Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. MUDr. Igor Straka, 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
Straka
I.2 - Name
Igor
I.3 - Degrees
MD, PhD
I.4 - Year of birth
1991
I.5 - Name of the workplace
2nd Department of Neurology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Dekanát LF UK, Špitálska ulica 24, 813 72 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
igor.straka@fmed.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/31936
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
neurology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-1134-7029

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 Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2015
II.c - Study field and programme
Study field General Medicine / Study programme General Medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2019
II.c - Study field and programme
Study field General Medicine / Study programme Neurology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2024
II.c - Study field and programme
Neurology
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 Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine - 2nd Department of Neurology 2019 - 2025
Associate Professor Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine - 2nd Department of Neurology 2025 - ongoing
Physician - Neurologist University Hospital Bratislava - 2nd Department of Neurology 2015 - ongoing

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
Residency in Neurology Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2021
Scientific Qualification Level IIa Slovak Academy of Sciences 2023

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
Neurology 1 + 2 in Slovak and English Language General Medicine II General Medicine
Neurology I + II Physiotherapy I. Healthcare Sciences
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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Physiotherapy I. Healthcare Sciences
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)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
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
166
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
112
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
37
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
190
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
187
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
180
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
178
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
15
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Straka I, Minár M, Škorvánek M, Grofik M, Danterová K, Benetin J, Kurča E, Gažová A, Boleková V, Wyman-Chick KA, Kyselovič J, Valkovič P. Adherence to Pharmacotherapy in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease Taking Three and More Daily Doses of Medication. Frontiers in Neurology, 2019, 10: 799. (IF = 2.889, Q2)

2

Straka I, Minár M, Grofik M, Škorvánek M, Boleková V, Gažová A, Kyselovič J, Valkovič P. Effect of Pillbox Organizers with Alarms on Adherence to Pharmacotherapy in Parkinson Disease Patients Taking Three and More Daily Doses of Dopaminergic Medications. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2022, 12(2): 179. (IF = 3.4, Q2)

3

Straka I, Švantnerová J, Minár M, Stanková S, Zech M. Neurodevelopmental Gene-Related Dystonia-Parkinsonism with Onset in Adults: A Case with NAA15 Variant. Movement Disorders, 2022, 37(9): 1955-1957. (IF = 8.6, Q1)

4

Li K, Schö M, Naviaux JC, Monk JM, Alchus Laiferová N, Wang L, Straka I, Matejička P, Valkovič P, Ukropec J, Tarnopolsky MA, Naviaux RK, Ukropcová B. Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma metabolomics of acute endurance exercise. The FASEB Journal, 2022, 36(7): e22408. (IF = 4.8, Q1)

5

Duraníková O, Straka I, Melicherčík Ľ, Marček P, Gmitterová K, Valkovič P. Case Report: Stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy syndrome: a rare complication 26 years after cranial radiotherapy. Frontiers in Oncology, 2023, 13: 1202918. (IF = 4.7, Q2)

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

Straka I, Minár M, Grofik M, Škorvánek M, Boleková V, Gažová A, Kyselovič J, Valkovič P. Effect of Pillbox Organizers with Alarms on Adherence to Pharmacotherapy in Parkinson Disease Patients Taking Three and More Daily Doses of Dopaminergic Medications. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2022, 12(2): 179. (IF = 3.4, Q2)

2

Straka I, Švantnerová J, Minár M, Stanková S, Zech M. Neurodevelopmental Gene-Related Dystonia-Parkinsonism with Onset in Adults: A Case with NAA15 Variant. Movement Disorders, 2022, 37(9): 1955-1957. (IF = 8.6, Q1)

3

Li K, Schö M, Naviaux JC, Monk JM, Alchus Laiferová N, Wang L, Straka I, Matejička P, Valkovič P, Ukropec J, Tarnopolsky MA, Naviaux RK, Ukropcová B. Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma metabolomics of acute endurance exercise. The FASEB Journal, 2022, 36(7): e22408. (IF = 4.8, Q1)

4

Duraníková O, Straka I, Melicherčík Ľ, Marček P, Gmitterová K, Valkovič P. Case Report: Stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy syndrome: a rare complication 26 years after cranial radiotherapy. Frontiers in Oncology, 2023, 13: 1202918. (IF = 4.7, Q2)

5

Martiš P, Bzdúšková D, Košutzká Z, Slobodová L, Straka I, Marček Malenovská K, Mytiai O, Tirpáková V, Konrády P, Litváková V, Turi Nagy M, Urbančík Z, Valkovič P, Ukropec J, Ukropcová B, Kimijanová J. Supervised aerobic-strength exercise reduces postural sway and improves dual-task gait in Parkinson's disease. Scientific Reports, 2025, 15(1): 20643. (IF = 3.9, Q1)

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

Tosin, M.H.S. - Stebbins, G.T. - Goetz, C.G. - Santana, R.F. - Leite, M.A.A. - Oliveira, B.G.R.B.. - In: Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, vol. 7, no. 6, 2020 ; s. 607-615 ;SCI ; SCOPUS

2

Kim, S.R. - Kim, J.Y. - Kim, H.Y. - So, H.Y. - Chung, S.J.. - In: Journal of Movement Disorders, vol. 14, no. 2, 2021 ; s. 133-143 ;SCI ; SCOPUS

3

Fasano, A. - Gurevich, T. - Jech, R . - Kovacs, N. - Svenningsson, P. - Szasz, J. - Parra, J.C. - Bergmann, L. - Johnson, A. - Sanchez-Solino, O. - Tang, Z.W. - Vela-Desojo, L.. - In: Movement Disorders, vol. 36, no. 8, 2021 ; s. 1853-1862 ;SCI ; SCOPUS

4

Yubero, D. - Martorell, L. - Nunes, T. - Lyon, G.J. - Ortigoza-Escobar, J.D.. : Neurodevelopmental Gene-Related Dystonia: A Pediatric Case with NAA15 Variant - In: Movement Disorders, vol. 37, no. 11, 2022 ; s. 2320-2321 ;SCI ; SCOPUS

5

Chen, S.L. - Liang, J.H. - Chen, D.Q. - Huang, Q.Y. - Sun, K.J. - Zhong, Y.X. - Lin, B.J. - Kong, J.J. - Sun, J.D. - Gong, C.F. - Wang, J. - Gao, Y. - Zhang, Q.G. - Sun, H.T.. : Cerebrospinal fluid metabolomic and proteomic characterization of neurologic post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection - In: Brain Behavior and Immunity, vol. 115, 2024 ; s. 209-222 ;SCI ; SCOPUS

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

Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic

Use of kinematic analysis in the environment of virtual reality for differential diagnosis of gait disorders and fall prevention in elderly population (MZ SR 2018/32-LFUK-6)

Scientific co-worker

2018-2020

2

Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Synergistic effects of exercise and carnosine supplementation on motor functions, metabolism and skeletal muscle phenotypes in patients with early stage Parkinson’s disease (VEGA 2/017/18)

Scientific co-worker

2018-2021

3

Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Analysis of neurofilament protein subtypes and selected biomarkers and its contribution to the differential diagnosis of selected neurodegenerative diseases (VEGA 1/1618/21)

Scientific co-worker

2021-2023

4

Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Effect of dopaminergic treatment on impulsivity of patients with Parkinson’s disease (VEGA 1/0545/22)

Deputy of principal investigator

2022-2024

5

Slovak Research and Development Agency

New biomarkers of apathy in Parkinson’s disease (APVV-24-0369)

Scientific co-worker

2025-2028

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)
Paracelsus-Elena-Klinik Kassel – Zentrum für Parkinson-Syndrome und Bewegungsstörungen Kassel, Germany 6.5.2019 - 17.5.2019 (2 weeks) Contact person: Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Trenkwalder
Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, The Neurological Institute of New York – New York-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York, USA 1.11.2023 - 31.1.2024 (3 months) Columbia grant, Contact person: Prof. Serge Przedborski, MD, PhD

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

List of Editorial Board Memberships

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - Review Editor

List of memberships in professional or scientific societies

European Academy of Neurology - Associate Member

EAN Scientific Panel on Movement Disorders - Panel member, representative of Slovakia

International Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Society

Clinical Outcome Assessments Translation Committee - Steering Committee Member

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Study Group - Member

Slovak Neurological Society - Member

Extrapyramidal Diseases Section - Member

Headache Section - Member

Multiple Sclerosis Section - Member

Slovak Neuropsychiatric Society - Member

Expert Working Group of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic - Prevention of Neurodegenerative Diseases - Member

Date of last update
2025-10-26