Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. MUDr. Tomáš Baka, 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
Baka
I.2 - Name
Tomáš
I.3 - Degrees
doc., MUDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1989
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathophysiology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Špitálska 24, 81372 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
associate professor at university
I.8 - E-mail address
baka4@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/23128?mode=full
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Normal and pathological physiology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-4752-9828

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
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
General Medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2018
II.c - Study field and programme
Normal and pathological physiology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
Normal and pathological physiology
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
associate professor, instructor, academic staff in research Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2018-present

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
Pathological Physiology General Medicine I.+II. General Medicine
Pathological Physiology Dentistry I.+II. Dentistry
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.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
72
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
45
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
38
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
35
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
218
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
214
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
218
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
214
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

He H, Baka T, Balschi J, Motani AS, Nguyen KK, Liu Q, Slater R, Rock B, Wang C, Hale C, Karamanlidis G, Hartman JJ, Malik FI, Reagan JD, Luptak I. A Novel Small Molecule Troponin Activator Increases Cardiac Contractile Function Without Negative Impact on Energetics. Circ Heart Fail. 2022;15(3):e009195. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.121.009195. PMID: 34743528. IF(2022)=9.7 (Q1)

2

Baka T, Simko F. Monitoring Non-dipping Heart Rate by Consumer-Grade Wrist-Worn Devices: An Avenue for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Hypertension. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021;8:711417. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.711417. PMID: 34368261. IF(2020)=6.05 (Q1)

3

Stanko P*, Baka T*, Repova K, Aziriova S, Krajcirovicova K, Barta A, Janega P, Adamcova M, Paulis L, Simko F. Ivabradine Ameliorates Kidney Fibrosis in L-NAMEInduced Hypertension. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020;7:325. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00325. PMID: 32754607. *contributed equally. IF(2020)=5.093 (Q1)

4

Panagia M, He H, Baka T, Pimentel DR, Croteau D, Bachschmid MM, Balschi JA, Colucci WS, Luptak I. Increasing mitochondrial ATP synthesis with butyrate normalizes ADP and contractile function in metabolic heart disease. NMR Biomed. 2020;33(5):e4258. doi: 10.1002/nbm.4258. PMID: 32066202. IF(2020)=4.044 (Q1)

5

Luptak I, Morgan R, Baka T, Croteau D, Moverman D, Sarnak H, Kirber M, Bachschmid MM, Colucci WS, Pimentel DR. Genetically targeted fluorescent probes reveal dynamic calcium responses to adrenergic signaling in multiple cardiomyocyte compartments. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2019;114:105569. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2019.105569. PMID: 31299273. IF(2019)=3.673 (Q2)

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

Croteau D*, Baka T*, Young S, He H, Chambers JM, Qin F, Panagia M, Pimentel DR, Balschi JA, Colucci WS, Luptak I. SGLT2 inhibitor ertugliflozin decreases elevated intracellular sodium, and improves energetics and contractile function in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Biomed Pharmacother. 2023;160:114310. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.114310. PMID: 36731341.*contributed equally.IF(2022)=7.5 (Q1)

2

Baka T, Domínguez-Rodríguez A, Simko F. Consideration of nondipping heart rate during ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to improve cardiovascular risk assessment. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2021 Dec 17:S1885-5857(21)00351-0. English, Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2021.11.011. PMID: 34930693. IF(2021)=7.05 (Q1)

3

Simko F, Baka T. Chronotherapy as a potential approach to hypertensive patients with elevated heart rate? Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2019;85(8):1861-1862. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14020. PMID: 31222884. IF(2019)=3.740 (Q2)

4

Adamcova M, Baka T, Dolezelova E, Aziriova S, Krajcirovicova K, Karesova I, Stanko P, Repova K, Simko F. Relations between markers of cardiac remodelling and left ventricular collagen in an isoproterenol-induced heart damage model. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2019;70(1). doi: 10.26402/jpp.2019.1.08. PMID: 31019126. IF(2019)=2.644 (Q2)

5

Simko F, Baka T, Krajcirovicova K, Repova K, Aziriova S, Zorad S, Poglitsch M, Adamcova M, Reiter RJ, Paulis L. Effect of Melatonin on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in l-NAME-Induced Hypertension. Molecules. 2018;23(2):265. doi: 10.3390/molecules23020265. PMID: 29382124. IF(2018)=3.060 (Q2)

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

Simko F, Baka T, Paulis L, Reiter RJ. Elevated heart rate and nondipping heart rate as potential targets for melatonin: a review. J Pineal Res. 2016;61(2):127-37. CITATION: Cipolla-Neto, J. - do Amaral, F.G.: Endocrie Reviews, vol. 39, no. 6, 2018, s. 990-1028

2

Baka T, Simko F. Nondipping heart rate: A neglected cardiovascular risk factor based on autonomic imbalance? Auton Neurosci. 2018 Mar;210:83-84. CITATION: Palatini, P.: American Journal of Hypertension, vol. 34, no. 4, 2021, s. 307-317

3

Simko F, Baka T, Krajcirovicova K, Repova K, Aziriova S, Zorad S, Poglitsch M, Adamcova M, Reiter RJ, Paulis L. Effect of Melatonin on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in l-NAME-Induced Hypertension. Molecules. 2018;23(2):265. CITATION: Ninchoji, T. - Love, D.T. - Smith, R.O. - Hedlund, M. - Vestweber, D. - Sessa, W.C. - Claesson-Welsh, L.: eLife, vol. 10, 2021, art. no. e64944

4

Simko F, Baka T, Poglitsch M, Repova K, Aziriova S, Krajcirovicova K, Zorad S, Adamcova M, Paulis L. Effect of Ivabradine on a Hypertensive Heart and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in L-NAME-Induced Hypertension. Int J Mol Sci. 2018;19(10):3017. CITATION: Goita, Y. - Chao de la Barca, J.M. - Keita, A. - Diarra, M.B. - Dembélé, K.C. - Chabrun, F. - Dramé, B.S.I. - Kassogué, Y. - Diakité, M. - Mirebeau-Prunier, D. - Cissé, B.M. - Simard, G. - Reynier, P.: Scientific Reports, vol. 10,no. 1, 2020, art. no. 7517

5

Baka T, Simko F. Ivabradine modulates the autonomic nervous system by affecting the "little brain" of the heart: A hypothesis. Med Hypotheses. 2019 Aug;129:109253. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109253. Epub 2019 Jun 1. PMID: 31371087. CITATION: Taub, P.R. - Zadourian, A. - Hsu, J.C.: Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 77, no. 24, 2021, s. 3142-3143

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

2015 - 2018 Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic - VEGA 1/0071/15 - Protekcia hypertenzného a zlyhávajúceho srdca blokátorom I(f) kanálu ivabradínom: porovnanie s ACE-inhibíciou a melatonínom

2

2019 - 2022 Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic - VEGA 1/0035/19 - Protekcia kardiovaskulárneho systému pri experimentálnej hypertenzii a zlyhaní srdca duálnou inhibíciou neprilyzínu a AT1 receptorov pre angiotenzín II: porovnanie s ACE-inhibíciou a melatonínom

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

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)
Myocardial Biology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA 72 E Concord St, Boston, MA 02118, USA 4-7/2018 (4 months) visiting research scholar
Myocardial Biology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA 72 E Concord St, Boston, MA 02118, USA 3-8/2022 (6 mesiacov) visiting research scholar

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

2021 Slovak Academy of Sciences, Scientific qualification VKS IIa

Date of last update
2024-04-18