Infectious Diseases
Highlights
Languages
- Ukrainian, English
Gender
- Female
PSMU Affiliations:
- Head of Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology
Location:
- 23 Shevchenko Str., 36011 Poltava, Ukraine
- email: t.koval@pdmu.edu.ua
About Prof. Tetiana Koval
Primary Academic Title
- Doctor of Medical Sciences (Dr. habil.: postdoc degree since 2018)
- Professor (Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology) since 2020
- Clinician at the Poltava Regional Infectious Hospital
Background
Tetiana Koval is a Head of Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology at Poltava State Medical University, Ukraine.
She is the author and co-author of more than 300 scientific and research works, h-index: 6 in Scopus database.
She is a principal Investigator of study «Genetic variants and their potential connection with COVID-19 among the population of Ukraine», state registration number – 0121U107440, funded by MoH of Ukraine (2021-2023 yy).
Head of the Initiative Research Work of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology of the Poltava State Medical University "Optimization of treatment and diagnostic tactics for infectious diseases of viral, bacterial, parasitic etiology and their mixed forms based on the study of their clinical and pathogenetic features" (state registration number 0119U102923) (2019-2023)
Member of the multidisciplinary working group for the development of industry standards of medical care in the field of "Infectious diseases" MoH of Ukraine
She is involved in international research projects with the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Research Interests
- Infectious Diseases
- Chronic Infectious Diseases and Active Aging
- Public Health and Global Health Initiatives
Researcher unique identifier: 0000-0003-2685-8665
Scopus Author ID 57193719205
Expertise
Education
1993 – Physician (corresponding to MD), Poltava State Medical Stomatological Institute, Poltava, Ukraine.
2000 – Candidate of Medical Sciences (corresponding to PhD), L.V. Gromashevsky Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine. Title of PhD thesis: “Detection of human prion diseases and substantiation of the principles of epidemiological surveillance and prevention in Ukraine”.
2018 – Doctor of Medical Sciences (Dr. habil.) in Infectious Diseases, Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Ukraine. Title of Postdoctoral thesis: “HIV infection and chronic hepatitis C in co-infected patients: clinical and epidemiological characteristics and optimisation of treatment and diagnostic tactics”.
2020 – Professor (Deparment of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology), Higher Attestation Commission.
Selected Publications
- Kaidashev I, Izmailova O, Shlykova O, Kabaliei A, Vatsenko A, Ivashchenko D, Dudchenko M, Volianskyi A, Zelinskyy G, Koval T, Dittmer U. Polymorphism of tmprss2 (rs12329760) but not ace2 (rs4240157), tmprss11a (rs353163) and cd147 (rs8259) is associated with the severity of COVID-19 in the Ukrainian population. Acta Biomed. 2023 Feb 13;94(1):e2023030. doi: 10.23750/abm.v94i1.13543. PMID: 36786264; PMCID: PMC9987503.
- Vasylyev M, Skrzat-Klapaczyńska A, Bernardino JI, Săndulescu O, Gilles C, Libois A, Curran A, Spinner CD, Rowley D, Bickel M, Aichelburg MC, Nozza S, Wensing A, Barber TJ, Waters L, Jordans C, Bramer W, Lakatos B, Tovba L, Koval T, Kyrychenko T, Dumchev K, Buhiichyk V, Smyrnov P, Antonyak S, Antoniak S, Vasylyeva TI, Mazhnaya A, Kowalska J, Bhagani S, Rokx C; European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) Young Investigators (YING). Unified European support framework to sustain the HIV cascade of care for people living with HIV including in displaced populations of war-struck Ukraine. Lancet HIV. 2022 Jun;9(6):e438-e448. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00125-4. Epub 2022 May 13. Erratum in: Lancet HIV. 2022 May 31;: PMID: 35576942.
- Grosso TM, Hernández-Sánchez D, Dragovic G, Vasylyev M, Saumoy M, Blanco JR, García D, Koval T, Loste C, Westerhof T, Clotet B, Sued O, Cahn P, Negredo E. Identifying the needs of older people living with HIV (≥ 50 years old) from multiple centres over the world: a descriptive analysis. AIDS Res Ther. 2023 Feb 12;20(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s12981-022-00488-7. PMID: 36782210; PMCID: PMC9924192
Honors and Awards
1. Certificate of Honor of the Poltava Regional State Administration on the occasion of the Medical Worker's Day, June 2020, Poltava
2. Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine for significant personal contribution to the development of health care and high professionalism, June 18, 2020, Kyiv
3. Certificate of Honor of the All-Ukrainian Association of Infectious Disease Specialists for significant achievements in medical and preventive and scientific work in the field of infectious diseases, October 7, 2021, Sumy.
4. Certificate of Honor of the Poltava Regional Military Administration on the occasion of the Medical Worker's Day, June 2022, Poltava
Memberships in independent scientific organizations:
1) Member of EACS (European AIDS Clinical Society) from 2021 to present
2) Member of the IAS (International AIDS Society) from 2022 to present
3) Member of the public organization "Association of Infectious Disease Specialists of Ukraine" from 2002 to the present, member of the board from November 2021 to the present
4) Member of the public organization "Association of Internists of Ukraine" since 2022).
5) Member of ESCMID since 2025
Professional Activities
- Presentations at European AIDS Conference, 2021 – present.
- 2019 – present: Principal Investigator in clinical trials
- 2023- present: Member of workgroup of Ministry of Public Health of Ukraine on Infectious Diseases;
- 2024- present: Member of the multidisciplinary working group on the development of industry standards of medical care in the area of monkeypox.
Additional Training, programme:
1. Advanced training courses according to the educational program "School of scientific supervisor" Module 1 "Methodology of scientific research and features of the presentation of its results", 2023, Poltava State Medical University
2. University of Washington, the course “Fundamentals of Global Health Research” Professional Development, 10.04.-26.06.2023
3. European AIDS Clinical Society Medical Exchange Programme, 01.05.2017-31.05.2017, St. Jame’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
4. 2019 – present: ICH/GCP (International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use/Good Clinical Practice) trainings.
Key (plenary) reports at nationwide or international conferences:
- 19th European AIDS Conference 18 - 21 October 2023 Warsaw, Poland; Orgаniser – EACS (European AIDS Clinical Society)
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine on late diagnosis of HIV infection (oral report)
- The invincible Central East (oral report)
- V National Congress on Clinical Immunology, Allergology and Infectology. Organizers: "All-Ukrainian Association of Infectious Disease Specialists" and "Ukrainian Association of Specialists in Immunology, Allergology and Immunorehabilitation" September 27-29, 2023. "Testing and providing medical care to HIV-infected patients during the war."
- 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology 4–7 March 2025 Hamburg, Germany «A German-Ukrainian partnership improved local routine diagnostics of infectious diseases in Ukraine»
- ESCMID Congress 11-15 April 2025 року, Vienna, Austria, «HIV and TB epidemic: the storm hasn't subsided yet».