Education

• 2025 Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany (Dr. Antal), Research Internship
• 2015-2020 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Postgraduate Doctoral Studies (Ph.D.) in Neuroscience
• 2005-2011 Faculty Hospital Prešov, Slovakia, Specialist Training (Residency Programme) in Psychiatry
• 1999-2005 Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Faculty of Medicine – Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Board Certification

• 2011 Board Certification in Psychiatry, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Professional Experience

• since 2021 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Assistant Professor, Neurobehavioural Sciences – Psychiatry
• since 2018 Verasci / WCG Clinical Services / Clario, External Consultant
• since 2018 Mindpax, Prague, External Consultant
• since 2015 National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Researcher / Psychiatrist
• since 2012 UBC Specialty Clinical Services / Bracket Global / Signant Health, Philadelphia, USA, External Consultant
• 2011–2014 Faculty Hospital Prešov, Slovakia, Psychiatrist
• 2011–2014 University of Prešov, Faculty of Health Care, Slovakia, University Lecturer

Courses, Internships, and Scientific Training

• 2019 ECNP Workshop for Early Career Scientists, Nice, France
• 2019 Winter School on Leadership and Professional Skills in Psychiatry, Basel, Switzerland
• 2018 Course in the Fundamentals of Research Work, Czech Academy of Sciences
• 2017 ECNP School (European College of Neuropsychopharmacology), Oxford, United Kingdom
• 2016 MRI Course, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2016 Research Locum, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Canada (Dr. Tomas Paus)
• 2012 EEG Course, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava
• 2009 Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminar in Psychiatry, Salzburg, Austria
• 2008 Clinical Trials and Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Slovak Medical University, Bratislava

Awards

• Best Clinical Publication of the Year 2018 in Psychopharmacology
  (awarded by the Czech Neuropsychopharmacological Society)
• Co-initiator of an Anti-Corruption Campaign in Healthcare in Slovakia
  (acknowledged by the Medical Trade Unions Association of the Slovak Republic)
• Best Oral Presentation Award
  (Winter School on Leadership and Professional Skills in Psychiatry, Basel, 2019)
• Best Poster Award
  (Poster Day of the Year 2017, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany)
• Paper of the Season Award, NIMH-CZ (2021)
• Best Presentation – Junior Researcher Award
  (NIMH-CZ Award, 2022)

Media Collaboration

• Expert Contributor and Script Consultant, Klíč
• Czech Television (Public Broadcaster)

Publications

• Kolenič M, et al. Central Obesity-related Brain Alterations Predict Cognitive Impairments in First Episode of Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin (2025): sbaf101.
• Kolenič M. et al. Obesity, dyslipidemia and brain age in first-episode psychosis. Journal of Psychiatric Research (2018).
• Kolenič M. et al. Higher Body-Mass Index and Lower Gray Matter Volumes in First Episode of Psychosis. Frontiers in Psychiatry (2020).
• McWhinney S. et al. Obesity as a Risk Factor for Accelerated Brain Ageing in First-Episode Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin (2021).
• Hajek T. et al. Brain Age in Early Stages of Bipolar Disorders or Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin.
• Anýž J. et al. Validity of the Aktibipo Self-rating Questionnaire. JMIR Mental Health (2021).
• McWhinney S. et al. Obesity and brain structure in schizophrenia – ENIGMA study. Molecular Psychiatry (2022).
• Šebela A. et al. Decreased need for sleep as an endophenotype of bipolar disorder. Chronobiology International (2019).
• Laidi C. et al. Cerebellar parcellation in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.
• Bakstein E. et al. Seasonality of hospitalizations in mood disorders and schizophrenia. Bipolar Disorders (2020).
• Vochoskova K. et al. Weight and metabolic changes in early psychosis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (2023).
• de Pierrefeu A. et al. Neuroanatomical signature of schizophrenia using machine learning. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (2018).
• Salvi V. et al. Insulin resistance and verbal memory impairment in bipolar disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders (2020).
• Schneider J. et al. Motor activity patterns in bipolar disorder. CNS Spectrums (2020).
• Vochoskova K. et al. Antipsychotic use and weight gain trajectories. European Psychiatry (2024).
• Svancer P. et al. Ventricular volume trajectories in early-stage schizophrenia. BMC Psychiatry (2024).
• Rehák Bučková B. et al. Normative models in longitudinal neuroimaging. bioRxiv (2023).
• Kolenič M. et al. Cyclothymia. Psychiatrie pro praxi (2021).
• Kolenič M., Čapková J., Hájek T. Insulin resistance and bipolar disorders. Psychiatrie (2016).