PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family name, First name: Varga, Zoltan
Date of birth: 28/FEB/1985
Researcher unique identifier:
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.hu/citations?user=HiBwn6cAAAAJ&hl
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2758-0784
URL for web site: http://semmelweis.hu/pharmacology/zoltan-varga/

EDUCATION

01/SEPT/2009 – 12/DEC/2013 PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
01/SEPT/2003 – 27/JUNE/2009 Medical Doctor
Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
01/SEPT/2009 – 31/AUG/2011 English-Hungarian Medical Interpreter and Translator Postgraduate Course Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

CURRENT POSITION

01/NOV/2018 – Senior Research Associate
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

01/DEC/2011 – 31/AUG/2014 Junior Research Associate
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
01/SEPT/2014 – 07/JAN/2015 Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
07/JAN/2015 – 11/JAN/2018 Visiting Fellow
Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD., USA
01/FEB/2018 – 01/NOV/2018 Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009: Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic
2006, 2007, 2008: Scholarship of the city Szeged
2007: Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Scholarship of the Rotary Club, Szeged
2007, 2008, 2009: IFMSA international training scholarships (Cairo, Egypt: General Surgery; Vienna, Austria: Vascular Surgery; Bangkok, Thailand: Obstetrics and Gynecology)
2013: Jedlik Ányos Predoctoral Scholarship, National Program of Excellence
2011, 2013: Master in Tutoring Award (award of the National Students’ Scientific Circle Council)
2009, 2011, 2013: Travel Grants of the International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
2013: ISHR Early Career Investigator Grant
2014: Travel Grant of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
2014: First Contact Initiative Grant of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
2014: Merit award in scientific excellence, Semmelweis University
2015: Rosztoczy Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship
2017: Junior Prima Award

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

01/SEPT/2009 – 31/DEC/2012 3 Master Students
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
01/SEPT/2013 –07/JAN/2015 3 Master Students, 2 PhD students
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
07/JAN/2015 – 11/JAN/2018 2 Postbac students, 1 undergraduate student
Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD., USA
01/FEB/2018 – 2 PhD students, 2 Predoctoral students
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

01/SEPT/2005 – 31/AUG/2012 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary: Seminar and practical teacher of 2nd year medical students (Hungarian, German and English)
01/SEPT/2012 – 07/JAN/2015 Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary: Seminar and practical teacher of 4th year medical students (Hungarian, and English)
01/SEPT/2018 – Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary: Seminar and practical teacher of 4th year medical students (Hungarian, and English)