Present appointment: Assistant Professor
Phone number: +36-1-210-2930/56258 or /56237
Email: kato.erzsebet@med.semmelweis-univ.hu
Education and qualification:
1996-2002 Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures, Targu Mures, Romania
Present affiliation:
2003- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University
Previous appointments:
Assistant lecturer, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University (2009-2012)
Junior research associate-Neuropsychopharmacologycal Research Group of Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University (2003-2004)
Scientific degree:
2011 PhD Semmelweis University
Educational activities:
Graduate education:
- Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
– seminars for medical students in Hungarian (2004-), and English (2010-) languages
– lectures for medical students in Hungarian and English languages (2014-)
– lectures and seminars for dentistry students in Hungarian and English languages (2013-)
- 2013 – Tutor of Hungarian and English dentistry students
- Semifinal (2004-) and final (2012-) examination in Hungarian and English languages (medicine students, 2004-; dentistry students 2012-)
- Student research supervisor since 2010 (2 awards at TDK)
- Thesis consultant
Postgraduate education:
- 2017- Pharmacodynamics, PhD course
- 2009-2013- “Preclinical studies” for clinical pharmacologist candidates
Memberships in professional societies:
2004- Hungarian Society for Experimental and Clinical Phramacology
Scientific activities:
2011- Study of the modulation of glutamatergic transmission, its importance in the organization and regulation of higher order cognitive functions.
2007- Investigation of neuromodulatory role and importance of purinergic transmission in the central nervous system.
2003-2007 Analysis of interaction of peptidergic, biogenic amine and amino acid transmitters in the integration of central and peripheral autonomic functions. Pharmacological characterization of some opioid derivatives and of α2B adrenoceptor.
Scholarships:
2006, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures, Romania
2007, 2014, 2015 Department of Pharmacology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
2007, 5th EACPT Summer School in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Gent, Belgium
2007-2009, 2010 Rudolph-Boehm Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, EPHAR grant, Summer School of Neuroscience, Catania, Italy
2011, Department of Pharmacology, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
Scientometric datas:
Number of papers in peer-refereed international journals: 15
Number of papers in hungarian journals: 1
Book chapters: 1
Cumulative impact factor: 44,59
Number of citations: 191
Number of independent citations: 105
Hirsch-index: 9