Individual researchers

Research topics

  • Synthesis of biological consequences and determinants of socio-economic changes in human populations and assessment of the adaptability of biosocial systems in prehistory, historical times and today.
  • The relationship between body height, body mass and the health and nutritional status of an individual with socio-economic conditions (SES) during growth and development.
  • Assessment of the influence of genetic factors and the individual environment of growth and development as determinants of the incidence of various types of cancer.
  • The impact of civilization progress and demographic changes on human biological characteristics.
  • Analysis of diet and mobility in prehistoric and historical populations based on isotope studies.
  • Stress markers, pathologies, developmental anomalies and rare diseases in prehistoric, historical and contemporary populations.
  • Comprehensive anthropological examination of skeletal materials from archaeological excavations.
  • Research on infectious and parasitic diseases of farm animals, domestic animals and humans in the context of sanitary and epidemic threats to human populations (zoonoses, anthropozoonoses).

Recent publications

Laya Shamsi, Ali Pouryousef, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Mostafa Omidian, Milad Badri, Oskar Nowak, Ali Asghari, 2026, Eimeria spp. in Cattle: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Veterinary Medicine and Science 12, no. 3: e70991. https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.70991

Yuliati L., Auerkari E.I., Supriadi A., Nowak O., 2026, Dental morphometric and non-morphometric in sex assessment: A systematic review and meta analysis. International Journal of Legal Medicine (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-026-03762-9

Abhijit Bhuin, Subhajit Mahanty, Nirmalya Kumar Sinha, Supriti Mallick, Yubaraj Mandal, Baibhab Mahanti, Syed Golam Mohiuddin, Birendranath Karmakar, Sabyasachi Panda, Oskar Nowak, Smarajit Maiti & Surajit Majumder, 2026, Central obesity and second-hand smoke as predictors of hypertension among terracotta artisans in India: a cross-sectional study. Discover Public Health 23, 263 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-026-01567-0

Jitendra Gautam,  Niten Bharati,  Shristi Bhandari,  Darwin Niroula,  Anisha K. C.,  Pitambar Dhakal,  Kishor Pandey,  Oskar Nowak,  Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, 2026, Declining Trends in Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections Among Nepalese School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2004–2022). Public Health Challenges vol.5, no.1 (2026): e70180.  https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.70180

Pokutta D., Gralak T., Waniek W., Konczewski P., Gawlik A., Tóth P., Izworski P., Nowak O. and Zack T. (2025). Migration Period in Central Europe: New Multi-Isotopic Evidence from Tyniec upon Ślęża Cemetery (4th–5th Century AD, SW Poland). Praehistorische Zeitschrift. https://doi.org/10.1515/pz-2025-2037

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