Zuzana Hurníková, MVDr., PhD.

  NATIONAL PROJECTS
   
  VEGA projects - Projects funded by the Scientific Grant Agency of Ministry of Education SR and Slovak Academy of Sciences 
   
  Project Title: Newly emerging parasitic and vector - borne diseases in dogs, their epidemiology and diagnostic.
Grant scheme: VEGA 2/0018/16
Duration: 01/2016 –12/ 2019
Project position/Role: investigator
   
  Project Title: Exposure risk of animals and humans in urban and rural areas of Slovakia due to global climatic, ecological and socio-economical changes.
Grant scheme: VEGA 2/0011/12
Duration: 01/2012 –12/ 2015
Project position/Role: investigator
   
  Project Title: Pilot research on parasite fauna in population of raptorial birds in the territory of Slovakia.
Grant scheme: VEGA 1/0702/12
Duration: 01/2012 –12/ 2014
Project position/Role: principal investigator
   
  Project Title: Circulation and risk of parasitozoonoses in ecologically specific conditions of national parks of northern Slovakia with emphasis on global and local environmental impacts.
Grant scheme: VEGA 2/0145/09
Duration: 01/2009 –12/2011
Project position/Role:  principal investigator
   
  Project Title: Infection and immunogenic variability of encapsulating and non-encapsulating species of the genus Trichinella occurring in the Slovak territory and their influence on host-parasite relationships.
Grant scheme: VEGA 2/0071/08
Duration: 01/2008 –12/2010
Project position/Role:  investigator
   
  Project Title: Risk analysis of parasitozoonoses, their immune manifestations and identification of infection agents by genetic methods.
Grant scheme: VEGA 2/4179/24
Duration: 01/2004 –12/2006
Project position/Role:  investigator
   
  Project Title: Characteristics of parasitozoonotic agents, epizootiology and diagnostics of diseases they induce using molecular and immunological approaches.
Grant scheme: VEGA 2/1150/21
Duration: 01/2001 –12/2003
Project position/Role:  investigator
   
  APVV projects - Projects funded by the Slovak Research and Development Agency
   
  Project Title: Potencing the effectiveness of vaccines against rabies and other lyssa-viral infections using new type of adjuvans; the study of selected pathogens in bat populations.
Grant scheme: APVV-0605-12
Duration: 2012– 2016
Project position/Role:  deputy principal investigator
   
  Project Title: Epizootiology of important parasitoses in Slovakia, their immunopathogenesis and new pharmacological approaches in therapy.
Grant scheme: APVT-51-010704
Duration: 2005 – 2007
Project position/Role:  investigator
   
  Project Title: Selected zoonoses in Slovakia in the era of genomics with the emphasis on ticks and tick-borne infections.
Grant scheme: APVT-51-010702
Duration: 2002 – 2005
Project position/Role:  investigator
   
  Other National Projects
   
  Project Title: Spread of harmful organisms in terms of human and animal health.
Funded by: National Focal Point EFSA, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development SR
Duration: 01/2016 –12/ 2018
Project position/Role: principal investigator
   
  Project Title: Identification, expression and the use of bioactive substances from parasitic helminths, ticks and insects in clinical medicine.
Grant scheme: SAV-FM-EHP-2008-02-016 financed from the Financial Mechanism of European Economic Area and the state budget of the Slovak Republic.
Duration: 2009 – 2010
Project position/Role:  principal investigator
   
  INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
   
  Project Title: Immunological and molecular diagnostics of parasitic diseases of rodents living in different ecosystems of the national parks in Poland and Slovakia.
Grant Scheme: Bilateral cooperation between the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Duration: 2016 – 2018
Project Position/Role: investigator
   
  Project Title: Immunological and molecular diagnostics of parasitic diseases of rodents living in the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland.
Grant Scheme: Bilateral cooperation between the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Duration: 2015
Project Position/Role: investigator
   
  Project Title: Animals as reservoirs of dangerous parasites (Trichinella spp.) and tick-borne pathogens (Ehrlichia spp., Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum) in selected regions of Ukraine and Slovakia.
Grant scheme: Bilateral cooperation between the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Duration: 2014 – 2016
Project Position/Role: principal investigator
   
  Project Title: Circulation of parasitic infections in dynamically changing Tatra's ecosystems under the influence of global change.
Grant scheme: bi-lateral project funded by Slovak Research and Development Agency SK- PL 0098-12
Duration: 2013 – 2014
Project Position/Role: principal investigator
   
  Project Title: Distribution and identification of Trichinella spp. (Nematoda, Trichinellidae), dangerous pathogens of humans and animals in Ukraine and Slovak Republic.
Grant scheme: Bilateral cooperation between the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Duration: 2011 – 2013
Project Position/Role: principal investigator
   
  Project Title: Evaluation of environmental impacts on circulation and risk of parasitozoonoses in ecologically different areas of Poland and Slovakia.
Grant scheme: Bilateral cooperation between the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Duration: 2010 – 2012
Project Position/Role: principal investigator
   
  Project Title: The role of free-living rodents in circulation and epidemiology of helminths.
Grant scheme: bi-lateral project funded by Slovak Research and Development Agency  SK- PL 0060-09
Duration: 2010 – 2012
Project Position/Role: principal investigator
   
  Project Title: Formation of and European network for risk assessment, detection and control of trichinellosis.
Grant scheme: 6. FP EU – FOOD-CT-2004-506122
Duration: 2004 – 2009
Project position/Role:  investigator/listed in database of tr
   
  Project Title: Molecular epidemiology of selected parasitic zoonoses in Slovakia in the era of global changes.
Grant scheme: EU Postdoc project ESF No. JPD 3BA2005/1-031
Duration: 2007 – 2008
Project position/Role:  principal investigator
   
  Project Title: TrichiPorse: Safe pork and horse meat on EU-markets: early and unbiased diagnostic tests for Trichinella.
Grant scheme: 5. FP EU – QRLT-2000-01156
Duration: 2001 – 2004
Project position/Role:  investigator
   
  FELLOWSHIPS
   
  Grant Scheme: Consumers, Health, Agriculture, and Food Executive Agency; European Commission
Duration: January 2016
Host Institution: Better Training for Safer Food, Lisbon, Portugal
   
  Grant Scheme: Agreement on scientific cooperation between Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Duration: June 2012
Host Institution: Dipartmento di Patologia Animale, Igiene e Sanitá Pubblica Veterinaria, Universita ´ Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
   
  Grant Scheme: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Duration: May – December 2002
Host Institution: Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Copenhagen, Denmark