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Dr Hynek Pikhart

  • Telephone:

    +44 (0)20 76791906

  • Extension:

    41906

  • Fax:

    +44 (0)20 78130280

  • Email:

    h.pikhart@ucl.ac.uk

  • Webpage:

    http://www.ucl.ac.uk/easteurope

  • Address:

    1-19 Torrington Place,
    London,
    London,
    WC1E 7HB

  • Appointments:

    Senior Lecturer, Epidemiology & Public Health, Institute of Epidemiology & Health

Research Summary

My current research is focused on determinants of health in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In particular, I work on The Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) Study, the Wellcome Trust and NIA funded project concentrating on determinants of poor health status in samples of general population in Russia, Poland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. My work includes research on the measurement of socioeconomic position in relation to various health outcomes over the lifecourse, analysing and explaining the role of psychosocial factors in health, and explaining social variations in health in several countries undergoing social and economic transformation. I am also coordinating UCL part of the EU-FP7 funded DRIVERS project with focus on early social determinants of later health and development of children and young adolescents.

Research Activities

  • ageing
  • lifecourse epidemiology
  • psychosocial factors
  • social inequalities
  • work stress

Recent Publications

Displaying 50 most recent publications. For the full list please visit UCL Discovery

  1. Cadar D,Pikhart H,Mishra G,Kuh D,Richards M (2012) Is there a role for physical activity in preventing cognitive decline? JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, 20, S34 - S34.
  2. Hubacek JA,Viklicky O,Dlouha D,Bloudickova S,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Adamkova V,Brabcova I,Pokorna E,Bobak M (2012) The FTO gene polymorphism is associated with end-stage renal disease: two large independent case-control studies in a general population. Nephrol Dial Transplant, 27(3), 1030 - 1035. 10.1093/ndt/gfr418.
  3. Hubacek JA,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Kubinova R,Bobak M (2012) ADH1B polymorphism, alcohol consumption, and binge drinking in Slavic Caucasians: results from the Czech HAPIEE study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 36(5), 900 - 905. 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01680.x.
  4. Netuveli G,Pikhart H,Bobak M,Blane D (2012) Generic quality of life predicts all-cause mortality in the short term: evidence from British Household Panel Survey. J Epidemiol Community Health, 66(10), 962 - 966. 10.1136/jech-2011-200310.
  5. Interleukin-6 Receptor Mendelian Randomisation Analysis (IL6R MR) Consortium ,Hingorani AD,Casas JP (2012) The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis. Lancet, 379(9822), 1214 - 1224. 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60110-X.
  6. Hubacek JA,Adamkova V,Dlouha D,Jirsa M,Šperl J,Tönjes A,Kovacs P,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Bobak M (2012) Fat mass and obesity-associated (fto) gene and alcohol intake. Addiction, 107(6), 1185 - 1186. 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03825.x.
  7. Gurusamy KS,Pissanou T,Pikhart H,Vaughan J,Burrhoughs AK,Davidson BR (2012) Methods To Decrease Blood Loss and Transfusion Requirements for Liver Transplantation. LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, 18, S177 - S177.
  8. Alkarimi HA,Watt R,Pikhart H,Jawadi A,Sheiham A,Tsakos G (2012) Impact of treating dental caries on schoolchildren inverted question marks anthropometric, dental, satisfaction and appetite outcomes: a randomized controlled trial BMC.Public Health, 12(1), 706. 10.1186/1471-2458-12-706.
  9. Cadar D,Pikhart H,Mishra G,Stephen A,Kuh D,Richards M (2012) The role of lifestyle behaviors on 20-year cognitive decline J.Aging Res., 2012, 304014. 10.1155/2012/304014.
  10. Ohly HR,Hayter A,Pettinger C,Pikhart H,Watt RG,Rees GA (2012) Developing a nutrition intervention in children's centres: exploring views of parents in rural/urban settings in the UK Public Health Nutr., 1 - 6. 10.1017/S1368980012003977.
  11. Lencova E,Pikhart H,Broukal Z (2012) Early childhood caries trends and surveillance shortcomings in the Czech Republic BMC.Public Health, 12, 547. 10.1186/1471-2458-12-547.
  12. Dorynska A,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Tamosiunas A,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Nikitin Y,Marmot M,Bobak M (2012) Socioeconomic circumstances, health behaviours and functional limitations in older persons in four Central and Eastern European populations Age Ageing. 10.1093/ageing/afs114.
  13. Bobak M,Pikhart H,Marmot M (2011) Physical and Cognitive Functions in Older Persons in Central and Eastern Europe.
  14. Poledne R,Pilipcincova A,Bobak M,Pikhart H,Stavek P,Pitha J (2011) PROINFLAMMATION STATUS IN DEPRESSION AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPPLEMENTS, 12(1), 122 - 122.
  15. Spilková J,Dzúrová D,Pikhart H (2011) Inequalities in smoking in the Czech Republic: societal or individual effects? Health Place, 17(1), 215 - 221. 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.10.003.
  16. Cadar D,Pikhart H,Mishra G,Richards M (2011) THE LONG AND SHORT TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON COGNITIVE DECLINE J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, 65. 10.1136/jech.2011.143586.75.
  17. LACEY RE,Cable N,Stafford M,Bartley M,Pikhart H (2011) Childhood socio-economic position and adult smoking: are childhood psychosocial factors important? Evidence from a British birth cohort European Journal of Public Health, 21(6), 725 - 731. 10.1093/eurpub/ckq179.
  18. Gurusamy KS,Pissanou T,Pikhart H,Vaughan J,Burroughs AK,Davidson BR (2011) Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(12), CD009052. 10.1002/14651858.CD009052.pub2.
  19. Spilkova J,Dzurova D,Pikhart H (2011) Health-related behavior at the individual level: case study of substance use in the Czech Republic, 212 - 242.
  20. Boylan S,Lallukka T,Lahelma E,Pikhart H,Malyutina S,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Bragina O,Stepaniak U,Gillis-Januszewska A,Simonova G,Peasey A,Bobak M (2011) Socio-economic circumstances and food habits in Eastern, Central and Western European populations. Public Health Nutr, 14(4), 678 - 687. 10.1017/S1368980010002570.
  21. Hubáček JA,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Kubínová R,Bobák M (2011) FTO variant, energy intake, physical activity and basal metabolic rate in Caucasians. The HAPIEE study. Physiol Res, 60(1), 175 - 183.
  22. Dzúrová D,Spilková J,Pikhart H (2010) Social inequalities in alcohol consumption in the Czech Republic: a multilevel analysis. Health Place, 16(3), 590 - 597. 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.01.004.
  23. Hubacek JA,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Stavek P,Kubinova R,Marmot M,Bobak M (2010) APOE polymorphism and its effect on plasma C-reactive protein levels in a large general population sample. Hum Immunol, 71(3), 304 - 308. 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.01.008.
  24. Laszlo KD,Pikhart H,Kopp MS,Bobak M,Pajak A,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Szalavecz G,Marmot M (2010) Job insecurity and health: a study of 16 European countries Social Science and Medicine. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.022.
  25. Pikhart H,Drbohlav D,Dzurova D (2010) The self-reported health of legal and illegal/irregular immigrants in the Czech Republic. International Journal of Public Health 2010 International Journal of Public Health. 10.1007/s00038-010-0156-1.
  26. Vikhireva O,Pikhart H,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Peasey A,Topor-Madry R,Nikitin Y,Marmot M,Bobak M (2010) Non-fatal injuries in three Central and Eastern European urban population samples: the HAPIEE study. Eur J Public Health, 20(6), 695 - 701. 10.1093/eurpub/ckp193.
  27. Dragano N,Pikhart H,Jockel KH,Verde PE,Hoffmann B,Moebus S,Erbel R,Tiller D,Riedel N,Bobak M,Siegrist J,Greiser KH (2010) Urban health-do smoking rates vary between cities and what could be the reasons? A comparative multilevel analyses in 10 cities in Germany and the Czech Republic EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH, 20, 47 - 47.
  28. Lacey R,Cable N,Stafford M,Bartley M,Pikhart H (2010) CHILDHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION AND ADULT SMOKING: ARE CHILDHOOD COGNITIVE ABILITY, PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IMPORTANT? J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, 64, A42 - A42. 10.1136/jech.2010.120477.22.
  29. Lacey R,Bartley M,Pikhart H,Cable N,Stafford M (2010) PARENTAL SEPARATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN EARLY ADULTHOOD: HAS THE EFFECT REDUCED OVER TIME? EVIDENCE FROM TWO BRITISH BIRTH COHORT STUDIES J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, 64, A4 - A4. 10.1136/jech.2010.120956.10.
  30. Pikhart H,Bobak M,Kubinova R,Dragano N (2010) DRINKING PATTERNS OF WINNERS AND LOOSERS OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION: THE CZECH HAPIEE STUDY INT J BEHAV MED, 17, 285 - 285.
  31. Pikhart H,Bobak M,Peasey A,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Marmot MG (2010) EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN THREE POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES: THE HAPIEE STUDY INT J BEHAV MED, 17, 136 - 136.
  32. Tsakos G,Bernabé E,D'Aiuto F,Pikhart H,Tonetti M,Sheiham A,Donos N (2010) Assessing the minimally important difference in the oral impact on daily performances index in patients treated for periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol, 37(10), 903 - 909. 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01583.x.
  33. Szalavecz G,Chandola T,Pikhart H,Dragano N,Siegrist J,Jockel KH,Erbel R,Malyutina S,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Marmot M,Bobak M,Kopp M (2009) Work Stress and Poor Health in Western European and in Post-communist countries: an East-West Comparison Study Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 10.1136/jech.2008.075978.
  34. Boylan S,Welch A,Pikhart H,Malyutina S,Pajak A,Kubinova R,Bragina O,Simonova G,Stepaniak U,Januszewska A,Milla L,Peasey A,Marmot M,Bobak M (2009) Dietary habits in three Central and Eastern European countries: the HAPIEE study BMC Public Health, 9, 439.
  35. Snelgrove J,Pikhart H,Stafford M (2009) A multilevel analysis of social capital and self-rated health: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Social Science and Medicine, 68(11), 1993 - 2001. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.03.011.
  36. Hubacek JA,Bloudickova S,Kubinova R,Pikhart H,Viklicky O,Bobak M (2009) Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in hemodialysed patients and healthy controls Biochemical Genetics. 10.1007/s10528-009-9266-y.
  37. Vrana D,Pikhart H,Mohelnikova-Duchonova B,Holcatova I,Strnad R,Slamova A,Schejbalova M,Ryska M,Susova S,Soucek P (2009) The association between Glutathione S-transferase Gene polymorphisms and pancreatic cancer in Central European Slavonic population Mutation research-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2009.09.005.
  38. Bobak M,Richards M,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Shishkin S,Nikitin Y,Marmot M (2009) Association between year of birth and cognitive functions in Russia and the Czech Republic: cross-sectional results of the HAPIEE study. Neuroepidemiology, 33(3), 231 - 239. 10.1159/000229777.
  39. Pikhart H,Poledne R,Kubinova R,Pilipcincova A,Nicholson A,Peasey A,Capkova N,Hubacek JA,Bobak M (2009) Elevated levels of C-reactive protein and depressive symptoms in the Czech Republic Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44(3), 217 - 222. 10.1007/s00127-008-0422-1.
  40. Pikhartova J,Chandola T,Kubinova R,Bobak M,Nicholson A,Pikhart H (2009) Neighbourhood socioeconomic indicators and depressive symptoms in the Czech Republic: a population based study. International Journal of Public Health. 10.1007/s00038-009-8029-1.
  41. Tsutsumi A,Iwata N,Watanabe N,Jonge de J,Pikhart H,Fernandez-Lopez JA,Liying XU,Peter R,Knutsson A,Niedhammer I,Kawakami N,Siegrist J (2009) Application of item response theory to achieve cross-cultural comparability of occupational stress measurement International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 18(1), 58 - 67.
  42. Hubacek JA,Adamková V,Stavek P,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Marmot M,Bobak M (2008) Apolipoprotein E Arg136 > Cys mutation and hyperlipidemia in a large central European population sample Clinica Chimica Acta, 388(1-2), 217 - 218.
  43. Pongpichit B,Sheiham A,Pikhart H,Tsakos G (2008) Time absent from school due to dental conditions and dental care in Thai schoolchildren. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 68(2), 76 - 81.
  44. Topor-Madry R,Gilis-Januszewska A,Webb E,Pajak A,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Bobak M,Peasey A,Pikhart H (2008) The value of different cut-off points of waist circumference used in the metabolic syndrome definitions in determination of the cardiometabolic risk in Czech Republic, Russia and Poland (HAPIEE Study) European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, S79.
  45. Hubacek JA,Bohuslavova R,Kuthanova L,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Marmot MG,Bobak M (2008) The FTO Gene and Obesity in a Large Eastern European Population Sample: The HAPIEE Study. Obesity, 16(12), 2764 - 2766. 10.1038/oby.2008.421.
  46. Nicholson A,Pikhart H,Pajak A,Malyutina S,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Topor-Madry R,Nikitin Y,Capkova N,Marmot M,Bobak M (2008) Socio-economic status over the life-course and depressive symptoms in men and women in Eastern Europe Journal of Affective Disorders, 105(1-3), 125 - 136. 10.1016/j.jad.2007.04.026.
  47. Lencova E,Pikhart H,Broukal Z,Tsakos G (2008) Relationship between parental locus of control and caries experience in preschool children - cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 8, 208.
  48. Vrablik M,Ceska R,Adamkova V,Peasey A,Pikhart H,Kubinova R,Marmot M,Bobak M,Hubacek JA (2008) MLXIPL variant in individuals with low and high triglyceridemia in white population in Central Europe. Human Genetics, 124(5), 553 - 555. 10.1007/s00439-008-0577-6.
  49. Pikhart H,Nicholson A,Kubinova R,Peasey A,Bobak M,Marmot M (2008) Quality of life in early old age and mortality in Eastern European population European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, S54.
  50. Nicholson A,Pikhart H,Kubinova R,Capkova N,Marmot M,Bobak M (2008) Social position at different points of the life-course and depressive symptoms of men and women in the Czech Republic (Socioekonomická pozice v různých obdobích života a depresivní symptomy u mužů a žen v České republice; in Czech language) Prakticky lekar, 88(5), 276 - 281.

Qualifications

  • 2006: Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE Part 2, University College London
  • 2005: Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE Part 1, University College London
  • 1999: Doctor of Philosophy, University College London
  • 1995: Master of Science, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • 1993: Master of Science, Univerzita Karlova v Praze
  • 1991: Bachelor of Science, Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Keywords

  • Ageing
  • Biostatistics
  • Cross-sectional and cohort studies
  • Depression
  • Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology research
  • Life Course
  • Longitudinal analysis
  • Mathematical modelling
  • Meta-analysis
  • Multilevel models
  • Psychosocial research
  • Public health
  • Statistics
  • Statistics