Assoc. Prof. Zdeněk Valenta, MSc, MS, PhD.
Born in Chrudim on 13.6.1955. Married, no children
Department
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX)
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno
Employment - Position
Lecturer
Education and Academic Qualifications
2006: Habilitation - Associate Professor of Medical Informatics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague
1997 – 2002: Ph.D. in Biostatistics. Doctoral dissertation on 'Estimating survival in the Gray’s model'. Dept. of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto St., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, U.S.A.
1995 – 1997: Master of Science in Mathematical Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Baker Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A.
1990 – 1991: Master of Science. in Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, WC1E 7HT London, U.K.
1983 – 1988: Master of Science in Mathematical Statistics, Dept. of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Charles University in Prague, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Praha, ČR
Employment
2017 - Deputy Director for Strategic Development, Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. Dept. of Statistical Modelling, Head.
2016 – Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno
2002 – 2016 Dept. of Medical Informatics & Biostatistics, Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Pod Vodarenskou vezi 2, 182 07 Prague 8, Czech Republic
2002 – 2007 Laboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Institute for Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
2005 – 2011 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, secondary teaching appointment
1995 Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University, 1000 Welch Road, CA 94304 Palo Alto, U.S.A.
1990 WHO MONICA Data Center, Helsinki, Finland. Mortality data assessment. World Health Organisation (WHO)
1988 – 1995 Dept. of Preventive Cardiology, Institute for Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic. WHO MONICA project (Multinational MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease)
Analysis of data from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies
Statistical modeling
Survival analysis
Generalised linear models
Statistical applications in genetics and molecular biology
Activities Outside University
2017 - Deputy Director for Strategic Development, Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. Head of the Dept. of Statistical Modelling
2015 - 2019 Deputy Chairman of the Panel 103 CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
2011 - Member of the Board of the Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences
2011-2014 - Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (http://www.iscb.info/)
2015-2018 - Officer/Treasurer of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (http://www.iscb.info/)
2006 - Chairman of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics in the Czech Republic (https://sites.google.com/site/iscbcr/)
2014 - Expert for the European Commission. Evaluation of the projects submitted under Horizon 2020, Call 'Personalizing health and care' (H2020-PHC-2014, http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-phc-2014-two-stage.html)
2014 - Member of the Faculty of 1000, Research Methodology (http://f1000.com/prime/thefaculty). Member since 2014
2014 - Member of the Advisory Board, Faculty of 1000 Research (http://f1000research.com). Member since 2014
EDUCATIONAL BOARDS MEMBERSHIP
Biomedical Informatics (doctoral studies), 1st and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague & Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. Since 2013
Committee for state examinations (masters programme): Mathematics (Finance and Insurance Mathematics, Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Econometry), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague. Since 2014
Committee for state examinations (bachelors and masters programme): Experimental Biology, Mathematical Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Masaryk University Brno. Since 2013
Committee for state examinations (rigorous exams): Experimental Biology, Mathematical Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Masaryk University Brno. Since 2013
Awards Related to Science and Research
2003: Delta Omega Award, best doctoral dissertation at the Dept. of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
2002: Outstanding Student Award, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
2001: Student Travel Award, ENAR section of the International Biometric Society, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.
1995: Fulbright fellowship award (Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, U.S.A.