I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Važan

I.2 - Name

Rastislav

I.3 - Degrees

MD, PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1970

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Institute of Physiology FMCU Bratislava

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Sasinkova 2, 813 72 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

university teacher - senior lecturer

I.8 - E-mail address

rastislav.vazan@fmed.uniba.sk

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

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3449

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

Normal and pathological physiology

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, 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

Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava

II.b - Year

2006

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
Lecturer	Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava	1996-1999
Senior lecturer	Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava	1999-untill 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
Innovative Teaching that Inspires Good Learning at Comenius University in Bratislava - programme accredited by the SEDA	Centrum pedagogickej podpory UK	2022-2023

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
Physiology 1	Dentistry	I. + II.	Dentistry
Physiology 2	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.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.b - Diploma (second 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
Diploma work 1-4	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

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

129

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

119

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

Vazan, R., Filcikova, D., Mravec, B. Effect of the Stroop test performed in supine position on the heart rate variability in both genders (2017) Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic & Clinical, pp. 156-160.

Vazan, R., Ravingerova, T. Protective effect of melatonin against myocardial injury induced by epinephrine(2015) Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 71 (1), pp. 43-49.

Vazan, R., Janega, P., Hojna, S., Zicha, J., Simko, F., Pechanova, O., Styk, J., Paulis, L. The effect of continuous light exposure of rats on cardiac response to ischemia-reperfusion and NO-synthase activity(2007) Physiological Research, 56 (SUPPL. 2), pp. S63-S69.

Vazan, R., Pancza, D., Beder, I., Styk, J. Ischemia-reperfusion injury - Antiarrhythmic effect of melatonin associated with reduced recovering of contractility(2005) General Physiology and Biophysics, 24 (3), pp. 355-359.

Vazan, R., Styk, J., Beder, I., Pancza, D. Effect of melatonin on the isolated heart in the standard perfusion conditions and in the conditions of calcium paradox(2003) General Physiology and Biophysics, 22 (1), pp. 41-50.

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

OSTATNÍKOVÁ, D. a kol. Základy lekárskej fyziológie. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2022. 370 s. ISBN 978-80-223-5458-5.

OSTATNÍKOVÁ, D., BABINSKÁ, K., VAŽAN, R. et al. Physiology practical. Bratislava: Comenius University, 2024. 248 p. ISBN 978-80-223-5681-7.

Vazan, R., Mravec, B., Bernatova, I., Celarova, D., Hnilicova, S., Radosinska, J. Intake of Dark and Milk Chocolate Differently Affects Autonomic Nervous Control of the Heart During Rest and Mental Stress. J Am Nutr Assoc. 2024 Nov-Dec;43(8), pp. 697-703.

Trnka, M., Gálik, P., Kráľová, E., Važan, R. ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE IN THE PUBLIC SPACE OF THE SLOVAKIAN CITY. Communications, 2023, 25, pp. G1-G6.

Radosinska, D., Jasenovec, T., Golianova, A., Szadvari, I., Vazan, R., Kovacicova, I., Snurikova, D., Vrbjar, N., Radosinska, J. Controlled Coffee Intake Enhances Erythrocyte Deformability, Na,K-ATPase Activity, and GSH/GSSG Ratio in Healthy Young Adults. Biomedicines, 2024, 12(11), pp. 2570.

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

Vazan, R., Ravingerova, T. Protective effect of melatonin against myocardial injury induced by epinephrine(2015) Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 71 (1), pp. 43-49.

[o1] 2017 - Pei, H.F. - Hou, J.N. - Wei, F.P. - Xue, Q. - Zhang, F. - Peng, C.F. - Yang, Y. - Tian, Y. - Feng, J. - Du, J. - He, L. - Li, X.C. - Gao, E.H. - Li, D. - Yang, Y.J. - In: Journal of Pineal Research, vol. 62, no. 1, 2017 ; art. no. e12371 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2017 - Asghari, M.H. - Abdollahi, M. - de Oliveira, M.R. - Nabavi, S.M. - In: Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, vol. 69, no. 3, 2017 ; s. 236-243 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2017 - Coto-Montes, A. - Boga, J.A. - Tan, D.X. - Reiter, R.J. : The physiology and pathology of skeletal and cardiac muscle: Beneficial actions of melatonin. - In: Pineal Gland: Research Advances and Clinical Challenges . - Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, 2017 ; S. 1-38 ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2018 - Lochner, A. - Marais, E. - Huisamen, B. - In: Journal of Pineal Research, vol. 65, no. 1, 2018 ; art. no. e12490 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2018 - Jiki, Z. - Lecour, S. - Nduhirabandi, F. - In: Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 9, 2018 ; art. no. 528 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2021 - Durkina, A.V. - Bernikova, O.G. - Mikhaleva, N.J. - Paderin, N.M. - Sedova, K.A. - Gonotkov, M.A. - Kuzmin, V.S. - Azarov, J.E. - In: Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, vol. 72, no. 1, 2021 ; s. 141-148 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

Vazan, R., Pancza, D., Beder, I., Styk, J. Ischemia-reperfusion injury - Antiarrhythmic effect of melatonin associated with reduced recovering of contractility (2005) General Physiology and Biophysics, 24 (3), pp. 355-359.

[o1] 2009 - Diez, E.R. - Prados, L.V. - Carrion, A. - Ponce, Z.A.Z. - Miatello, R.M. - In: Journal of Pineal Research, vol. 46, no. 2, 2009 ; s. 155-160 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2011 - Grossini, E. - Molinari, C. - Uberti, F. - Mary, D.A.S.G. - Vacca, G. - Caimmi, P.P. - In: Journal of Pineal Research, vol. 51, no. 2, 2011 ; s. 246-257 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2013 - Benova, T. - Viczenczova, C. - Radosinska, J. - Bacova, B. - Knezl, V. - Dosenko, V. - Weismann, P. - Zeman, M. - Navarova, J. - Tribulova, N. - In: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, vol. 91, no. 8, 2013 ; s. 633-639 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2014 - Yang, Y. - Sun, Y. - Yi, W. - Li, Y. - Fan, C. - Xin, Z. - Jiang, S. - Di, S. - Qu, Y. - Reiter, R.J. - Yi, D. - In: Journal of Pineal Research, vol. 57, no. 4, 2014 ; s. 357-366 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2020 - Randhawa, P.K. - Gupta, M.K. - In: European Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 885, 15 October 2020 ; art. no. 173506 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

Vazan, R., Filcikova, D., Mravec, B. Effect of the Stroop test performed in supine position on the heart rate variability in both genders. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 2017, 208, pp. 156–160.

[o1] 2019 - McDermott, K. - Ren, P. - Lin, F. - In: Neurobiology of Stress, vol. 10, 2019 ; art. no. 100162 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2019 - Laborde, S. - Lentes, T. - Hosang, T.J. - Borges, U. - Mosley, E. - Dosseville, F. - In: Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 10, 2019 ; art. no. 1923 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2021 - Grässler, B - Dordevic, M. - Darius, S. - Vogelmann, L. - Herold, F.b - Langhans, C. - Halfpaap, N. - Böckelmann, I. - Müller, N.G. - Hökelmann, A. - In: Diagnostics, vol. 11, no. 12, 2021 ; art. no. 2218 ; SCOPUS

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

APVV-17-0090 Neurobiologický výskum nádorových chorôb: Skúmanie obojsmerných interakcií medzi nervovým systémom a nádorom - spoluriešiteľ 2018-2022

VEGA 1/0193/21 Vlastnosti erytrocytov a oxidačný stres za vybraných patológií a po podávaní antioxidantov - spoluriešiteľ 2021-2024

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
Tutor for students of general medicine - 2nd year	CU FM - Bratislava	from 2020

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

2025-01-15

Name and surname:	MUDr. Rastislav Važan, 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