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prof. dr hab. Teresa Sławińska-Ochla
Prof. dr hab. Teresa Sławińska-Ochla was born on July 26, 1951 in Wrocław. She graduated from Primary School No. 1 and High School No. 1 in Wrocław. In 1970 - 1975 she studied at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Wrocław. She obtained the Master of Science in Biology degree in the field of anthropology for the thesis “Use of Perkal’s Natural Indicators in Osteology Issues”.
After graduation she was employed at the Faculty of Anthropology at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław. In 1983 she defended the dissertation “Specification of Involutional Processes of Male Constitutional Types” supervised by prof. Zygmunt Welon, obtaining the Doctor of Natural Sciences in Anthropology degree. Since 1990 she has been working at the University School of Physical Education in Wrocław, at first as an adjunct professor at the Human Anatomy Unit, and then, since 1997, as the Head of the Laboratory of Kinesiology and later as the Head of the Kinesiology Unit. In June 2001, for her scientific achievements and the monograph “Environmental Determinants in the Motor Development of Rural Children”, she obtained the Habilitated Doctor of Science in Physical Education degree. In 2010 she was given the title and the position of a full professor. Today she is the Head of the Kinesiology Unit at the Department of Biostructure. In 2002 - 2008 she was the Head of the Doctoral Studies, and in 2003 - 2008 and 2012 - 2016 she held the office of the Vice-Dean for Science at the Faculty of Physical Education. She is a member of the Council of the Faculty of Physical Education, a member of the University School of Physical Education in Wrocław Senate and a member of the Anthropology Unit Scientific Board and the Anthropology Committee at the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2011 - 2015 she was a member of the Senate of the Karkonosze College in Jelenia Góra.
The scientific interests of prof. Teresa Sławińska-Ochla are concentrated around human biology issues, especially around environmental modulators of morphofunctional development of children and the youth and the dynamics of involutional changes during maturity and the old age, the role of physical activity and physical fitness in maintaining health and the intergenerational changes in biological condition of the Polish population. From the beginning of her professional career she has been taking part in big population study projects: in the Third and Fourth “Anthropological Photo”projects, in longitudinal studies of Wrocław twins, in the cyclic monitoring of the morphological and functional development of the rural population from economically and ecologically diverse regions. She was a co-organiser of studies of the somatic development and the physical fitness of the young population from heavy metal polluted regions (the so called “Copper Region”), conducted by the Department of Biostructure at rural schools located near the Legnica, Głogów and Polkowice copper foundries. She is also a co-creator of the idea of testing the biological condition of the Lower Silesians after the age of sixty, considered in the wide context of lifestyle and life quality factors. Her scientific achievements include one hundred and twenty original articles. She has also presented her research results in the habilitation monograph and six joint authorship monographs on the issue of children’s and the youth’s development and the evaluation of involutional changes of chosen aspects of biological condition of elderly people.
Her last ten years have been connected with numerous duties in the junior personnel training. She has supervised one hundred and forty master’s degree theses and eight doctoral dissertations. Her complementary activities include the doctoral and habilitation dissertations reviews and numerous editorial reviews. She is a member of: the European College of Sport Science, the International Association of Sport Kinetics, the European Anthropological Society and the Polish Anthropological Society (of which she is a member of the Executive Board). For her involvement and achievements she has been awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit, the team and the individual Minister awards and many Rector awards.
Her hobbies are: mountain tourism, nature photography and biographical literature.