Dr Lukas Pitel

PhD

Research Fellow in Cancer Statistics

Role at Hull York Medical School

The role of Dr. Lukas Pitel is to perform quantitative data analyses, along with provision of statistical support and development of study protocols.

Biography

Dr. Lukas Pitel obtained his PhD in Social Medicine from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He joined Hull York Medical School in 2019 from the Slovak Academy of Sciences, where he worked as researcher at the Institute of Experimental Psychology. Main focus of his previous work were social and psychological determinants of health-related behaviours as well as validation of psychometric measures. His current research interests include various determinants of cancer morbidity and cancer awareness.

Research

Main focus of Dr. Lukas Pitel’s previous work were social and psychological determinants of health-related behaviours as well as validation of psychometric measures. His current research interests include various determinants of cancer morbidity and cancer awareness

Publications

Full publications list: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5566-8740 

Pitel L, Madarasova Geckova A, van Dijk JP, Reijneveld SA. Gender differences in adolescent health-related behaviour diminished between 1998 and 2006. Public Health 2010;124(9):512-518.

Pitel L, Madarasova Geckova A, van Dijk JP, Reijneveld SA. Degree of urbanization and gender differences in substance use among Slovak adolescents. International Journal of Public Health 2010, 2011;56:645-651.

Pitel L, Madarasova Geckova A, Kolarcik P, Halama P, Reijneveld SA, van Dijk JP. Gender differences in the relationship between religiosity and health-related behaviour among adolescents. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2012; 66 (12): 1122–1128.

Pitel L, Madarasova Geckova A, Reijneveld SA, van Dijk JP. Socioeconomic gradient shifts in health-related behaviour among Slovak adolescents between 1998 and 2006. International Journal of Public Health 2013; 58 (2): 171–176.

Pitel L, Madarasova Geckova A, Reijneveld SA, van Dijk JP. Socioeconomic differences in adolescent health-related behaviour differ by gender. Journal of Epidemiology 2013; 23 (3): 211-218.

Halama P, Pitel L: Relationship between adult attachment and decision making in hospital nurses is mediated by self-regulation ability. Studia Psychologica (2016), 58 (2), 122-133.

Pitel L, Mentel A. Decision-Making Styles and Subjective Performance Evaluation of Decision-Making Quality among Hospital Nurses. Studia Psychologica 2017; 59(3): 217-231.