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Research Centre on Health, Quality of Life and Lifestyle in a Geodemographic and Socioeconomic Context (GeoQol) is an interdisciplinary oriented working group of scientific researchers, composed primarily of science teachers and students of the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science on the Charles University in Prague and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London. Research center is mainly interested in the analysis of the current state of the population health, individual and social ways of its care, as well as environmental impacts and socio-economic climate on human health. All this in the context of the changing intensity of the effects on health of the aimed population.
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The team
Research staff
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prof. RNDr. Dagmar Dzúrová, CSc.
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doc. RNDr. Bc. Jana Šiftová, Ph.D.social geography, food geography, geography of retail and consumption, behavioral geography, methods in geographical research Jana Spilková defended her Ph.D. in 2006 at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague. She currently works as an associate professor at the department of social geography and regional development, where she focuses on people’s life-style during the period of transition from communism to capitalism, mainly the key trends in the consumption, shopping, nutrition etc. She teaches statistical analysis and other methods in social geographical research, as well as behavioral geography and geography of retail and consumption.
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RNDr. Michala Lustigová, Ph.D.demography, health geography, social epidemiology, population health, epidemiology of NCDs, ageing and health She graduated at the Department of Demography and Geodemography at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. Her Ph.D. thesis was focused on cardiovascular epidemiology and cardiovascular health among the Czech population. Nowadays she works as an assistant professor at the department of Social Geography and Regional Development at the Faculty of Science of the Charles University with focus on health demography and health geography. Together to that she works as a researcher at the National Institute of Public Health in Prague with the main concern on health surveys, Czech population health, and assessing the influence of life style and environment on population health.
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Ivana Kulhánová, Ph.D.sociální epidemiologie, epidemiologie nádorových onemocnění , sociální nerovnosti ve zdraví She obtained her PhD in social epidemiology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In her PhD thesis, she focused on educational inequalities in mortality in Europe. After completion of doctoral studies, she moved to France where she conducted research in cancer epidemiology at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Currently, she works as a researcher at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development at the Faculty of Science of the Charles University with main research interests in cancer epidemiology and social inequalities in health.
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RNDr. Pavlína Netrdová, Ph.D.quantitative methods in social geography, spatial data analysis, applied statistics, measuring of regional differences Pavlína Netrdová is an assistant professor at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University. Her research focuses on quantitative methods in social geography, spatial data analysis and GIS (geographic information system), spatial aspects of socio-economic differentiation and border studies. She is a member of Economic Geography and Regional Development Center (CEGARR) at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development. Pavlína teaches the course GIS in Epidemiology.
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RNDr. Klára Hulíková Tesárková, Ph.D.demographic analysis, mortality, formal demography Klára Hulíková Tesárková is an assistant professor at the Department of Demography and Geodemography, Faculty of Science, Charles University, where she completed her PhD studies in 2012. Her research focuses mainly on demographic methodology and modelling and demographic analysis - particularly on the mortality process. Since 2021, she has been leading the Centre for Demographic Analysis, Models and Methods and is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Working Group on Health, Morbidity and Mortality of the European Association for Population Studies.
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Collaborating researchers
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prof. Martin Bobáksocial, environmental, behavioral, genetic and psychosocial determinants of chronic diseases, well-being His main research interests concern social, environmental, behavioral, genetic and psychosocial determinants of chronic diseases and well-being in Central and Eastern Europe, i.e. in societies undergoing rapid social change. He is a professor Institute of Epidemiology & Health at the University College London in the United Kingdome and a researcher in the UCL Central and Eastern European Health Research Group.
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prof. Hynek PikhartSES during life course, poplutaiong ageing and changes in cognitive and physical functions, health behaviours and health inequalities, social, behavioral and biological risk factors of health He obtained a master's degree at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Charles University. In 1995 he finished MSc at the LSHTM. In 2002 he defended his PhD in epidemiology at the University College London. His work concerns social and psychosocial determinants of health of different European populations. In particular he works on The Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) Study, project concentrating on determinants of poor health status in samples of general population in Russia, Poland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic.
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RNDr. Jan Jarolímek, Ph.D., MBAmedical geography, health geography In 2013 he defended his rigorous proceedings in the field of Social geography and regional development at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno. He received MBA degree from ESMA Barcelona in 2011. From 2006 to 2009 he worked as the Head of Analysis, Statistics and IT division in the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic. After that he was the Head of Strategy and Management of Public Health department. In April 2009 he was named the Deputy Director of economical and technical activities in the Public Health Authority of Central Bohemia.
In 2017 he received PhD at the Faculty of Science, Charles University with the dissertation on socio-economic determinants of occupational diseases. Currently his work concerns occupational health and a quality of work environment in the relation to health. ORCID |
PhD students
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Mgr. Anna AltováAnna Altová obtained bachelor's degree Social-economic demography at the University of Economics and master's degree in Social Epidemiology. She focuses on lifestyle risk factors of cancer. She received Charles University Grant Agency founding for the project Motivations and barriers for cancer screening attendance among Czech women.
In 2019/20 she successfully completed the European Doctoral School of Demography in Barcelona. She is one of the organizers of the Young Demographers Conference and a founding member of the EAPS PhD Network Steering committee. PhD project: Lifestyle as a risk factor for cancer Advisor: RNDr. Michala Lustigová, Ph.D. ORCID |
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Mgr. Kristina GundersenKristina graduated with a master's degree in Sociology of Law from the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway. During her Ph.D., she focuses on addressing the pressing public health issue of late-life suicidal behavior in the Nordic and Visegrad countries. Examining the risk factors associated with suicidal behavior in older adults aims to contribute to the promotion of healthy and positive aging within this demographic. This analysis will specifically focus on two comparable populations: the Nordic and Visegrad countries, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
PhD project: Suicidal behaviour of the late-life population in the Nordic and Visegrad countries: A socio-geographical study. Advisor: prof. RNDr. Dagmar Dzúrová, CSc. |
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Mgr. Tereza ChmelařováTereza Chmelařová obtained a bachelor's degree in Demography with Sociology and a master's degree in Social Epidemiology. She is currently a PhD student at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. In her research work she focuses on health and its determinants in the case of Ukrainian war refugees.
PhD project: The Impact of socio-geographic mechanisms on self-assessment of health and life satisfaction of migrants and refugees from Ukraine Advisor: prof. RNDr. Dagmar Dzúrová, CSc. |
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Mgr. Michaela KalinováMichaela Kalinová graduated in General Nursing at the 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and then in Social Epidemiology at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. Currently, she works as an expert at the State Institute of Health in Prague in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and at the Central Military Hospital. She is a working member of the international SAFEST project aimed at improving patient safety in perioperative care and is involved in the preparation of the joint proposal "Strategy for the elimination of cervical cancer in the Czech Republic".
Her research focuses on spatial analysis of epidemiological data in order to search for sociodemographic and spatial determinants that may contribute to explaining the behaviour of infectious diseases in the Czech Republic. PhD project: Incidence of infectious diseases in the spatial and social context of the Czech Republic and Europe Advisor: doc. RNDr. Pavlína Netrdová, Ph.D. |
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RNDr. Marie Kuklová She graduated Public Health at the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Social epidemiology at the Faculty of Science, Charles University and Social antropology at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
During her PhD she focuses on social inequalities in mental health in European countries. Her research focuses on the association between socioeconomic status and mental illness in the context of demographic and social factors. PhD project: Social inequalities in mental health Advisor: RNDr. Michala Lustigová, Ph.D. ORCID |
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Mgr. Miroslav LíbalHe graduated Sociology and Social Policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University and then Social Epidemiology at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. His PhD studies focus on the use of simulations and complex systems in health demography and social epidemiology. His professional interests include risk behavior in adolescents, cognitive ageing associated with quality of life, and more recently research and popularization of alternative voting systems.
PhD project: Complex systems and system dynamics in social epidemiology and health demography Advisor: RNDr. Michala Lustigová, Ph.D. |
Mgr. Markéta MíškováMarkéta Míšková studied public health and social epidemiology. As part of her doctoral studies, she focuses on the prevalence of pain in the European population. Specifically, she is interested in the relationship between pain prevalence and lifestyle factors, quality of life or mental health.
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Maika Ohno, MSc.She obtained a BA in Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a BSc in Sport Science at Leeds Beckett University in the UK. With an interest in studying muscle health and quality of life of ageing populations through exercise and nutrition, she earned an MSc in Nutrition with an emphasis on nutritional epidemiology at the University of Leeds as well as MSc in Sport Nutrition at Leeds Beckett University.
PhD project: Geography of Food and Health: Social inequalities in the healthy food availability among elderly population Advisor: prof. RNDr. Dagmar Dzúrová, CSc. |
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Mgr. Umit TleshovaShe obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Bolton, UK, at the UAE Academic Campus), dedicating her field research to the socio-economic challenges faced by women in Nairobi, Kenya. She focuses on global population challenges and is currently dedicating her doctoral research to studying Covid-19 mortality data and its connection to the level of democratization in countries with a communist history in the EU and CIS.
PhD project: Mortality and Democracy: a Comparative Study of COVID-19 Reporting in Post-Communist Countries Advisor: prof. RNDr. Dagmar Dzúrová, CSc |
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Mgr. et Mgr. Sabína VančíkováSabína Vančíková started her academic journey at the Biology Department of the Faculty of Science of Charles University, where she graduated in Immunology and later added the study of Social Epidemiology. She is currently doing research in both areas, with an emphasis on cancer.
Her main research focus as part of her PhD project in Demography is cancer prevention, specifically colorectal cancer. Her main focus is on social inequalities in prevention behaviour in European countries. PhD project: Social inequalities in colorectal cancer prevention Advisor: Ivana Kulhánová, Ph.D. ORCID |
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Mgr. Ivana VansáčováIvana Vansáčová studied Anthropology at Masaryk University in Brno and Social Epidemiology at Charles University in Prague. Her doctoral studies focus on the impact of external crises on the happiness and health of European populations. Her professional work also focuses on health determinants and socioeconomic inequalities in health.
PhD project: The impact of crises on happiness and health Advisor: RNDr. Michala Lustigová, Ph.D. |
