Address
- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
- dvoroz( at )saske.sk
Phone
- +421-55-633 14 12
ORCID: 0000-0002-1492-6125
Web of Science Researcher ID: T-1621-2019
Scopus Author ID: 6701749168
Scientific interests
- host-parasite interactions, host defence mechanisms and immunopathological impact of parasitic infection
- detection of the regulatory and effector mechanisms involved in the host immune response, focused on the lymphocyte phenotyping, the functional analysis of macrophages and lymphocytes, phagocytosis and respiratory burst activity, the role of cytokines in regulation of inflammatory and immune responses
- study of pathogenesis and changes in immunocompetent cell types and their cytokine production in parasitic zoonoses (alveolar echinococcosis, ascariasis, toxocarosis, trichinellosis) after immunomodulation and treatment
| Work experience | ||
| 2010-present | Head of the Department of Parasitic Diseases; Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Košice, Slovakia | |
| 2002-present | senior researcher; Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1998-2002 | researcher; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1995-1998 | Ph.D. student; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Education and training | ||
| 2002 | Qualification IIa (senior researcher) | |
| 1999 | Degree Ph.D. awarded by the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava; Specialization – Parasitology | |
| 1995-1998 | Ph.D. study at the Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1989-1995 | study at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovakia; Degree D.V.M. awarded University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovakia; specialization – General veterinary medicine |
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| 1985-1989 | secondary grammar school , Šrobárova 46, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Working stays abroad | ||
| May 1996 | Microbiological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC | |
| May 1998 | Microbiological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC | |
| August 1999 – October 1999 | Department of Medical Zoology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| October 2003 – December 2003 | Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, CZECH REPUBLIC | |
| November 2004 | Netherlands Vaccine Institute, Bilthoven, NETHERLANDS | |
| Memberships | ||
| 2001 - present | a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Parasitology SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1996 - present | a member of the Slovak Immunological Society | |
| 1995 - present | a member of the Slovak Society of Parasitology | |
| Prizes and awards | ||
| 2000 - 2004 | Štefan Schwarz Supportive Fund for the post-doc positions, awarded by the Slovak Academy of Sciences | |
| April 2002 | Award of the Slovak Society of Parasitology for the Best Publication 2002, granted by the Slovak Society of Parasitology | |