Curriculum Vitae
Contact information
Assoc. Prof. Zdeněk Valenta, MSc, MS, PhD
Deputy Director for Strategic Development
Dept. of Statistical Modelling, Chair
Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Pod Vodarenskou vezi 2, 182 07 Prague, Czech Republic
tel. +420 266 052 094
https://sites.google.com/site/iscbcr/
Education
1983 – 1988 MSc in Mathematical Statistics, Dept. of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Charles University in Prague, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Praha, ČR
1990 – 1991 MSc in Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, WC1E 7HT London, U.K.
1995 – 1997 MS in Mathematical Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Baker Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A.
1997 – 2002 PhD 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.
2006 (docent) Associate Professor of Medical Informatics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague
Employment history
2017 → Deputy Director for Strategic Development, Head of the Dept. of Statistical Modelling, Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
2016 → Lecturer in Biostatistics, Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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)
Professional interests
Analysis of data from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies
Statistical modelling
Survival analysis
Generalised linear models
Statistical applications in genetics and molecular biology
Teaching
Biostatistics (Survival analysis, introductory and advanced course on multivariate survival methods) - Mathematical Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno
PhD Course in Biostatistics - doctoral students at 1st and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague
Panels membership
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA ČR), 1. 4. 2017 – 31. 3. 2019. Vice-chairman of the panel P103 Cybernetics and Information Processing
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA ČR), 1. 4. 2015 – 31. 3. 2017. Member of the panel P103 Cybernetics and Information Processing
Expert for the European Commission (2014). 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)
Member of the Faculty of 1000, Research Methodology. Since 2014
Member of the Advisory Board, Faculty of 1000 Research
Reviews
Statistics in Medicine
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
European Journal for Biomedical Informatics, and more.
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
Professional Societies Membership
International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB).
ISCB President (2021-2022)
ISCB Vice-president (2019-2020)
ISCB Officer (treasurer) 2015-2016, 2017-2018
Member of the Executive Committee 2011-2012, 2013-2014
Chairman of the National Groups Sub-committee, since 2012
Member of the Conference Organisation Sub-committee, since 2008
Mezinárodní společnost pro klinickou biostatistiku v České republice, z.s. (ISCB ČR)
Founding chairman, since 2006
The Karel Čapek Center for Values in Science and Technology - internal member, since 2019
Czech Statistical Society (2005-2013)
Awards
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.)