Scientific research groups ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** • Preventable diseases (prof. MUDr. Lenka Borská, Ph.D. [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/ osoba/1646198309509945/?lang=en"] ): The research focuses on the study of preventable im pathophysiological mechanisms of the origin and development of selected civilization dis metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, cancer, and psoriasis vulgaris. • Aging research (MUDr. Pavel Borský, Ph.D. [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/whois2/ osoba/1830206581430228/?lang=en"] ): Research on the biological process of aging with th identifying and analyzing factors that influence aging with respect to different health and patient groups, using modern methods and techniques from the fields of genetics, epi metabolomics. • Toxicology (prof. Ing. Zdeněk Fiala, CSc. [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/whois2/ osoba/1956320115762520/?lang=en"] ): Research is focused on the study of the response of exposure to selected chemical substances with a focus on nanoparticles and nanomaterials • General Practice and Public Health (doc. Býma [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/whois2/ osoba/1427549634827454/?lang=en"] ), Epidemiology and Vaccinology (prof. MUDr. Roman Pry Ph.D. [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/whois2/osoba/1388483757322871/?lang=en"] ): Rese fields of public health and general practice focuses on optimization of the network of g providers in the Czech Republic and on legislative modifications of their competences. R the field of epidemiology is oriented to the areas of clinical epidemiology, epidemiolog communicable diseases, pharmacoepidemiology, medical statistics, and the strategy of pla trials of new vaccines. • Psychosocial Issues and Ethics (doc. PhDr. Jana Marie Havigerová, Ph.D. [ URL "https://i webapps/whois2/osoba/1068739442625355/?lang=en"] ): The research focuses on the assessme quality of life (Well-being), medical ethics, psychosomatic diseases, and doctor-patient