I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Babál

I.2 - Name

Pavel

I.3 - Degrees

prof. MD. PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1955

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Institute of Pathological Anatomy of Faculty of Medicine and University hospital in Bratislava

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Sasinkova 4, 81372 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

head

I.8 - E-mail address

pavel.babal@fmed.uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3072?mode=full&do=filterForm-submit&name=Pavel&surname=Bab%C3%A1l&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

general medicine

I.11 - ORCID iD

orcid.org/0000-0001-8170-1850

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

Faculty of Medicine Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

1979

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

1988

II.c - Study field and programme

pathological anatomy and forensic medicine

II.4 - Associate professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine

II.b - Year

2000

II.c - Study field and programme

pathological anatomy and forensic medicine

II.5 - Professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine

II.b - Year

2005

II.c - Study field and programme

pathological anatomy and forensic medicine

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
asistent professor	Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Comenius University in Bratislava	1979 - 2000
associate professor	Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Comenius University in Bratislava	2000-2005
professor	Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Comenius University in Bratislava	2005 -
visiting professor	Department of Pathology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA	1990-1993; 1995-1999

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
course of Pedagogic minimum	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Pedagogická fakulta	1988
specialization in Pathological anatomy II.	Institute for education of physicians and pharmacyst	1988

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
Pathological anatomy	General medicine	II.	General medicina
Clinical Pathology	General medicine	II.	General Medicine
Pathological anatomy	Dental medicine	II.	Dental medicine
New methods in Pathology	Pathological anatomy and Forensic medicine	III.	General medicine
Pathological anatomy	Pathological anatomy	Specialization study (III.)	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.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure	V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Pathological anatomy and Forensic medicine	general medicine

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

> 50

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

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

734

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

106

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

3639

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

1355

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Babál, Pavel - Pindak, F. F. - Wells, D.J. - Gardner, W. A., ml. : Purification and characterization of a sialic acid-specific lectin from Trichomonas mobilensis In: Biochemical Journal. - Vol. 299, Part 2 (1994), s. 341-346

Babál, Pavel - Pecháňová, Oľga. - Bernátová, I. - Štvrtina, Svetoslav : Chronic inhibition of NO synthesis produces myocardial fibrosis and arterial media hyperplasia In: Histology and Histopathology. - Vol. 12, No. 3 (1997), s. 623-629

Babál, Pavel - Russell, L.C. : Sialic acid-specific lectin-mediated adhesion of Tritrichomonas foetus and Tritrichomonas mobilensis In: Journal of Parasitology. - Vol. 85, No. 1 (1999), s. 33-40

Babál, Pavel 50% - Milcheva, Rosica 40% - Petkova, Svetlozara 3% - Janega, Pavol 4% - Hurniková, Zuzana 3%: Apoptosis as the adaptation mechanism in survival of Trichinella spiralis in the host In: Parasitology Research. - Vol. 109, No. 4 (2011), s. 997-1002

Babál, Pavel - Janega, Pavol - Černá, Andrea - Kholová, Ivana - Brabencová, Eva : Neoplastic transformation of the thyroid gland is accompanied by changes in cellular sialylation Literatúra s.139-140 In: Acta Histochemica. - Vol. 108, No. 2 (2006), s. 133-140

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

Lapides, L; Klein, M; (...); Babál, P.: Uterine Natural Killer Cells in the Context of Implantation: Immunohistochemical Analysis of Endometrial Samples from Women with Habitual Abortion and Recurrent Implantation Failure. PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, Dec 2022, 71 , pp.S99-S105

Babal, P; Krivosikova, L; (...); Janega, P.: Intrauterine Fetal Demise After Uncomplicated COVID-19: What Can We Learn from the Case? Dec 2021, VIRUSES-BASEL, 13 (12)

Mosna, K; Janega, P; (...); Babal, P.: Complex changes of circadian proteins expression in inflammatory bowel disease. BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, 2021, 122 (4) , pp.235-241

Schwartz, DA; Avvad-Portari, E; Babal, P; (...); Zaigham, M.: Placental Tissue Destruction and Insufficiency From COVID-19 Causes Stillbirth and Neonatal Death From Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury. ARCHIVES OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Jun 2022, 146 (6) , pp.660-676

Mravec, B; Tibensky, M; (...); Babal, P.: E-Cigarettes and Cancer Risk.CANCER PREVENTION RESEARCH, Feb 2020, 13 (2) , pp.137-143

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

Babal, P; Pechanova, O; Bernatova, I; Stvrtina S.: Chronic inhibition of NO synthesis produces myocardial fibrosis and arterial media hyperplasia. HISTOLOGY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Pages: 623-629

cit. 74

cit. 132

Hlavacková, L; Janegová, A; (...); Babál, P.: Spice up the hypertension diet - curcumin and piperine prevent remodeling of aorta in experimental L-NAME induced hypertension. NUTRITION & METABOLISM, Oct 17 2011, 8

cit. 57

Babal, P; Janega, ; Cerna, A; Kholova, I; Brabencova, E.: Neoplastic transformation of the thyroid gland is accompanied by changes in cellular sialylation. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA Volume: 108 Issue: 2 Pages: 133-140

cit. 36

Cierna, Z; Mego, M; (...); Babal, P.: Prognostic value of programmed-death-1 receptor (PD-1) and its ligand 1 (PD-L1) in testicular germ cell tumors. ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY, Feb 2016, 27 (2) , pp.300-305

cit. 132

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

Genetic profile variability in urinary bladder carcinoma; implications for diagnostics and therapy

NextGenerationEU prostredníctvom Plánu obnovy a odolnosti SR v rámci projektu č. 09I03-03-V03-00046, principal investigator

Prognostic significance of inervation changes in prostate neoplasia. PRONERV.

VEGA 1/0684/21, principal investigator

Analysis of causes of death and optimalization of differential diagnostics in relation to SARS-CoV-2 infection in Slovak Republic.

PP-COVID20-0051, principal investigator

Irradiated Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering of Skin.

IAEA Research Contract No: 18282/R0, 2013-2019, principal investigator

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
vicedean	study afaires FM CU	2004-2008

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)
INSERM U92	Paris	1983-1984	study stay
University of South Alabama	Mobile, AL, USA	1990-1993	study stay
University of South Alabama	Mobile, AL, USA	1995-1999	visiting professor

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update

2025-04-09

Name and surname:	prof. MUDr. Pavel Babál, CSc.
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