak M, Jurkova EM, Bobcakova A, Hrubiskova K, Petrovicova O, Kapustova L, Kosturiak R, Dallos T, Markocsy A. Unexpectedly high prevalence of familial Mediterranean fever in Slovakia. Clin Exp Med. 2025 Apr 1;25(1):101. doi: 10.1007/s10238-025-01634-x. PMID: 40167786; PMCID: PMC11961489.

3

Terl M, Diamant Z, Kosturiak R, Jesenak M. Choosing the right biologic treatment for individual patients with severe asthma - Lessons learnt from Picasso. Respir Med. 2024 Nov-Dec;234:107766. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107766. Epub 2024 Aug 22. PMID: 39181277.

4

Jesenak M, Diamant Z, Simon D, Tufvesson E, Seys SF, Mukherjee M, Lacy P, Vijverberg S, Slisz T, Sediva A, Simon HU, Striz I, Plevkova J, Schwarze J, Kosturiak R, Alexis NE, Untersmayr E, Vasakova MK, Knol E, Koenderman L. Eosinophils-from cradle to grave: An EAACI task force paper on new molecular insights and clinical functions of eosinophils and the clinical effects of targeted eosinophil depletion. Allergy. 2023 Dec;78(12):3077-3102. doi: 10.1111/all.15884. Epub 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37702095.

5

 Vademékum očkovania proti Covid-19 [textový dokument (print)] [učebnica pre vysoké školy (do 2021)] : vysokoškolská učebnica pre pregraduálne a postgraduálne vzdelávanie / Jeseňák, Miloš [Autor, 33.334%] ; Urbančíková, Ingrid [Autor, 33.333%] ; Košturiak, Radovan [Autor, 33.333%] ; Krištúfková, Zuzana [Recenzent] ; Prokopová, Elena [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : A-medi management, 2021. – 187 s. [9 AH] [tlačená forma]. – ISBN 978-80-89797-63-9

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

Jesenak M, Bobcakova A, Golebski K, Krohn IK, Seys SF, Rennerova Z, Durdik P, Tufvesson E, Markocsy A, Kosturiak R, Diamant Z. Airway epithelial barrier integrity: an emerging treatable trait in asthma management. Respir Med. 2026 Feb;252:108579. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2025.108579. Epub 2025 Dec 18. PMID: 41421562.Jesenak M, Bobcakova A, Golebski K, Krohn IK, Seys SF, Rennerova Z, Durdik P, Tufvesson E, Markocsy A, Kosturiak R, Diamant Z. Airway epithelial barrier integrity: an emerging treatable trait in asthma management. Respir Med. 2026 Feb;252:108579. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2025.108579. Epub 2025 Dec 18. PMID: 41421562.

2

Jesenak M, Jurkova EM, Bobcakova A, Hrubiskova K, Petrovicova O, Kapustova L, Kosturiak R, Dallos T, Markocsy A. Unexpectedly high prevalence of familial Mediterranean fever in Slovakia. Clin Exp Med. 2025 Apr 1;25(1):101. doi: 10.1007/s10238-025-01634-x. PMID: 40167786; PMCID: PMC11961489.

3

Terl M, Diamant Z, Kosturiak R, Jesenak M. Choosing the right biologic treatment for individual patients with severe asthma - Lessons learnt from Picasso. Respir Med. 2024 Nov-Dec;234:107766. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107766. Epub 2024 Aug 22. PMID: 39181277.

4

Jesenak M, Diamant Z, Simon D, Tufvesson E, Seys SF, Mukherjee M, Lacy P, Vijverberg S, Slisz T, Sediva A, Simon HU, Striz I, Plevkova J, Schwarze J, Kosturiak R, Alexis NE, Untersmayr E, Vasakova MK, Knol E, Koenderman L. Eosinophils-from cradle to grave: An EAACI task force paper on new molecular insights and clinical functions of eosinophils and the clinical effects of targeted eosinophil depletion. Allergy. 2023 Dec;78(12):3077-3102. doi: 10.1111/all.15884. Epub 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37702095.

5

 Vademékum očkovania proti Covid-19 [textový dokument (print)] [učebnica pre vysoké školy (do 2021)] : vysokoškolská učebnica pre pregraduálne a postgraduálne vzdelávanie / Jeseňák, Miloš [Autor, 33.334%] ; Urbančíková, Ingrid [Autor, 33.333%] ; Košturiak, Radovan [Autor, 33.333%] ; Krištúfková, Zuzana [Recenzent] ; Prokopová, Elena [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : A-medi management, 2021. – 187 s. [9 AH] [tlačená forma]. – ISBN 978-80-89797-63-9

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

Jesenak M, Diamant Z, Simon D, Tufvesson E, Seys SF, Mukherjee M, Lacy P, Vijverberg S, Slisz T, Sediva A, Simon HU, Striz I, Plevkova J, Schwarze J, Kosturiak R, Alexis NE, Untersmayr E, Vasakova MK, Knol E, Koenderman L. Eosinophils-from cradle to grave: An EAACI task force paper on new molecular insights and clinical functions of eosinophils and the clinical effects of targeted eosinophil depletion. Allergy. 2023 Dec;78(12):3077-3102. doi: 10.1111/all.15884. Epub 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37702095.

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

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

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
2026-03-16