| Trieda SNP 1, 040 11 Košice | |
The Institute of Epidemiology, located in Trieda SNP 1 in Košice, provides teaching of epidemiological subjects for students of bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and doctoral studies in Slovak and English in the fields of general medicine, dentistry, nursing, public health and physiotherapy.
As part of scientific research activities, the institute’s employees focus on the study of serious infectious pathogens (chlamydia, microsporidia, anaplasmosis, bartonellosis, HBV, HEV, SARS-CoV-2) in relation to human and animal diseases. With the help of molecular diagnostics using PCR and RT PCR methods, their prevalence is detected, and by genotyping individual species, their mutual transmission and the qualitative level of risk in their occurrence in risk groups of the population are monitored. Another area of research is parasitic infections with a focus on the epidemiology of parasitozoonoses.
Bachelor’s theses of students of the Public Health department and diploma theses of students of the GM, DM and PH are handled at the institute as part of undergraduate teaching As part of postgraduate teaching, dissertations are solved at the workplace in the full-time form and in the external form of doctoral studies in the field of study General Medicine, study program Epidemiology
Currently, HORIZONT 2020, VEGA, APVV grants and projects from the EU:OPENMED and ACARDIO structural funds are being processed at the workplace
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Registration for the subject Epidemiology is only possible for 4th, 5th and 6th year GM students in the 2025/26 academic year.
The condition for enrolling in the subject is the successful passing the subjects: Pathophysiology 1 and Microbiology 2.
Afternoon seminars are exclusively available only for students of the 5th and 6th year of GM and students transferred from other universities on the following days:
Monday 16.00 – 17.30, room PG, 7th floor
Tuesday 15.30 – 17.00, room PD, 9nd floor
Wednesday 13.30 – 15.00, room PG 7th floor
4th year GM students will not be accepted at these seminars!
Registration of 5th year students (GM) for the choosen groups is available at the Department of epidemiology every day from 12.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Limit of the number of students per group is 16 according to study rules and regulations.
Award of the Literary Fund
MUDr. Ingrid Urbančíková, PhD., MPH
Prize for scientific and professional literature for the year 2021 in the category of biological and medical sciences
The Department of Epidemiology of The Faculty of Medicine UPJS is a member of the accredited network of virological laboratories
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