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Gábor Borgulya
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Research & Development
HungarianEnglish
PERSONAL INFORMATION
First Name, Surname Gábor, Borgulya Gábor, Borgulya
Email gabor.eurocv@borgulya.hu
       
       
Country Code HU
Place and date of birth Hungary Pécs 02-03-1975
Gender Male
WORK EXPERIENCE
Date (from - to) 01-2010 - to present
Name and address of employer St George's, University of London
Type of business or sector Medical research
Occupation or position held Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Main activities and responsibilities Teaching research methods. Providing biostatistical consultancy for the researchers of the Clinical Division of the Medical School.
Date (from - to) 01-2009 - 11-2009
Name and address of employer MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival (CNC). University of Cambridge, UK
Type of business or sector Medical research
Occupation or position held Programmer in Biomedical Informatics / Visiting Researcher
Main activities and responsibilities Disease endpoint ascertainment using national and multicentric databases in research on the effect of nutrition on the incidence of chronic diseases, using informatics and statistical methods.
Date (from - to) 1999 - to present
Name and address of employer Freelance, self-employed
Type of business or sector Scientific consulting
Occupation or position held [PART TIME] Biostatistician and data flow engineer
Main activities and responsibilities Consultancy for biomedical researchers and the pharma industry.
- Biostatistical planning and evaluation of biomedical scientific and clinical epidemiology studies
- Telephone statistics counseling
- Data collection support: databases and data flow logistics, IT solutions
- Contributing to scientific articles
- Giving basic and advanced biostatistics courses
Date (from - to) 15-07-2008 - 11-2008
Name and address of employer Research Group on Inflammation Biology and Immunogenomics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences & the Semmelweis University
Type of business or sector Medical research
Occupation or position held [PART TIME] Researcher biostatistican
Main activities and responsibilities Bioinformatical and data mining analysis to study the genetic background of the pathophysiological processes of chronic heart disease.
Date (from - to) 04-01-2008 - 14-03-2008
Name and address of employer Center for Complex Systems Studies, Kalamazoo College, Michigan, USA
Type of business or sector Complex systems research
Occupation or position held Research and teaching assistant
Main activities and responsibilities Research link: Working on a research project that was a collaboration between political scientists and the Center for Complex Systems Studies. In this interdisciplinary setting I was building statistical and agent based models to explain the observed power-law distribution of annual budget changes.
Teaching: Taking part in teaching the Complex Systems course link.
Date (from - to) 22-05-2006 - 22-11-2007
Name and address of employer Hungarian Academy of Sciences, KFKI RMKI, Department of Biophysics
Type of business or sector Biomedical research and development
Occupation or position held Researcher biostatistican, scientific associate
Main activities and responsibilities Within the frame of the EuResist link EU FP6 project link I was analysing the international clinical and drug resistance data collection of AIDS patients with data mining and modelling methods to answer the question what was the optimal antiviral drug combination given the HIV virus sequence (and other characteristics of the patient). 1 link 2 link 3 link 4 link

Links to the employer: HAS link RMKI link Department of Biophysics link
Date (from - to) 09-2004 - 08-2005
Name and address of employer University of Pécs, Hungary, School of Medicine, German Programme
Type of business or sector Higher education
Occupation or position held [PART TIME] Medical Biometry external lecturer
Main activities and responsibilities Giving Medical Biostatistics lectures and practical lessons to German speaking link students
Date (from - to) 2003 - 04-2007
Name and address of employer Semmelweis University of Budapest, 2nd Department of Paediatrics
Type of business or sector Health services
Occupation or position held [PART TIME] Medical informatics project leader
Main activities and responsibilities “Developing the Internet-based Cancer Registration and Communication System for the Hungarian Paediatric Oncology Network” – an eHealth project funded by the Hungarian Ministry of Informatics and Communication.
- Developing the system plan 1 link 2 link
- Coordinating the work of the programmers
- Communicating with the physicians of the Oncology Network link
Date (from - to) 03-2002 - 02-2006
Name and address of employer Semmelweis University of Budapest, Hungary
Type of business or sector Medical research
Occupation or position held Ph.D. studies and research
Main activities and responsibilities - Application of informatical and biostatistical methodologies in the research of chronic diseases
- Taking part in the biostatistics education of the Ph.D. students of the Semmelweis University of Budapest
Date (from - to) 2002 - 2005
Name and address of employer National Paediatric Cancer Registry of Hungary
Type of business or sector Medical and health system research
Occupation or position held [PART TIME] Biostatistician and medical database developer
Main activities and responsibilities - Updating the database structure according to new standards and research needs
- Programming research-related queries
- Biostatistical analyses for clinical epidemiology studies (survival modeling, analyses of incidence, phenotype-genotype associations)
Date (from - to) 10-2001 - 12-2001
Name and address of employer Center for Neurological Imaging, Harvard University
Type of business or sector Medical research
Occupation or position held Research volunteer
Main activities and responsibilities Programming a database of 3D MRI scans with clinical and metadata suitable for feature extraction.
Date (from - to) 04-2000 - 06-2000
Name and address of employer Univertsity of Heidelberg, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing
Type of business or sector Computing, Software
Occupation or position held [part time student job] web administrator
Main activities and responsibilities Keeping the website of the department up-to-date. Simple developments in PHP.
Date (from - to) 09-1999 - 06-2000
Name and address of employer Karl Ruprecht University of Heidelberg, Kopfklinik, Department of Neuroradiology
Type of business or sector Medical research
Occupation or position held Student research scholar
Main activities and responsibilities Development of presurgical functional MRI diagnostic methods.
Date (from - to) 09-1999 - 06-2000
Name and address of employer Heidelberger Hauspflegeverein [Home Nursing Union, Heidelberg]
Type of business or sector Healthcare
Occupation or position held [part time] night nurse of elderly in their homes
Main activities and responsibilities Taking care of sick elderly in their homes.
Date (from - to) 1995 - 1996
Name and address of employer Club of the American Embassy, Budapest
Type of business or sector Lifeguard
Occupation or position held [part time] Lifeguard
Main activities and responsibilities Monitoring the pool and acting if anything dangerous happens. Opening and closing the pool, handling water toys.
Date (from - to) 04-1994 - 12-1994
Name and address of employer QBE Atlasz Insurance
Type of business or sector Customer Service
Occupation or position held [part time] Night telephone dispacther
Main activities and responsibilities Handling the problems of our insured customers in trouble in a foreign country and foreign clients in Hungary. Communicating with the clients, partner companies and medical services.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Date (from - to) 11-1999 - 09-2004
Name and type of organisation providing education or training University of Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Medical Informatics and Biometry, Medical Biostatistics Postgraduate Program [Postgraduelle Ausbildung Medizinische Biometrie]
Main subjects/occupational skills covered Biostatistics and clinical epidemiology.
Name of certification awarded All courses completed
Level in national classification (if appropriate) postgraduate (approximately equivalent to an M.Sc. in Biostatistics)
Date (from - to) 09-1998 - 03-2002
Name and type of organisation providing education or training Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Main subjects/occupational skills covered Medical electronic and optical devices.
Biotechnology.
Simulation and control of biological processes.
Name of certification awarded Biomedical Engineer (Master of Science)
Level in national classification (if appropriate) University
Date (from - to) 09-1993 - 09-2001
Name and type of organisation providing education or training Semmelweis University of Budapest, Hungary, Medical School
Main subjects/occupational skills covered General medicine
Name of certification awarded Medical Doctor (M.D.)
Level in national classification (if appropriate) University with doctors degree (12 semesters)
Date (from - to) 09-1993 - 06-1997
Name and type of organisation providing education or training Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, Faculty of Sciences
Main subjects/occupational skills covered After completing 4 semesters I switched to Biomedical Engineering.
Name of certification awarded Engineering Physics studies, uncompleted
Level in national classification (if appropriate) University
Date (from - to) 09-1989 - 05-1993
Name and type of organisation providing education or training Nagy Lajos Gimnázium, Pécs, Hungary. Secondary school
Main subjects/occupational skills covered General secondary education, 4 years.
Chemistry special classes.
Name of certification awarded High-school graduation
Level in national classification (if appropriate) gimnázium
Date (from - to) 09-1981 - 06-1989
Name and type of organisation providing education or training JPTE 2. Sz. Gyakorló Általános Iskola, Pécs, Hungary. Elementary school
Main subjects/occupational skills covered English language
Name of certification awarded General elementary education with special emphasis on English language, 8 years
Level in national classification (if appropriate) általános iskola
OTHER LANGUAGES
Native Language Hungarian
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English
C2
Proficient user
C2
Proficient user
C2
Proficient user
C2
Proficient user
C2
Proficient user
German
C1
Proficient user
C2
Proficient user
C1
Proficient user
C1
Proficient user
C1
Proficient user
French
B1
Independent user
C2
Proficient user
B1
Independent user
B2
Independent user
B2
Independent user
Russian
A1
Basic user
B1
Independent user
A1
Basic user
A1
Basic user
A2
Basic user
Swedish
A1
Basic user
B1
Independent user
A1
Basic user
A1
Basic user
A2
Basic user
Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Acquired in the course of life and career but not necessarily covered by formal certificates and diplomas.
- Personal time management.

- Grant application writing.
- Working with EU FP5 and FP6 projects.

- Research
I have been involved in the academic research as a student since 1994. In 1999, at the time of my research scholarship in Heidelberg research became the first for me. Since my second degree in 2002, I am working full time as a researcher. I am carrying A) independent research as well and B) I contribute in various research groups as a biostatistician.
Number of research papers: 28
Cumulative impact factor: 48.0
Citations: 108
Publication list:http://www.getcited.org/mbrx/PT/99/MBR/11119600 link

- Teaching
Teaching has been the vocation of numerous generations of my family; me too, I talk to the students confidently and with pleasure. Listing:
1) I have taken part in the biostatistics education of the Ph.D. students of the Semmelweis University of Budapest (teaching in Hungarian).
2) During January 2006 I gave an intensive biostatistics course for the employees of the Institute of Genetics of the Semmelweis (teaching in Hungarian).
3) In the academic year 2004/2005 I was teaching medical biometry at the University of Pécs as well (teaching in German).
4) In the winter trimester of 2008 I worked as a teaching assistant in the Complex Systems course at the Kalamazoo College, Michigan, USA (teaching in English).
5) During April, 2008 I gave a 3 day intensive course on Clinical Biostatistics, focusing on survival analysis to resident physicians and medical specialists at the Semmelweis University, Centre for Professional Development (teaching in Hungarian).

- Scientific peer review
In 2005–2006 I reviewed papers of JMIR, the open-access eHealth journal and abstracts of the MedNet conference.
Reviewing Hungarian scientific grant applications (OTKA, NKTH).
SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential (for example culture and sports), etc
Living and working in multicultural environments:
- One school-year in Stockholm, Sweden as a TEMPUS stipendiary
- One year of research in Heidelberg, Germany as a student research scholar
- Three months of research in Boston, USA.
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and sports), at home, etc
Leadership experiences:
- European Medical Students' Association, National Co-ordinator for Hungary
- Medical informatics project leader
- Founded the email discussion forum of the PhD students of the Semmelweis University
- Leading my biostatistics / medical informatics consultancy small business

Organising sport programmes:
- Skiing holiday for 40 people
- Outdoor volleyball seasons for 20 people

Project management experiences from informatics and research projects.
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc
- Basic operation of medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Chemical laboratory skills
- Experimental physics laboratory skills
COMPUTER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Describe your computer skills and competences
- Programming: C++, and the high level object–oriented language Python. Subversion version management, Noweb literate programming.
- Statistics and data processing: R / S-PLUS, SPSS, Statistica, PyMC, SciPy, SAS, STATA, WinBUGS, Matlab
- Scientific image processing: BrainVoyager
- Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft Access
- Linux: desktop system administration
- Office applications: Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Access. OpenOffice. MindMap. Encrypted email communication, web publishing, wikis.
- Typesetting and graphics: LaTeX, PyX, the GIMP, Inkscape
- Project management: TaskJuggler, Microsoft Project
ARTISTIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Music, writing, design, etc.
Singing in choir.
Singing and playing a guitar.
ATTACHMENTS
Enter diplomas or other qualifications; Testimonial of employment or work placement; Publications or research.
See my list of publications at http://www.getcited.org/mbrx/PT/99/MBR/11119600 link.
DRIVING LICENCE(S)
Specify the type of driver's license you possess and list the year it was issued
1992 type B (passenger car)
1992 types T, M and K (certain agricultural vehicles)