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She studied psychology at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava. In 2013, she completed a study stay at the University of Ljubljana. In 2018, she successfully completed her doctoral studies at the Institute of Physiology, Comenius University, under the guidance of prof. MUDr. Boris Mravca, PhD. Thesis topic: Psychophysiological correlates of autism spectrum disorders “. During her studies, she completed a research stay at Mailman Seagel Center for Human Development with prof. Roseanne Lesack, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University, FL, USA, where she focused on the diagnosis of children with autism spectrum disorders and ABA therapy of children with severe problem behavior and selectivity in food consumption. Within the Academic Research Center for Autism at the Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, she focused on the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders.

She studied genetics at the Faculty of Science, Comenius University in Bratislava. In 2014, she received her PhD degree at the Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, the topic of the dissertation “Genetic factors as modulators of testosterone effect on cognitive function” in the study program normal and pathological physiology. She focused on revealing biological correlates of cognitive functions, focusing on the role of testosterone (and the genes involved in its metabolism) in modulating behavior, cognitive functions and emotions. She has participated as a researcher in several grant projects focused on autism research. She completed two stays abroad at prestigious universities, with Prof. Wassink at Carver College of Medicine in Iowa (USA) and with Prof. Baron-Cohen at the Autism Research Center Cambridge (UK). In 2015, together with her colleagues from the Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, she was awarded the IgNobel Prize in Medicine, which she received for studying the biomedical consequences of intense kissing.

Clinical psychologist, currently working at the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology NUDCH, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava. He has long been dedicated to children and families whose development has been affected by cancer. He is a participant in psychotherapeutic training in Logotherapy and existential analysis. He teaches a course “Psycho-social aspects of pediatric oncology” for medics at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University. As part of his studies, he worked under the guidance of Professor MUDr. Daniela Ostatníkovová, PhD, as a doctoral student at the Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, where he focused on the psycho-physiological aspects of Asperger’s syndrome. His dissertation focused on “Testosterone and cognitive-behavioral characteristics of patients with Asperger’s syndrome”. He also worked as a collaborator of PhDr. Daniela Jánošíková and in the center Andreas.

She studied molecular biology at the Faculty of Science, Comenius University, and completed her doctoral studies at the Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, under the guidance of Professor MUDr. Daniela Ostatníkovová PhD,, focused on the research of the biological basis of autism spectrum disorders, thesis topic The influence of testosterone metabolism and neuroendocrine regulation in the pathogenesis of autism. She completed internships abroad at the Autism Research Center with prof. Simon Baron Cohen (Cambridge, England) and in the laboratory of Dr. Ana Maria Castejon, Nova Southeastern University (Ford Lauderdale, Florida), where she participated in research projects on autism.

She graduated from the Medical Faculty of Comenius University and in 2016 she successfully completed her doctoral studies under the guidance of prof. MUDr. Daniela Ostatníkovej, PhD., Thesis topic The relationship between testosterone and aggression in children with autism spectrum disorders and the possibilities of a potential anti-androgen therapy. ”. During her doctoral studies, she worked at the Academic Research Center for Autism. She focused on testosterone and its effect on behavioral problems in children with autism. During this time, she completed a research stay at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, where she majored in the diagnosis of autism and participated in an international bio-behavioral research project. He currently lives and works in England, where he is in attestation training in the field of general medicine and collaborates on research in the field of Huntington’s disorder at the University of Birmingham.

In 2006, she completed her studies in genetics at the Faculty of Science of Comenius University in Bratislava, where in 2007 she also defended a rigorous thesis in the same field. In 2010, she successfully completed an internal doctoral study on the topic Comparison of genotypic and phenotypic neuroendocrine regulation of cognitive abilities at the Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in the study program: normal and pathological physiology. Under the leadership of prof. MUDr. Daniela Ostatníkova, PhD. was devoted to the study of genetic polymorphisms in genes regulating sex hormone metabolism in correlation with cognitive functions in the childhood autistic population in Slovakia.