Barbara Kalina-Faska

Barbara Kalina-Faska is a Teaching Professor at the Department of Pediatrics and Child Endocrinology within the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia. She holds a Doctorate degree awarded in 2001. Her research focuses on pediatric endocrinology with specialization in growth disorders, puberty physiology, and endocrine conditions in children with Down syndrome and type 1 diabetes. She has published 115 peer-reviewed articles and supervised 1 doctoral thesis.

Key research areas include human pituitary function, sex factors in growth patterns, and insulin-related pediatric endocrinology. Her work frequently involves multi-center studies in Poland and focuses on clinical aspects of pediatric endocrinology.

Dr. Kalina-Faska maintains an h-index of 5 (Scopus) and 7 (Web of Science), with a Total MEiN score of 708 reflecting her academic contributions. Her research also examines age-related factors in pediatric populations and hormonal influences in adolescent development.