I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Belica

I.2 - Name

Ivan

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1988

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Institute of physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Sasinkova 2, 813 72 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

Researcher

I.8 - E-mail address

belica17@uniba.sk

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

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/45820?mode=full&do=filterForm-submit&university=701000000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%25C4%25BEada%25C5%25A5

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava

II.b - Year

2007-2010

II.c - Study field and programme

Psychology

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Trnava university

II.b - Year

2010-2012

II.c - Study field and programme

Psychology

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University

II.b - Year

2017-2021

II.c - Study field and programme

Normal and Pathological Physiology

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
Researcher	Comenius university	2021-continue
Researcher	Research Institution for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology	2013-continues

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.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.4.2 - Number of defended theses

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

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

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

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

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

VI.1.a - Overall

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

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

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

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

ID: 1072470 Belica I., Janšáková K., Celušáková H., Kopčíková M., Polónyiová K., Rašková B., Vidošovičová M., Ostatníková D., Babinská K. (2023). Plasma cytokine concentrations of children with autism spectrum disorder and neurotypical siblings. Cytokine, 170, 1-7. (Q2, IF = 3,7)

ID: 236031 Janšáková, K.*, Belica, I*., Rajčániová, E., Rajčáni, J., Kyselicová, K., Celušáková, H., Laznibatová, J., Ostatníková, D. (2021). The acute effect of psychosocial stress on the level of oxidative stress in children. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 161, 86-89. (Q2, IF = 2,9) *shared first authorship

ID: 496903 Polónyiová K., Belica I., Celušáková H., Janšáková K., Kopčíková M., Szapuová Ž., Ostatníková D. Comparing the impact of the first and second wave of COVID-19 lockdown on Slovak families with typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 26(5):1046-1055. (Q1, IF = 5,2)

ID: 205617 Babinská K. Celušáková H., Belica I., Szapuová Ž., Waczulíková I., Nemcsicsová D., Tomova A., Ostatníková D. (2020). Gastrointestinal symptoms and feeding problems and their associations with dietary interventions, food supplement use and behavioral characteristics in a sample of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17):17. (Q1, IF - 3,39)

ID: 465260 Lakatošová S., Janšáková K., Repiská G., Babková J., Belica I., Vidošovičová M., Ostatníková D. The Relationship of Steroid Hormones, Genes Related to Testosterone Metabolism and Behavior in Boys With Autism in Slovakia. Psychiatry Investigation, 19(2):73-84. (Q3, IF = 2.7)

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

ID: 236031 Janšáková, K.*, Belica, I.*, Rajčániová, E., Rajčáni, J., Kyselicová, K., Celušáková, H., Laznibatová, J., Ostatníková, D. (2021). The acute effect of psychosocial stress on the level of oxidative stress in children. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 161, 86-89. (Q2, IF = 2,9) *shared first authorship

ID: 465260 ID: 465260 Lakatošová S., Janšáková K., Repiská G., Babková J., Belica I., Vidošovičová M., Ostatníková D. The Relationship of Steroid Hormones, Genes Related to Testosterone Metabolism and Behavior in Boys With Autism in Slovakia. Psychiatry Investigation, 19(2):73-84. (Q3, IF = 2.7)

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

Belica I., Janšáková K., Celušáková H., Kopčíková M., Polónyiová K., Rašková B., Vidošovičová M., Ostatníková D., Babinská K. (2023). Plasma cytokine concentrations of children with autism spectrum disorder and neurotypical siblings. Cytokine, 170, 1-7

significant citations:

Moreno RJ, Rose DR, Tancredi DJ, Schmidt R, Ozonoff SJ, Ashwood P. 2024. Cord blood cytokine profiles in children later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder: Results from the prospective MARBLES study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 122, 339-344.

Chen Z., Wang Z., Zhang S., Han F. 2024. Neuroplasticity of children in autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in psychiatry. 25:15:1362288.

Janšáková, K., Belica, I., Rajčániová, E., Rajčáni, J., Kyselicová, K., Celušáková, H., Laznibatová, J., Ostatníková, D. (2021). The acute effect of psychosocial stress on the level of oxidative stress in children. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 161, 86-89.

significant citations:

Kim E., Zhao Z. Rzasa JR et al. Association of acute psychosocial stress with oxidative stress: Evidence from serum analysis. Redox Biology. 47:102138.

Yadav PK., Pandey AN., Premkumar KV. et al. 2024 Follicular oocyte as a potential target for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Reviews in Medical Virology, 34(4):e2568.

Polónyiová K., Belica I., Celušáková H., Janšáková K., Kopčíková M., Szapuová Ž., Ostatníková D. Comparing the impact of the first and second wave of COVID-19 lockdown on Slovak families with typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 26(5):1046-1055.

significant citations:

Vargová L., Mikulášková G., Fedáková D. et al. Slovak parents' mental health and socioeconomic changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in psychiatry. 13:934293.

de Maat DA, Van der Hallen R., de Nijs PFA. et al. 2023. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Times of COVID-19: Examining Emotional and Behavioral Problems, Parental Well-Being, and Resilience. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 1-12.

Babinská K. Celušáková H., Belica I., Szapuová Ž., Waczulíková I., Nemcsicsová D., Tomova A., Ostatníková D. (2020). Gastrointestinal symptoms and feeding problems and their associations with dietary interventions, food supplement use and behavioral characteristics in a sample of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17):17.

significant citations:

Restrepo B., Angkustsiri K., Taylor SL. et al. Developmental-behavioral profiles in children with autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring gastrointestinal symptoms. Autism research. 13(10):1778-1789.

Alharbi MH. 2024. Parents' perceptions of the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on the eating behaviors and routines of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Frontiers in psychiatry. 15:1296643.

Lakatošová S., Janšáková K., Repiská G., Babková J., Belica I., Vidošovičová M., Ostatníková D. The Relationship of Steroid Hormones, Genes Related to Testosterone Metabolism and Behavior in Boys With Autism in Slovakia. Psychiatry Investigation, 19(2):73-84.

significant citations:

Yin H., Zhang J., Chen Y. et al. 2024. Placenta-specific CYP11A1 overexpression lead to autism-like symptom in offspring with altered steroid hormone biosynthesis in the placenta-brain axis and rescued by vitamin D intervention. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 121:13-25.

Bui DT., Ton ANV, Nguyen CTD et al. 2024. Pathogenic/likely pathogenic mutations identified in Vietnamese children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder using high-resolution SNP genotyping platform. Scientific reports.14(1):2360.

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

APVV-15-0085 Autism in the light of emotional, cognitive and biological contexts

APVV-20-0139 Psychological and biological correlates of adaptive behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders in a multidisciplinary perspective

APVV-20-0070 Sex-specific genetic-endocrine view of autism spectrum disorders

VEGA 1/0193/21 Erythrocyte properties and oxidative stress in selected pathologies and after antioxidant administration

VEGA 1/0217/22 - Cognitive regulation of emotions and its psychophysiological and neuroendocrine correlates

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

2025-01-30

Name and surname:	Mgr. Ivan Belica, 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