I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Babjakova

I.2 - Name

Jana

I.3 - Degrees

MD., PhD., MPH

I.4 - Year of birth

1971

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Institute of Hygiene

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Moskovská 3, 813 72 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

Assistant professor

I.8 - E-mail address

jana.babjakova@fmed.uniba.sk

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

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5880

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

hygiene

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0003-1491-0067

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

1995

II.c - Study field and programme

General medicine

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Slovak Medical University

II.b - Year

2010

II.c - Study field and programme

Public health

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
Physician	Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Slovak Medical University (including rotation at the 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Bratislava)	1995 - 2005
Junior scientist, PhD student	Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University	2005 - 2011
Assistant Professor	Institute of Hygiene / Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava	2011 - 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
Erasmus +, Staff mobility for Training, Global Health course	Uppsala University, Sweeden	2024
Erasmus +, Staff mobility for Training, Innovative Methodologies for Teaching & Learning	English Matters, Dublin, Ireland	2023
COST Action CA20104: Network on Evidence-based Physical Activity in old age, PHYSAGENET	Riga University, Latvia	2023
4th EVBRES online Training School „Using the Evidence-Based Research approach to justify and design a new study and to interpret results from a new study”, 3rd EVBRES online Training School, Evidence-Based Research– “Identifying a need for new research study”, 2nd EVBRES online Training School, „How to justify and design a new research study, and place new results in the context of existing evidence”, 1st. Training school on Evidence-based Research	University Tartu, Estonia, online	2021, 2019
Erasmus +, Staff mobility for Training, Course: Research Methods	Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Department of Hygiene and Dietetics	2020
FENS (Federation of European Nutritional Societies) Summer schools "Translating Scientific Findings into Nutritional Recommendations", “Scientific basis for FBDGs – new challenges”, Serbian Nutrition Society	University of Belgrade, Serbia	2019, 2018
Nutrition Winter School 2018. Breaking barriers: Gut, brain, bugs- and beyond	University of Helsinki, Levi, Finland	2018
Master of Public Health	Slovak Medical University	2O11
Good clinical practice, clinical trials of drugs - certified method	Slovak Medical University	2006
1 st. board exam - Specialisation in Internal medicine	Slovak Medical University	2001

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
Hygiene	General Medicine	I.+II.	General Medicine
Hygiene	Dentistry	I.+II.	Dentistry
Compulsory optional subject - Nutrition in the prevention of diseases	General Medicine	I.+II.	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)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

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

220

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

110

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

VI.1.a - Overall

23 WOS, 24 SCOPUS

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

15 WOS, 14 SCOPUS

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

VI.1.a - Overall

130

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

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

VI.1.a - Overall

91 WOS, 41 SCOPUS

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

79 WOS, 37 SCOPUS

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

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

Ciolac EG, Babjakova J, de Abreu RM, Mao SJ, Qian G, Teixeira do Amaral V, Wrzesinski B, Ferron AJT, Ossowski Z, Francisqueti-Ferron FV, Yeniğün SC, Fernandes B, Rodrigues LM, Gabulova R; PhysAgeNet (Network on Evidence-Based Physical Activity in Old Age). Role of sex and training characteristics on exercise effects on cardiovascular aging: protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized trials. Syst Rev. 2024 Sep 14;13(1):234. doi: 10.1186/s13643-024-02644-8. PMID: 39277764; PMCID: PMC11401294.

IF: (JCR 2023) = 6.3

Jusko TA, Oktapodas M, Palkovičová Murinová L, Babinská K, Babjaková J, Verner MA, DeWitt JC, Thevenet-Morrison K, Čonka K, Drobná B, Chovancová J, Thurston SW, Lawrence BP, Dozier AM, Järvinen KM, Patayová H, Trnovec T, Legler J, Hertz-Picciotto I, Lamoree MH. Demographic, Reproductive, and Dietary Determinants of Perfluorooctane Sulfonic (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Concentrations in Human Colostrum. Environ Sci Technol. 2016 Jul 5;50(13):7152-62. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00195. Epub 2016 Jun 14. PMID: 27244128; PMCID: PMC5256678.

IF (JCR) 2016= 6.198

Soldán M, Argalášová Ľ, Hadvinová L, Galileo B, Babjaková J. The effect of dietary types on gut microbiota composition and development of non-communicable diseases: a narrative review. Nutrients. 2024; Roč. 16, č. 18, art. no. 3134: s. 1-16.

IF (JCR) = 4.8

Regecova V, Jurkovicova J, Babjakova J, Bernatova I. The Effect of a Single Dose of Dark Chocolate on Cardiovascular Parameters and Their Reactivity to Mental Stress. J Am Coll Nutr. 2020 Jul;39(5):414-421. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2019.1662341. Epub 2019 Sep 17. PMID: 31526307.

IF (JCR) 2020=3.175

Sevcikova L, Babjakova J, Jurkovicova J, Samohyl M, Stefanikova Z, Machacova E, Vondrova D, Janekova E, Hirosova K, Filova A, Weitzman M, Argalasova L. Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Relation to Behavioral, Emotional, Social and Health Indicators of Slovak School Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jun 30;15(7):1374. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071374. PMID: 29966330; PMCID: PMC6069436.

IF (JCR) 2018=2.468

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

Babjaková J, Rimárová K, Weitzman M, Bušová M, Jurkovičová J, Dorko E, Argalášová Ľ. E-cigarette use, opinion about harmfulness and addiction among university students in Bratislava, Slovakia. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2022 Jun;30(Supplement):S50-S56. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a7240. PMID: 35841226.

Babjakova J, Vondrova D, Jurkovicova J, Samohyl M, Filova A, Janko Z, Stefanikova Z, Hirosova K, Weitzman M, Argalasova L. Risk behavioral survey in the sample of Slovak adolescents. Bratisl Lek Listy. 2019;120(12):899-907. doi: 10.4149/BLL_2019_151. PMID: 31855048.

Bušová M, Bencko V, Kromerová K, Nadjo I, Babjaková J. Occurrence of acrylamide in selected food products. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2020 Dec;28(4):320-324. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a6430. PMID: 33338370.

Lamberti N, Manfredini F, Babjaková J, Gallè F, Medijainen K, Karatzaferi C, Pavlova I, Netz Y, López-Soto PJ. Effect of physical activity interventions on quality of life in older adults: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Dec 2;101(48):e31801. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000031801. PMID: 36482570; PMCID: PMC9726368.

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

Soldán M, Argalášová Ľ, Hadvinová L, Galileo B, Babjaková J. The effect of dietary types on gut microbiota composition and development of non-communicable diseases: a narrative review. Nutrients. 2024; Roč. 16, č. 18, art. no. 3134: s. 1-16. (IF = 4,8; Q1)

In:

Hassib L, Kanashiro A, Pedrazzi JFC, Vercesi BF, Higa S, Arruda I, Soares Y, de Jesus de Souza A, Alceu Afonso Jordao, Guimaraes FS, Ferreira FR. Should we consider microbiota-based interventions as a novel therapeutic strategy for schizophrenia? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health. 2025; roč. 43.

Jovandaric MZ, Jovanović K, Raus M, et al. The Significance of Plant Nutrition in the Creation of the Intestinal Microbiota-Prevention of Chronic Diseases: A Narrative Review. Medicina (Kaunas). 2024;60(12):1969.

Biennier S, Fontaine M, Duquenoy A, Schwintner C, Doré J, Corvaia N. Narrative Review: Advancing Dysbiosis Treatment in Onco-Hematology with Microbiome-Based Therapeutic Approach. Microorganisms. 2024; 12(11):2256.

Jusko TA, Oktapodas M, Palkovičová Murinová L, Babinská K, Babjaková J, Verner MA, DeWitt JC, Thevenet-Morrison K, Čonka K, Drobná B, Chovancová J, Thurston SW, Lawrence BP, Dozier AM, Järvinen KM, Patayová H, Trnovec T, Legler J, Hertz-Picciotto I, Lamoree MH. Demographic, Reproductive, and Dietary Determinants of Perfluorooctane Sulfonic (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Concentrations in Human Colostrum. Environ Sci Technol. 2016 Jul 5;50(13):7152-62. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00195. Epub 2016 Jun 14. PMID: 27244128; PMCID: PMC5256678.

In:Ye B, Wang J, Zhou L, Yu X, Sui Q. Perfluoroalkyl acid precursors in agricultural soil-plant systems: Occurrence, uptake, and biotransformation. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Feb 20;912:168974. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168974. Epub 2023 Nov 28. PMID: 38036134.

Lamberti N, Manfredini F, Babjaková J, Gallè F, Medijainen K, Karatzaferi C, Pavlova I, Netz Y, López-Soto PJ. Effect of physical activity interventions on quality of life in older adults: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Dec 2;101(48):e31801. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000031801. PMID: 36482570; PMCID: PMC9726368.

In: Liu C, Luo Q, Luo D, Zhou Y, Feng X, Wang Z, Xiao J, Bi Q, Smith GD. Correction: Quality of life profiles and its association with predictors amongst Chinese older adults in nursing homes: a latent profile analysis. BMC Geriatr. 2024 Jan 2;24(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04496-8. Erratum for: BMC Geriatr. 2023 Nov 14;23(1):740. PMID: 38166577; PMCID: PMC10763011.

In:Žilić S, Nikolić V, Mogol BA, Hamzalıoğlu A, Taş NG, Kocadağlı T, Simić M, Gökmen V. Acrylamide in Corn-Based Thermally Processed Foods: A Review. J Agric Food Chem. 2022 Apr 13;70(14):4165-4181. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c07249. Epub 2022 Mar 31. PMID: 35357820; PMCID: PMC9011392.

In: Sperkowska B, Murawska J, Przybylska A, Gackowski M, Kruszewski S, Durmowicz M, Rutkowska D. Cardiovascular Effects of Chocolate and Wine-Narrative Review. Nutrients. 2021 Nov 26;13(12):4269. doi: 10.3390/nu13124269. PMID: 34959821; PMCID: PMC8704773.

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

COST Action: CA23133 - Large-scale Interdisciplinary Alliance on Nature-based SoLutions and Health:Indicators, InequalitY and Innovation

-member of the Management Committee, representative of Slovakia and member of working groups (2024-2028)

COST Action CA 20104, Network on Evidence-based Physical Activity in Old Age (PhysAgeNet)

- member of the Management Committee, representative of Slovakia and member of working groups (2021- 2025)

COST Action CA 17117, Towards on International Network for Evidence-based Research in Clinical Health Research (EVBRES) (2019-2023) - member of the Management Committee, representative of Slovakia and member of working groups

Teaching Evidence-Based Research- a Focus on Ambient Assisted Living, BIN BF02_2021_004,

Norwegian Financial Mechanism (Jan-Jun 2023)

Creation of new and innovative procedures for prevention and their introduction into medical practice, 031-Odporucania-pre-stravovanie-a-vyzivu-u-dospelych (4).pdf , file:///C:/Users/HP/Downloads/ 2-Recommendations-pre-feeding-and-feeding-for-adults-special-cast_GK-OK%20(1).pdf. MZSR (2019-2023)

MPH Study Programme Development at Comenius University in Bratislava in English Language (ITMS code: 26140230009, OPV-2012/4.2/04-SORO) (2013-2015) https://sites.google.com/site/mphprojekt/cesty

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, scientific secretary	Society of hygienists SMS	2011-until now
Member of the organizing committee	Living conditions and Health	2011-until now
Expert activity	EFSA National Contact Point in Slovakia, Department of Food Safety and Nutrition, Section of Food Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic	2015-until now
External Reviewer	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Food and Nutrition Research	2015-until now

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)
Uppsala University, Global Health course	Dept. of Women's and Children's Health na Uppsala Universit, Sweeden	09-13.09.2024	Erasmus +, visiting scientist, Global Health course
English Matters	Dublin, Ireland	20.-27.05.2023	Erasmus +, Staff mobility for training, Innovative Methodologies for Teaching & Learning
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Department of Hygiene and Dietetics, COCHRANE POLSKA	Krakow, Poland	26.01-31.1.2020	Erasmus +, Staff mobility for training, the course Research Methods
Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA	11.09.- 20.09.2015	Visiting scientist, based on the invitation of the vice dean prof.Cecilia Rokusek
German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke	Berlin, Potsdan, Germany	10.08.- 21.08.2015	International Summer School In Nutritional Epidemiology
University College London, School of Life & Medical Sciences	London, UK	16.03.-25.03.2015	Faculty of Pop. Health Sciences, Institute of Epidemiology & Health, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Visiting scientist within MPH Project
Universite Bordeaux Segalen	Bordeaux, France	03.09.-14.09.2012	Nutrition and Obesity; NutriBrain, Innovative training on Nutrition and Cognition, The International SummerSchool
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at UCL and Faculty of Science, Charles University	Prague, Czech Republic	05.11.-09.11.2011	Epidemiological Methods and Analysis, Summer School
University of Stuttgart	Stuttgart, Germany	10.07.-12.07.2009	Heimtsa/Intarese/2-FUN Summer School on Integrated Environmental Health Impact Assessment
Imperial College London, org. by European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology- EAACI, GA2LEN	London, UK	25.11.-28.11. 2008	Epidemiology of allergic diseases, Allergy school

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

22. Ultraspracované potraviny - popularizer of science

-organizing of the international scientific meeting Evidence-based Research Summit at LFUK 13.09.-14.09.2022 within the COST project

-facilitating Training schools on Evidence-based Research, Towards an International Network for Evidence-based Research in Clinical Health Research, University Tartu, Estonia

-co-organizing of four online EVBRES Training School, Evidence-Based Research and EBR conferences, member of the scientific committee

-founding member of the Slovak Association for Nutrition and Prevention, professional cooperation with the NGO Healthy School

- co-author of the publication Recommendations for diet and nutrition in adults file:///C:/Users/HP/Downloads/031-Odporucania-pre-stravovanie-a-vyzivu-u-dospelych%20(7).pdf

-member of the team awarded by the Prize of the Minister of Education of the Slovak Republic and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for science and technology in 2008; Category: Scientific and technical team of the year - for extraordinary results achieved in the study of the effects of environmental pollution on children's health

-the lecture "Allergic diseases in children of preschool age from two environmentally different Slovak regions" was awarded by a special prize at the international scientific meeting in Zagreb, Bridges in Life Sciences, Annual Scientific Review, Recoop HST Consortium (October 2008)

Date of last update

2025-02-10

Name and surname:	MUDr. Jana Babjaková, PhD., MPH
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