What is the level of medicine literacy among school students? Is it true that dietary supplements can help me live longer? What does artificial intelligence bring to the teaching of pharmacology? Are the gut microbiome and mental health connected? These are just some of the 16 topics presented by doctoral students, young researchers and postdoctoral researchers at the 31st annual Day of Young Pharmacologists of the Slovak Republic, held on 12 November 2026.
Dr Eva Kráľová from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology focused her research on whether combination therapy can help address complications of diabetes.
Mgr Karin Kapsdorferová, also from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, is researching how to improve medicine literacy among lower secondary school students.
PharmDr Peter Šišovský, from the State Institute for Drug Control and the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, examined dietary supplements that promise to extend lifespan and whether they really deliver on these claims.
Colleagues from Comenius University’s Faculty of Medicine, led by Mgr Daniel Lutz, investigated whether and how generative artificial intelligence is changing the way clinical reasoning is taught in clinical pharmacology.
In his research, MUDr Martin Loziňák from Comenius University’s Faculty of Medicine explored whether certain probiotics could be used as an effective complementary treatment for depression and anxiety.
Held in memory of Prof. F. Švec and Prof. P. Švec, the event took place for the 31st time. This long-standing tradition gives young researchers an opportunity to present their findings, discuss their work with experts and establish new contacts.
