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“Ľubica Slimáková works as the Chief Pharmacist at University Hospital Bratislava – Hospital akad. L. Dérera.
She has extensive experience in hospital pharmaceutical care, focusing on development of clinical pharmacy activities and collaborating closely with other departments and healthcare professionals.
In addition to her work at the hospital, she actively participates in the education and training of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other healthcare professionals.
2022 – 2024 she served as the Head of the Pharmacy Management Department, where she coordinated the activities of 4 hospital pharmacies within the University Hospital Bratislava. Since 2018, she has been the President of the Section of Hospital Pharmacists of the Slovak Chamber of Pharmacists.
She graduated at the Faculty of Pharmacy at Comenius University in Bratislava in 1996, (PharmDr. title in 2013). She then completed a specialization in general pharmacy (1999), clinical pharmacy (2012), and Master of Public Health (2017) at the Institute of Pharmacy of the Slovak Medical University. “
Andrej Minich is a specialist in molecular biology, microbiology, biobanking, and data analysis, with a strong focus on staphylococcal nosocomial infections and antibiotic resistance.
As the coordinator of the Medixbank biobank, he plays a key role in managing microbiological sample collections and integrating biobanking with modern biomedical research.
With a PhD from Comenius University, Dr. Minich has contributed extensively to the field through peer-reviewed publications and participation in national and international biomedical projects.
His research applies advanced molecular biology techniques, sequencing technologies, and bioinformatics tools to improve the understanding of bacterial resistance mechanisms and develop innovative strategies for infection control.
Slávka Porubcová is hospital pharmacist with a strong background in hospital pharmacy.
At the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Bratislava, she has contributed to the development of clinical pharmacist roles and managed projects aimed at optimising patient care and played a key role in implementing the preparation of total parenteral nutrition.
She actively serves on therapeutic, antibiotic and ethical committees, contributing to improvements in healthcare delivery.
In addition to her clinical work, she organizes and actively participates in educational activities for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
She also contributes to educational programs for pharmacy students. As Editor-in-Chief of the online magazine NÚSCHletters, she supports communication and collaboration within the healthcare community.
She is Vice President of the Slovak Pharmaceutical Society and a Board member of Section of Hospital Pharmacists of the Slovak Chamber of Pharmacists.
Beyond academia, he was a scientific assessor at the State Institute for Drug Control (2008–2021) and has chaired the Ethics Committee of the Slovak Generic Industry Association since 2015.
He is the guarantor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology study programs and was a module leader for the Cooperative European Medicines Development Course. An active member of professional organizations, he contributes to the Slovak Pharmacological Society and the Slovak Chamber of Pharmacists.
Marcin Bochniarz is an experienced hospital pharmacist specializing in the preparation of oncology drugs, process design and management, quality assurance, and implementing change initiatives.
Proficient in team leadership, quality management, and driving organizational transformation.
Actively involved in medical data analysis for healthcare service billing and supporting clinical research.
Passionate about digital transformation and leveraging coding and identification systems to enhance the safety and efficiency of clinical processes.
Zora Cetković graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy-University of Belgrade in February 2010. Since 2014, she has worked as a hospital pharmacist in the University Clinical Center of Serbia.
Since May 2022, she has been a Chief pharmacist of the Production Department. From 2020-2022 she was the project lead of the project: “Implementation of Antibiotic Reconstitution/Dilution Database in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro in Cooperation with Spain”, financed by EAHP.
In September 2021, she gained her PhD at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology.
In March 2022, she finished her specialist studies at the Department of Social Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Legislation.
At the 27th EAHP Congress in Lisbon, she received the Statement Implementation Award for the oral presentation in the session dedicated to Good Practice Initiatives (GPI), entitled: “Software tool development for reconstitution and administration of parenteral antibiotics in hospitals: an international project”.
Michaela Hýblová is a research scientist at the Medirex Group Academy, specializing in molecular genetics and virology. She has actively contributed to multiple grants funded by the EU and domestic sources.
Her research utilizes massive parallel sequencing (MPS) in non-invasive prenatal and postnatal diagnostics, focusing on low-abundance mixed nucleic acids and genome-wide analyses. As the lead on ongoing Slovak genome projects, she targets a wide array of applications, including hereditary Mendelian disorders, cancer genomics, pharmacogenomics, and complex multifactorial diseases, thereby expanding the understanding of genetic conditions, their risk assessments, and personalized treatment responses.
Michaela played a crucial role in developing the Slovak Trisomy test, the leading non-invasive prenatal test in Slovakia.
She is dedicated to educational initiatives, continuously refining her expertise, and actively participating in scientific inquiry, positioning herself for future advancements in research and innovation. She enjoys reading and has a great fondness for animals.
Nenad Miljković graduated at the Faculty of Pharmacy, the University of Belgrade, where he subsequently specialized and obtained a PhD in clinical pharmacy. Nenad also obtained a Dual Master Degree in European Public Health at the University of Sheffield in the UK, and at the University Sorbonne Paris Cite in France.
He was the Scientific Advisory Board Member of the IMMUNION Project and currently he is the Advisory Board Member of the ASCERTAIN Project on the affordability and sustainability of innovative health technologies.
Nenad was International Medis Award finalist and won the Pharmacist of the Year Award from the Pharmaceutical Chamber of Serbia. He led the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action 15105- working group on medicine shortages.
Nenad Miljković’s research focuses on medicines shortages including patient clinical needs assessment, prospective risk evaluation, and healthcare services organization.
Ondrej Sukeľ is the President of the Slovak Chamber of Pharmacists since 2014.
He holds a PharmDr. degree (2011) and an Mgr. in Pharmacy (2001) from Comenius University, Faculty of Pharmacy, along with a specialization in Pharmaceutical Care from the Slovak Medical University (2004).
His career began as a community pharmacist (2001–2005), and since 2006, he has been a healthcare provider at a community pharmacy in Humenné. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Vice President of the Slovak Chamber of Pharmacists before assuming his current leadership role.
Petr Horák is the Chief Pharmacist and Head of the D&T Committee in the country’s largest hospital, University Hospital Motol.
He is also a member of the Department of Pharmacy at the Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education, an institution responsible for the pharmacy specialisation programmes, and an external lecturer at the Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy at the Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy. He is Vice President of the Czech Pharmaceutical Society and a Board member of its Hospital Pharmacy Section. He served as a Board member and President of EAHP.
He graduated from the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Pharmacy in 2001 (PharmDr. title in 2002). He holds a specialisation in hospital (2005) and community (2003) pharmacy.
András Süle is currently the Director of Pharmacy at the Péterfy Hospital – National Center for Toxicology and Outpatient Clinic located in Budapest, Hungary. He is a guest lecturer and program lead for the Hospital Pharmacy Specialization Postgraduate Program at Semmelweis University, Budapest. He is the lead pharmacy strategist at Budapest’s National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases.
In 2008, Dr Süle obtained a PhD from Semmelweis University and has since gone on to complete a PharmD Specialisation in Pharmaceutical Technology and a PharmD Specialisation in Clinical Pharmacy. He also holds a BSc in Healthcare Management.
During his service within the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP), he held the positions of Director of Professional Development, Director of Finance and President-Elect. In June 2021 he started his 3-year term as EAHP’s President that concluded in June 2024. He is currently the Immediate Past President of the association.
Michal Stanak is the founding director of NIHO that he has been in charge of NIHO since 01/2022. From 2020 to 2021, he led the Department for HTA at the Ministry of Health. From 2015 to 2020, he worked as an HTA researcher at the Austrian Institute for HTA, where he contributed to dozens of HTA assessments for Austria, Germany and the European Network of HTA Institutions (EUnetHTA).
Michal Stanak studied in England and Austria. He earned a bachelor’s degree in the field of Philosophy at King’s College London, a master’s degree in Politics, Philosophy and Health Economics at University College London and a doctorate in Applied Ethics in the field of decision-making processes in health care at University of Vienna.
Martin Smatana studied at Imerial College, London, where he graduated in healthcare management.
He worked in England as an analyst at the National Institute of Health. During 2016 to 2020, he was head of the Health Policy Institute of the Slovak ministry of health.
He currently works as an analyst for GLOBSEC, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and lectures for Slovak Medical University.
Martin is the author of several publications and a member of several working groups of the European Commission and the OECD
Maricarmen Climént specializes in improving risk communication in healthcare and the media, having trained nearly 5,000 healthcare professionals, journalists, and policymakers.
She is an associate with Sense about Science in the UK, supporting global communities in understanding risks. Previously, she served as the risk communication lead at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). During four years at the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge, she developed courses and tools to help patients make informed decisions.
Before this, she spent a decade as a science journalist for TV and radio. She holds a Veterinary Medicine degree and an MSc in Animal Health from UNAM, later earning an MSc in Science Communication at the University of Sheffield.
Maricarmen also created Pan Pal Susto, an award-winning podcast exploring health stories, which received Mexico’s 2023 National Journalism Award.
