Education
Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., M.S., Statistics, 1991
Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Diepenbeek, Belgium, M.S., Biostatistics, 1992
University of Washington, Seattle, M.S., Biostatistics, 1995
University of Washington, Seattle, Ph.D., Biostatistics, 1997
Professional Positions
1992, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of
Cancer, Brussels, Belgium, Internship
1992 - 1993, Biostatistics Unit, Limburgs Universitair
Centrum, Belgium, Assistant
1993 - 1997, Dept. of
Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Research
Assistant
1998 - 2000, Dept. of Probability and
Statistics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Assistant
Professor
1998 - 1999, Institute of Computer Science,
Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Affiliate Research
Scientist
2000 - 2003, Dept. of Biostatistics,
University of Washington, Seattle, Research Assistant
Professor
2004 - 2009, Dept. of Probability and
Statistics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Assistant
Professor
2010 - 2013, Dept. of Probability and
Statistics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Associate
Professor
2014 - 2020, Dept. of Probability and
Statistics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Associate
Professor and Chair
2020 - present, Dept. of Probability and
Statistics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Associate
Professor and Vice-Dean for Study Affairs
Service
- Member of faculty senate, School of Mathematics and Physics, 2008-2011.
- Lead coordinator of study programs in Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Physics, 2011-2014.
- Coordinator of bachelor's program General Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Physics, 2011-2020.
- Member of Scientific Board, Biomedical Campus Albertov, Charles University, since 2013.
Collaborative research projects
-
Cancer Incidence among Pribram Uranium Miners.
A case-cohort study in collaboration with NIH/NIEHS and Health Institute of Uranium Industry Pribram. 1998-2010. -
HIV Prevention
Trial Network,
Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and
Prevention,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center.
Lead statistician for the Behavioral Working Group. Design of large community-randomized studies evaluating HIV prevention strategies. 2000-2002. -
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutic Development
Network Coordinating Center.
Biostatistician. Analyses of Cystic Fibrosis Patient Registry, design of randomized clinical trials of novel therapies for cystic fibrosis and its manifestations. 2000-2003. -
Collaborative Health
Studies Coordinating Center.
Biostatistician. Design and analysis of observational studies of cardiovascular disease. Developing software for parameter estimation in case-cohort designs. 2002-2003 -
HPTN-043/NIMH
Project ACCEPT.
Lead Protocol Statistician and Steering Committee member. A large-scale community-randomized trial of HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing programs in Subsaharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Since 2003. -
European Cystic Fibrosis Society, Clinical Trials Network.
Member of Protocol Review Committee. Since 2010.
Awards and honors:
Bolzano Award for best paper in mathematics. Bernard Bolzano Foundation,
Prague, 2001.
Best written paper. IBS-WNAR Student Paper Competition, Salt
Lake City, 1997.
Donovan J. Thompson Award. Dept. of Biostatistics, UW, Seattle,
1995.
Professional interests:
Design and analysis of case-cohort and case-control studies and clinical trials. Analysis of survival data, discrete data and longitudinal data. Estimation of disease incidence from cross-sectional biological samples. Applications of statistics in occupational epidemiology, oncology, cardiology, pediatrics and HIV/AIDS prevention.
Professional activities:
American Statistical Association, member.
Czech Statistical Society, member.
International Biometric Society, member.
International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, member.
Reviewer for American Journal of Epidemiology, Annals of Statistics, Biometrical Journal, Biometrika, Biometrics, Controlled Clinical Trials, Czech Sociological Review, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Kybernetika, Lifetime Data Analysis, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Statistica Sinica, Statistics, Statistics in Medicine, Statistics and Probability Letters.