Šimaiová Veronika, DVM, PhD

Research/art/teacher profile

Date of last update: 08.09.2026

I. Basic information
I.1 Surname
Šimaiová
I.2 Given name
Veronika
I.3 Degrees
DVM, PhD
I.4 Year of birth
1988
I.5 Name of the workplace
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of Morphological Disciplines
I.6 Address of the workplace
Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position
lecturer
I.8 E-mail address veronika.simaiova@uvlf.sk
I.9 University staff register / partner university profile https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/30139
I.11 ORCID iD 0000-0002-9231-8459
II. Higher education and further qualification growth
InstitutionYearStudy field and programme
Second degree higher education
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2014
Food hygiene
Third degree higher education
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2018
Veterinary morphology and physiology
III. Current and previous employment
OccupationInstitutionYear
Department of Morphological Disciplines - assistant professor
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2021 – to date
Department of Morphological Disciplines - researcher
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2020 – 2021
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Physiology - researcher
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2018 – 2020
IV. Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
ActivityInstitutionYear
Continuing education. Professional seminar. Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o., Quality management.
Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o., Púchovská 12, 83106 Bratislava.
2026
Continuing education. Profesional seminar. Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o., Life Sciences
Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o., Púchovská 12, 83106 Bratislava.
2026
Professional seminar. Structural regeneration of the locomotor apparatus. A new generation of injection therapy..
Ortopedické centrum, s.r.o. a Lunomedic, s.r.o. v spolupráci s Tiss ‘You srl, San Marino.
2026
Lifelong Learning Program: Preparation, Preservation and Plastination Techniques Course.
Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno.
2025
Course BASICS OF HIGHER EDUCATION PEDAGOGY
University of Prešov in Prešov; University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice
2025
Protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes. ´´Retraining´´
Institute of Veterinary Education, Cesta pod Hradovou 13 / a, 041 77 Košice
2023
Training for working with very toxic substances and mixtures and toxic substances and mixtures.
Educational institution: MEDISON, s.r.o., Obchodná 16, 04011 Košice.
2023
Erasmus + - mobility- training- 08.01.2020 - 06.02.2020
Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology
2020
Professional seminar 2019- LifeSciences Section reg. no. 2019/22/1
Hermes LabSystems, s. r. o., Púchovská 12, 83106 Bratislava
2019
´´Protection of animals used for scientific or educational purposes - retraining´´
Institute of Veterinary Education, Cesta pod Hradovou 13 / a, 041 77 Košice
2019
Professional seminar 2019- LifeSciences Section reg. no. 2019/26/1
Hermes LabSystems, s. r. o., Púchovská 12, 83106 Bratislava
2019
IHC Workshop, reg. no. 2019/01/1
Hermes LabSystems, s. r. o., Púchovská 12, 83106 Bratislava
2019
Professional seminar - presentation of application possibilities of laboratory instruments and equipment offered by PRAGOLAB s. r.o.
Pragolab s. r. o., Drieňová 1712/34, 821 02 Bratislava
2019
Erasmus + - mobility- training- 16.09.2016 - 20.12.2016
Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology
2016
V. Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

Academic year: 2026/2027

V.1. Overview of taught profile courses

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V.2. Responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of study programmes

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V.3. Responsibility for the development and quality of habilitation and inauguration fields

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V.4. Overview of supervised theses

BachelorMasterDoctoral
Currently supervised theses010
Defended theses820

V.5. Overview of other taught courses

CourseStudy programmeDegreeStudy field
Úvod do anatómie potravinových zvierat
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Úvod do fyziológie potravinových zvierat
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Basics of anatomy and physiology of food animals
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Úvod do anatómie potravinových zvierat
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Úvod do fyziológie potravinových zvierat
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Basics of anatomy and physiology of food animals
Feed and Foodstuff Safety – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy I.
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy II.
Food hygiene – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Animal anatomy I.
Joint Bachelor Degree in Animal Science (joint study programme with Nord University) – full-time study, English language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Animal anatomy II.
Joint Bachelor Degree in Animal Science (joint study programme with Nord University) – full-time study, English language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy
Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy
Veterinary nurse – full-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy
Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy
Veterinary nurse – part-time study, Slovak language
I.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy
veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language
I.
Anatomy
veterinary nurse – full-time study, English language
I.
Anatomy
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy I.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy I.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy II.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy II.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy II.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy I.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy II.
General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language
I. + II.
Veterinary Medicine
VI. Overview of research/artistic/other outputs

The last six completed calendar years: 2020–2025. The current year is excluded.

VI.1. Overview of research/artistic/other outputs and citations

TotalOver the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of research/artistic/other outputs5329
VI.1.2 Number of outputs registered in Web of Science or Scopus85
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs9076
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in Web of Science or Scopus9076
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at international and national level00

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

1.
ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - ALMÁŠIOVÁ, Viera - HOLOVSKÁ, Katarína - KISKOVÁ, Terézia - HORVÁTHOVÁ, Františka - ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - TÓTH, Štefan - RAČEK, Adam - RAČEKOVÁ, Enikö - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - DVOŘÁK, Petr - CIGÁNKOVÁ, Viera. The effect of 2.45 GHz non-ionizing radiation on the structure and ultrastructure of the testis in juvenile rats. In: Histology and Histopathology. 2019. ISSN 0213-3911, Vol. 34, no. 4(2019), p. 391-403. (2019: 2.021 - IF, 90 - H-index, 1.829 - IF 5y, 0.625 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.405 - ABDC).
2.
ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - TOMČO, Marek - HOLOVSKÁ, Katarína - KREŠÁKOVÁ, Lenka - VDOVIAKOVÁ, Katarína - PETROVOVÁ, Eva. Articular cartilage defects regeneration using a chitosan based scaffold in the sheep [Regenerácia defektov kĺbovej chrupky pomocou biomateriálu na báze chitosanu u ovce]. In: Morphology : International Congress of Slovak Anatomical Society and Lojda Symposium on Histochemistry. Morphology 2019, 5 - 7 September, 2019, High tatras, Slovak Republic : Conference programme and abstracts of the 45th International congress of Slovak Anatomical society and 56th Lojda symposium of Histochemistry. 1. vyd. Košice : UPJŠ, 2019. ISBN 978-80-8152-758-6, s. 112.
3.
ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - KREŠÁKOVÁ, Lenka - VDOVIAKOVÁ, Katarína - PETROVOVÁ, Eva - DANKO, Ján - MEDVECKÝ, Ľubomír. Imunohistochemická analýza regenerácie defektov kĺbovej chrupky ošípaných s použitím matrice na báze kalcium fosfátu [Immunohistochemical analysis of the pig articular cartilage defects regeneration using calcium phosphate based scaffold]. In: Kompozitné biocementy - vlastnosti a výsledky po aplikácií : Zborník vedeckých prác. 1. vyd. Košice : UVLF v Košiciach, 2020. ISBN 978-80-8077-687-9, CD-ROM, s. 42-47.
4.
ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - KREŠÁKOVÁ, Lenka - VDOVIAKOVÁ, Katarína - PETROVOVÁ, Eva - DANKO, Ján - MEDVECKÝ, Ľubomír. Regeneration of articular cartilage defects using a calcium phosphate based scaffold. In: Morphology 2021 : 1. vyd. Praha : Česká anatomická společnost, 2021. online, s. 110.
5.
KREŠÁKOVÁ, Lenka - DANKO, Ján - VDOVIAKOVÁ, Katarína - MEDVECKÝ, Ľubomír - ŽERT, Zdeněk - PETROVOVÁ, Eva - VARGA, Maroš - ŠPAKOVSKÁ, Tatiana - PRIBULA, Jozef - GAŠPÁREK, Miroslav - GIRETOVÁ, Mária - ŠTULAJTEROVÁ, Radoslava - KOĽVEK, Filip - ANDREJČÁKOVÁ, Zuzana - ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - KADAŠI, Marián - VRABEC, Vladimír - TÓTH, Teodor - HURA, Vladimír. In vivo study of osteochondral defect regeneration using innovative composite calcium phosphate biocement in a sheep model. In: Materials. 2021. ISSN 1996-1944, Vol. 14, no. 16 (2021), art. no. 4471, p. [1-21]. (2021: 3.748 - IF, 128 - H-index, 4.042 - IF 5y, 0.604 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.541 - ABDC).

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

1.
ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - KREŠÁKOVÁ, Lenka - VDOVIAKOVÁ, Katarína - PETROVOVÁ, Eva - DANKO, Ján - MEDVECKÝ, Ľubomír. Imunohistochemická analýza regenerácie defektov kĺbovej chrupky ošípaných s použitím matrice na báze kalcium fosfátu [Immunohistochemical analysis of the pig articular cartilage defects regeneration using calcium phosphate based scaffold]. In: Kompozitné biocementy - vlastnosti a výsledky po aplikácií : Zborník vedeckých prác. 1. vyd. Košice : UVLF v Košiciach, 2020. ISBN 978-80-8077-687-9, CD-ROM, s. 42-47.
2.
ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - KREŠÁKOVÁ, Lenka - VDOVIAKOVÁ, Katarína - PETROVOVÁ, Eva - DANKO, Ján - MEDVECKÝ, Ľubomír. Regeneration of articular cartilage defects using a calcium phosphate based scaffold. In: Morphology 2021 : 1. vyd. Praha : Česká anatomická společnost, 2021. online, s. 110.
3.
KREŠÁKOVÁ, Lenka - DANKO, Ján - VDOVIAKOVÁ, Katarína - MEDVECKÝ, Ľubomír - ŽERT, Zdeněk - PETROVOVÁ, Eva - VARGA, Maroš - ŠPAKOVSKÁ, Tatiana - PRIBULA, Jozef - GAŠPÁREK, Miroslav - GIRETOVÁ, Mária - ŠTULAJTEROVÁ, Radoslava - KOĽVEK, Filip - ANDREJČÁKOVÁ, Zuzana - ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - KADAŠI, Marián - VRABEC, Vladimír - TÓTH, Teodor - HURA, Vladimír. In vivo study of osteochondral defect regeneration using innovative composite calcium phosphate biocement in a sheep model. In: Materials. 2021. ISSN 1996-1944, Vol. 14, no. 16 (2021), art. no. 4471, p. [1-21]. (2021: 3.748 - IF, 128 - H-index, 4.042 - IF 5y, 0.604 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.541 - ABDC).
4.
KREŠÁKOVÁ, Lenka - MEDVECKÝ, Ľubomír - VDOVIAKOVÁ, Katarína - VARGA, Maroš - DANKO, Ján - TOTKOVIČ, Roman - ŠPAKOVSKÁ, Tatiana - VRZGULA, Marko - GIRETOVÁ, Mária - BRIANČIN, Jaroslav - ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - KADAŠI, Marián. Long-bone-regeneration process in a sheep animal model, using hydroxyapatite ceramics prepared by tape-casting method. In: Bioengineering. 2023. ISSN 2306-5354, Vol. 10, no. 3 (2023), art. no. 291, p. [1-19]. (2023: 3.8 - IF, 0.627 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q).
5.
PETROVOVÁ, Eva - TOMČO, Marek - HOLOVSKÁ, Katarína - DANKO, Ján - KREŠÁKOVÁ, Lenka - VDOVIAKOVÁ, Katarína - ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - KOĽVEK, Filip - HORŇÁKOVÁ, Petra - TÓTH, Teodor - ŽIVČÁK, Jozef - GÁL, Peter - SEDMERA, David - LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka - MEDVECKÝ, Ľubomír. PHB/CHIT scaffold as a promising biopolymer in the treatment of osteochondral defects—an experimental animal study. In: Polymers. 2021. ISSN 2073-4360, Vol. 13, no. 8 (2021), art. no. 1232, p. [1-26]. (2021: 4.967 - IF, 89 - H-index, 5.063 - IF 5y, 0.726 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.611 - ABDC).

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs

1.
ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - ALMÁŠIOVÁ, Viera - HOLOVSKÁ, Katarína - KISKOVÁ, Terézia - HORVÁTHOVÁ, Františka - ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - TÓTH, Štefan - RAČEK, Adam - RAČEKOVÁ, Enikö - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - DVOŘÁK, Petr - CIGÁNKOVÁ, Viera. The effect of 2.45 GHz non-ionizing radiation on the structure and ultrastructure of the testis in juvenile rats. In: Histology and Histopathology. 2019. ISSN 0213-3911, Vol. 34, no. 4(2019), p. 391-403. (2019: 2.021 - IF, 90 - H-index, 1.829 - IF 5y, 0.625 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.405 - ABDC).
[1] JAFFAR, Farah Hanan Fathihah - OSMAN, Khairul - ISMAIL, Nur Hilwani - CHIN, Kok-Yong - IBRAHIM, Siti Fatimah. Adverse Effects of Wi-Fi Radiation on Male Reproductive System: A Systematic Review. In TOHOKU JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. ISSN 0040-8727, 2019, vol. 248, no. 3, pp. 169-179.
2.
ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - ALMÁŠIOVÁ, Viera - HOLOVSKÁ, Katarína - KISKOVÁ, Terézia - HORVÁTHOVÁ, Františka - ŠEVČÍKOVÁ, Zuzana - TÓTH, Štefan - RAČEK, Adam - RAČEKOVÁ, Enikö - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - DVOŘÁK, Petr - CIGÁNKOVÁ, Viera. The effect of 2.45 GHz non-ionizing radiation on the structure and ultrastructure of the testis in juvenile rats. In: Histology and Histopathology. 2019. ISSN 0213-3911, Vol. 34, no. 4(2019), p. 391-403. (2019: 2.021 - IF, 90 - H-index, 1.829 - IF 5y, 0.625 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.405 - ABDC).
[2] BUCKO, Samuel - CUVALOVA, Anna - LABUN, Jan - ZBOJOVSKY, Jan - BUJNAKOVA, Dobroslava - KMET, Vladimir. MODULATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BIOFILM BY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. In JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD SCIENCES. ISSN 1338-5178, 2020, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1020-1022.
3.
RAČEK, Adam - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - ARNOULOVÁ, Petra - ZÁVODSKÁ, Monika - ANGELIDIS, Andreas - CIGÁNKOVÁ, Viera - ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - RAČEKOVÁ, Enikö. Age-dependent effect of long-term microwave radiation on postnatal neurogenesis in rats: morphological and behavioral study [Vekovo závislý účinok dlhodobého mikrovlnného žiarenia na postnatálnu neurogenézu u potkanov: morfologická a behaviorálna štúdia]. In: Physiological Research. 2018. ISSN 0862-8408, Vol. 67, č. 3(2018), s. 495-503. (2018: 1.701 - IF, 67 - H-index, 1.669 - IF 5y, 0.583 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q, 0.361 - ABDC).
[1] HE, Gen-Lin - WANG, Ze-Ze - YU, Xue-Ting - SHEN, Ting-Ting - LUO, Zhen - LI, Ping - LUO, Xue - TAN, Yu-Long - GAO, Peng - YANG, Xue-Sen. The involvement of microglial CX3CR1 in heat acclimation-induced amelioration of adult hippocampal neurogenesis impairment in EMF-exposed mice. In BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN. ISSN 0361-9230, 2021, vol. 177, no., pp. 181-193.
4.
RAČEK, Adam - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - ARNOULOVÁ, Petra - ZÁVODSKÁ, Monika - ANGELIDIS, Andreas - CIGÁNKOVÁ, Viera - ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - RAČEKOVÁ, Enikö. Age-dependent effect of long-term microwave radiation on postnatal neurogenesis in rats: morphological and behavioral study [Vekovo závislý účinok dlhodobého mikrovlnného žiarenia na postnatálnu neurogenézu u potkanov: morfologická a behaviorálna štúdia]. In: Physiological Research. 2018. ISSN 0862-8408, Vol. 67, č. 3(2018), s. 495-503. (2018: 1.701 - IF, 67 - H-index, 1.669 - IF 5y, 0.583 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q, 0.361 - ABDC).
[1] MISEK, Jakub - VETERNIK, Marcel - TONHAJZEROVA, Ingrid - JAKUSOVA, Viera - JANOUSEK, Ladislav - JAKUS, Jan. Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field Affects Heart Rate Variability in Rabbits. In PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. ISSN 0862-8408, 2020, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 633-643.
5.
RAČEK, Adam - BEŇOVÁ, Katarína - ARNOULOVÁ, Petra - ZÁVODSKÁ, Monika - ANGELIDIS, Andreas - CIGÁNKOVÁ, Viera - ŠIMAIOVÁ, Veronika - RAČEKOVÁ, Enikö. Age-dependent effect of long-term microwave radiation on postnatal neurogenesis in rats: morphological and behavioral study [Vekovo závislý účinok dlhodobého mikrovlnného žiarenia na postnatálnu neurogenézu u potkanov: morfologická a behaviorálna štúdia]. In: Physiological Research. 2018. ISSN 0862-8408, Vol. 67, č. 3(2018), s. 495-503. (2018: 1.701 - IF, 67 - H-index, 1.669 - IF 5y, 0.583 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q, 0.361 - ABDC).
[1] PIESOVA, Michaela - MACH, Mojmir. Impact of Perinatal Hypoxia on the Developing Brain. In PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. ISSN 0862-8408, 2020, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 199-213.

VI.5. Participation in conducting or leading the most important projects over the last six years

1.
Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0336/20 – Utilization of biocements in cartilage and hard tissue regeneration. Project period: 2020–2023.
2.
Slovak research and development agency APVV-20-0073 – Chorioallantoic membrane - in vivo model for study of biocompatibility of materials. Project period: 2021–2025.
3.
Slovak research and development agency APVV-23-0488 – Antagonistic effect of bioactive substances on clinically significant antibiotic-resistant and biofilm forming coagulase negative staphylococci. Project period: 2024–2027.
4.
Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0074/24 – Angiogénny potenciál biomateriálov stimulovaný génovým transferom na alternatívnych modeloch CAM a organ-on-chip. Project period: 2024–2027.
5.
Slovak research and development agency APVV-17-0110 – Injectable hybrid composite biocements. Project period: 2018–2021.
VII. Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities
Position / activityInstitutionYear
member
Slovak Medical Society
2021 – to date
member
Slovak Anatomical Society
2021 – to date
member
Košice Medical Association
2021 – to date
VIII. Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study
InstitutionAddressMobility scheme, employment contract, otherYear
Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology
Albertov 4, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic
Mobility scheme - training focused on processing and evaluation of histological material within projects taking place at the Institute of Histology and Embryology of the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University and also processing of own material within projects at UVLF using immunohistochemical methods, working with a confocal microscope. Length of mobility: 08.01.2020-06.02.2020
2020 – 2020
Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology
Albertov 4, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic
Mobility scheme - training aimed at mastering various histological and microscopic techniques, with participation in research work carried out at the Institute of Histology and Embryology. Mobility duration: 16.9.2016 - 20.12.2016
2016 – 2016
IX. Other relevant facts

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