Curriculum vitae
prof. MUDr. Barbara Ukropcová, PhD.
Pregradual education1992 - 1998 Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Postgradual education
July 1998 - Jun 2002 Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, National Institute of Oncology
Klenova 1, Bratislava, Slovakia
April 2002 Specialization in Internal medicine
July 2002 – Sept. 2005 Endocrinology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
6400 Perkins Rd. 708 08 Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Supervisor: prof. Steven R. Smith, MD,
Sept. 2006 – Sept. 2010 PhD student
Thesis title: Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue in pathogenesis of insulin resistance
Diabetes Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
27.9. 2010 PhD thesis defense
Sept. 2010–present Independent researcher Obesity Section
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center, SAS
Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 05 Bratislava, Slovakia
Phone: 00421-911-643630
December 2016 - A/prof. at Institute of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
2007 – present: lecturer / A/prof. at the Institute of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava
2013 – 2020: lecturer at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Comenius University, Bratislava
Memberships:
European Association to Study Diabetes (EASD), founding member of Exercise and Physical Activity Study Group (ExPAS) Slovak Diabetes Society, Obesity Section of Slovak Diabetese Society (OS SDS, member of the board), Slovak Endocrinology Society (SES)