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Anna Ziomkiewicz

Anna Ziomkiewicz-Wichary, PhD

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Institute of Anthropology Polish Academy of Sciences, Kuznicza 35, 50-951 Wroclaw, POLAND

 

Scientific interests:

nutritional status and woman reproductive functions, psychological stress and woman reproductive functions, reproductive hormones and behavior in women, reproductive hormones and reproductive cancers in women, family structure and children biological condition, parental investment and children biological condition

Education:  

2001-2005 graduate studies at the Department of Public Health and Population Studies Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University; tutor: Andrzej Pająk, MD, PhD  thesis: "Anthropometric correlates of 17-β-estradiol and progesterone levels in menstrual cycles of urban and rural women, age 24-37;  PhD June 2006

1993-1999 undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University; tutor: Henryk Glab, PhD, thesis: "Environmental factors influence on the occurence, regularity and synchronization of menstrual cycles"; MSc June 1999

Positions:

2008- currently doctor, Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences

2006-2008 research assistant, Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences

2005-2006 research assistant Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Collegium Medium Jagiellonian University

Teaching experience:

Demography lectures for undergraduate Public Health students (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University)

Epidemiology lectures for undergraduate Public Health students (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University)

Statistics lectures for undergraduate Public Health students (Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities)

Seminars in Hormones and Behavior for undergraduate Psychology students (Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities)

Research support:  

„Psychological stress and reproductive function in women. The influence of stress on progesterone and 17-β-estradiol secretion in woman menstrual cycle" – with Grazyna Jasienska, PhD, Departement of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Jagiellonian University, Boguslaw Pawlowski, PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Wroclaw and Szymon Wichary, PhD,  Department of Methodology of Psychological Research, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, principal investigator

„Dominance and testosterone level in women“ - with Boguslaw Pawłowski, PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of Wroclaw, principal investigator

„Mogielica XXI. Life qualty and health” - with Grazyna Jasienska, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Jagiellonian University and Szymon Wichary, PhD,  Department of Methodology of Psychological Research, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, co-investigator

„Diet, physical activity, ovarian hormones and risk of breast cancer in Norwegian and Polish women” with Grazyna Jasienska, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Jagiellonian University, Inger Thune, Prof., University of Tromso, Norway, Peter T. Ellison, Prof., Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, USA, grant Norwegian Cancer Society, research assistant

"Lifestyle, ovarian steroid hormones and risk of breast cancer in Polish and Norwegian women"  with Grazyna Jasienska, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Jagiellonian University, Inger Thune, Prof., University of Tromso, Norway, Peter T. Ellison, Prof., Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, USA, grant Norwegian Cancer Society, research assistant

"Levels of reproductive steroid hormones in women from population with differences in risk of breast cancer. Interaction of genetic polimorphism with lifestyle variation" with Grazyna Jasienska, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Jagiellonian University,Maria Kapiszewska, PhD, Institute of Molecular Biology, Jagiellonian University, Peter T. Ellison, Prof., Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, USA, grant Polish Committee on Scientific Research, research assistant

"Specialist English for European Public Health”, Leonardo Da Vinci Project, with Katarzyna Czabanowska, PhD, Department of  Information Studies, Jagiellonian University, European Union grant, statistician

"Improved employment for public health graduates", Leonardo Da Vinci Project, with Katarzyna Czabanowska, PhD, Department of  Information Studies, Jagiellonian University,  European Union grant, statistician

"MOTIVATE: Motivational skills in Health and Social Care", Leonardo Da Vinci Project 2006-2008, with Katarzyna Czabanowska,  PhD, Department of  Information Studies, Jagiellonian University,  Leonardo da Vinci, European Union grant, statistician

„Educational needs assessment standard care project”,  Leonardo Da Vinci Project, with Katarzyna Czabanowska,  PhD, Department of  Information Studies, Jagiellonian University,  Leonardo da Vinci, European Union grant, statistician

"EUNESE - European Network for Safety Among Elderly", with Katarzyna Szczerbinska, PhD, Department of the Health Promotion, Jagiellonian University, European Union Grant, statistician

Publications:

Szczerbińska, K., Żak, M., Ziomkiewicz, A.”The role of the way of implementation of the multi-factorial falls prevention in nursing homes for elderly persons – the EUNESE project” Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (in Press)

Šumskas L, Czabanowska K., Brunevičiūtė R., Kregždytė R., Krikštaponytė Z., Ziomkiewicz A. Specialist English as a foreign language for European public health: evaluation of competencies and needs in Polish and Lithuanian students,  Medicina (in Press)

Ziomkiewicz, A., Ellison, P.T., Lipson,S.F., Thune, I., Jasienska, G. (2008)“Body fat, energy balance and estradiol levels: a study based on hormonal profiles from complete menstrual cycles.” Human Reproduction, 11:2555-2563 [abstract]

Ziomkiewicz, A. (2008) “Review. Epidemiology and Prevention: A System-Based Approach. Edited by John Yarnell.” Journal of Biosocial Science, 40: 638-639

Ziomkiewicz, A. (2006)“Menstrual synchrony – fact or artifact?” Human Nature 17 (4): 419-432 [abstract]

Jasienka G, Kapiszewska M, Ellison PT, Kalemba-Drozdz M, Nenko I, Thune I, Ziomkiewicz A.  (2006)“CYP17 genotypes differ in salivary 17-β-estradiol levels: a study based on hormonal profiles from entire menstrual cycles.” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 15:2131-2135 [abstract]

Jasienska, G., Ziomkiewicz, A., Ellison, P.T., Thune, I., Lipson, S.F. (2006)“Habitual physical activity and estradiol levels in women of  reproductive age.” European Journal of Cancer Prevention  15: 439-445 [abstract]

Jasienska, G., Ellison, P.T., Thune, I., Lipson, S.F. Ziomkiewicz, A., (2006)“Symmetrical women have higher potential fertility.” Evolution and Human Behavior, 27: 390-400 [abstract]

Jasienska, G., Ziomkiewicz, A., Gorkiewicz, M., Pajak, A. (2005)“Body mass, depresive symptoms and menopausal status: An examination of the “Jolly Fat” hypothesis.” Women’s Health Issues, 15: 145-151 [abstract]

Jasienska, G, Ziomkiewicz, A., Ellison, P.T., Thune, I., Lipson, S.F. (2005)“High Ponderal Index at Birth Predicts High Estradiol Levels in Adult Women.” American Journal of Human Biology, 18: 133-140 [abstract]

Jasienska, G., Ziomkiewicz, A., Ellison, P.T., Lipson, S.F., Thune, I. (2004)“Large breasts and narrow waists indicate high reproductive potential in women.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London “B”, 271: 1213-1217 [abstract]

Przewozniak, L., Bik, B., Rys, E., Ziomkiewicz, A., Czabanowska, K.“Self-evaluation of professional competences in Public Health graduates. Results of second part of Leonardo Da Vinci Project” in ”Employment in public health sector in Europe.” editors Czabanowska, K., Wlodarczyk, C., Jagiellonian University Press

Conferences:  

Wichary, S., Ziomkiewicz, A., Jasienska, G.“Health at birth, family structure and temperament”, Human  Behavior and Evolution Society, Annual Meeting 2004, 21-25 July, Berlin

Jasienska, G., Ziomkiewicz, A., Thune, I., Ellison, P.T.“Waist to hip ratio and breast size as the honest  signal of woman’s reproductive value”, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Annual Meeting 2004, 21-25 July, Berlin

Ziomkiewicz, A.“Body fat and ovarian steroids level in women of reproductive age”, 10th Congress European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 15-20 August, 2005

Czabanowska, K., L Sumskas, L., Kregzdyte, R., Ziomkiewicz, A.„Specialist English as a foreign language for European public health: some results of survey of public health students in Poland and Lithuania”, 15th European Conference on Public Health, 11-13 October, 2007

Invited talks

„Love, health and estrogen“ – lecture on Lower Silesian Science Festival, Wroclaw 20.09.2007

„Biological and social determinants of growth and reproduction – selected aspects”, seminar Department of Anthropology University College of London, 02.11.2005