I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Čierna

I.2 - Name

Zuzana

I.3 - Degrees

doc. MUDr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1976

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava and University Hospital Bratislava

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Dekanát LF UK, Špitálska ulica 24, 813 72 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

assistant professor

I.8 - E-mail address

cierna1@uniba.sk

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

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3482

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

Pathological Anatomy and Forensic medicine

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0003-2081-379X

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

II.b - Year

2001

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

II.b - Year

2015

II.c - Study field and programme

Pathological Anatomy and Forensic medicine

II.4 - Associate professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University

II.b - Year

2019

II.c - Study field and programme

Pathological anatomy and Forensic medicine

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
Assistant professor (2010-2019), associate professor (2019 - )	Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and University hospital Bratislava	2010 up to now
Assistant professor (2018 - )	Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Care and Social Work, Trnava University and Faculty hospital Trnava	2018 up to now
Scientific-research activity	Medirex Group Academy	2014 - 2021
Medical doctor	St. Elisabeth Cancer Institute Bratislava	2012 - 2014
Postgraduate student	Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and Faculty Hospital, Bratislava	2002 - 2010

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
Specialization in Pathological anatomy	Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University	2017
Specialization in Healthcare Management and Financing	Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University	2021

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 1 + 2 in slovak and english language	General medicine	I.+II.	General medicine
Pathological anatomy 1 + 2 in slovak and english language	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)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third 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

V.5.a - Name of the course	V.5.b - Study programme	V.5.c - Degree	V.5.d - Field of study
Surgical pathology	General medicine	I.+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

110

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

58 Web of Science, 41 Scopus

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

12 Web of Science, 13 Scopus

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

815 Web of Science, 850 Scopus

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

563 Web of Science, 614 Scopus

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

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

Cierna, Z., Mego, M., Miskovska, V., Machalekova, K., Chovanec, M., Svetlovska, D., Hainova, K., Rejlekova, K., Macak, D., Spanik, S., Ondrus, D., Kajo, K., Mardiak, J., Babal, P. 2016. Prognostic value of programmed-death-1 receptor (PD-1) and its ligand 1 (PD-L1) in testicular germ cell tumors. In: Ann Oncol. 2016, 27(2). 300-305. (IF = 11,855; Q1)

Chovanec, M., Cierna, Z., Miskovska, V., Machalekova, K., Kalavska, K., Rejlekova, K., Svetlovska, D., Macak, D., Spanik, S., Kajo, K., Babal, P., De Giorgi, U., Mego, M., Mardiak, J. 2018. Systemic immune-inflammation index in germ-cell tumours. In: Br J Cancer. 2018, 118(6). 831-838. (IF = 5,416; Q1)

Chovanec, M., Cierna, Z., Miskovska, V., Machalekova, K., Svetlovska, D., Kalavska, K., Rejlekova, K., Spanik, S., Kajo, K., Babal, P., Mardiak, J., Mego, M. 2017. Prognostic role of programmed-death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expressing tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in testicular germ cell tumors. In: Oncotarget. 2017, 8(13). 21794-21805. (Q1/Q2)

Cierna, Z., Mego, M., Janega, P., Karaba, M., Minarik, G., Benca, J., Sedlackova, T., Cingelova, S., Gronesova, P., Manasova, D., Pindak, D., Sufliarsky, J., Danihel, L., Reuben, J. M., Mardiak, J. 2014. Matrix metalloproteinase 1 and circulating tumor cells in early breast cancer. In: BMC Cancer. 2014, 14(1). 472. (IF = 3,362; Q2)

Mego, M., Cierna, Z., Svetlovska, D., Macak, D., Machalekova, K., Miskovska, V., Chovanec, M., Usakova, V., Obertova, J., Babal, P., Mardiak, J. 2013. PARP expression in germ cell tumours. In: J Clin Pathol. 2013, 66(7). 607-612. (IF = 2,551; Q2)

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

Cierna, Z., Miskovska, V.,Roska, J., Jurkovicova, D., Pulzova, LB., Sestakova, Z., Hurbanova, L., Machalekova, K., Chovanec, M., Rejlekova, K., Svetlovska, D., Kalavska, K., Kajo, K., Babal, P., Mardiak, J., Ward, TA., Mego, M., Chovanec, M. 2020. Increased levels of XPA might be the basis of cisplatin resistance in germ cell tumours. In: BMC Cancer. 2020, 20(1). (IF = 4,430, Q2)

Schmidtova, S., Kalavska, K., Gercakova, K., Cierna, Z., Miklikova, S., Smolkova, B., Buocikova, V., Miskovska, V., Durinikova, E., Burikova, M., Chovanec, M., Matuskova, M., Mego, M., Kucerova, L. 2019. Disulfiram Overcomes Cisplatin Resistance in Human Embryonal Carcinoma Cells. In: Cancers. 2019, 11(9). (IF = 6,126; Q1)

Cierna, Z., Smolkova, B., Cholujova, D., Gronesova, P., Miklikova, S., Cihova, M., Plava, J., Mego, M. 2021. Decreased levels of circulating cytokines VEGF, TNF-β and IL-15 indicate PD-L1 overexpression in tumours of primary breast cancer patients. In: Sci Rep. 2021; 11(1). (IF = 4,996; Q2)

Smolkova, B., Cierna, Z., Kalavska, K., Miklikova, S., Plava, J., Minarik, G., Sedlackova, T., Cholujova, D., Gronesova, P., Cihova, M., Majerova, K., Karaba, M., Benca, J., Pindak, D., Mardiak, J., Mego, M. 2021. Increased Stromal Infiltrating Lymphocytes Are Associated with the Risk of Disease Progression in Mesenchymal Circulating Tumor Cell-Positive Primary Breast Cancer Patients. In: IJMS. 2021; 21(24). (IF = 5,6; Q1)

Kalavska, K., Cierna, Z., Karaba, M., Minarik, G., Benca, J., Sedlackova, T., Kolekova, D., Martonova, I., Mardiak, J., Mego, M., Pindak, D. 2021. Prognostic role of matrix metalloproteinase 9 in early breast cancer. In: Oncology Letters. 2021; 78. (IF = 2,9; Q2)

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

Genomic landscape of platinum resistant and sensitive testicular cancers. Macintyre, G.; Brenton, J.D.; O'Connor, S.

The developmental origin of cancers defines basic principles of cisplatin resistance. Murray, M.J.; Coleman, N.

Deep learning for detecting tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes in testicular germ cell tumours. Taylor, J.C.; Alveyn, E.; Verrill, C.

Personalized medicine: Stem cells in colorectal cancer treatment. Patsalias, A.

Clinical Response of a Patient to Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy and the Immune Landscape of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors. Ward, J.E.; Bao, R.; Hall, C.R.; Brockstein, B.E.; Luke, J.J.; Shah, S.

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

Identification of new treatment options in refractory testicular germ cell tumors.

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

2024-05-05

Name and surname:	doc. MUDr. Zuzana Čierna, 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