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Dr. Dávid Major PhD
specialist in preventive medicine and public health, vaccination specialist
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Thursday
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About me
I’m Dr. Dávid Major, a specialist in preventive medicine and public health. My professional interests focus on health promotion, epidemiology, healthy ageing and longevity medicine. My research is linked to projects including the Semmelweis Study, the Hungarian branch of HELO (Healthy Longevity Consortium) and the Semmelweis-Whitehall research group. I teach in English and Hungarian, and I publish research through a number of Hungarian and international collaborations. My aim is to support disease prevention, more years lived in good health and lifestyle changes that last, with a scientifically grounded, practical approach.
Professional experience
- from 2026Sabjanics Medical Center – International Vaccination Centre and Vaccination Clinicspecialist in preventive medicine and public health, vaccination specialist
- from 2022Semmelweis University, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health –specialist in preventive medicine and public health
- 2020National Public Health Centreresident in preventive medicine and public health (2020–2022); content developer, EFOP-1.8.0-VEKOP-17-2017-00001 Professional and methodological development of the healthcare system, NETOK subproject (2021); Screening coordinator
- 2020Ministry of Human Capacities, State Secretariat for Health, COVID-19 information and communications teamadviser
- 2018–2021Semmelweis University, EFOP-3.4.3-16 Balassagyarmat Health Education Programme –project coordinator, professional assistant
Education
- 2021-2025Semmelweis University Doctoral School – Division of Health Sciences
- 2020–2024Semmelweis University – Centre for Postgraduate Education – specialist in preventive medicine and public health
- 2014–2020Semmelweis University – Faculty of Medicine – general medicine
Languages
- English (C1 complex) – advanced
Awards and honours
- National Higher Education Scholarship (2018/2019)
- National Higher Education Scholarship (2019/2020)
- Medical Student of the Year (2020)
- New National Excellence Programme Scholarship (2023/2024)
Public engagement
- National Chief Resident – specialist training in preventive medicine and public health (2022–2024)
- Budapest Medical Students’ Association (2015–2020)
- MTMT ID: 10080371
Selected publications
- Major, D., Fazekas-Pongor, V., Kovács, N., Pikó, P., Fekete, M., Ungvari, Z., & Ádány, R. (2026). Causes and extent of avoidable mortality across the european union: insights for advancing healthy aging. GeroScience, 10.1007/s11357-025-02045-2. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1007/s11357-025-02045-2
- Major, D., Falus, M., Árva, D., Eorsi, D., Terebessy, A., Tabak, A. G., & Fazekas-Pongor, V. (2024). The effect of school lockdown on well-being and self-esteem of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1474893. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1474893
- Major, D., Fazekas-Pongor, V., Pártos, K., Tabák, A. G., Ungvari, Z. I., Eörsi, D., Árva, D., & Terebessy, A. (2023). Effect of school lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic on screen time among adolescents in Hungary: a longitudinal analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1233024. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1233024
- Kovacs, N., Piko, P., Major, D., Fazekas-Pongor, V., Ungvari, Z., & Adany, R. (2026). Unequal healthy ageing trajectories across Europe: socioeconomic development and age-related disease burden in the European Union and South-Eastern European countries. GeroScience, 10.1007/s11357-026-02273-0. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1007/s11357-026-02273-0
- Fazekas-Pongor, V., Major, D., Varga, J. T., Lehoczki, A., Varga, P., Jarecsny, T., Lipécz, Á., Csípő, T., Szappanos, Á., Matiscsák, A., & Fekete, M. (2026). Physiological and Recovery Responses to Dietary Polyphenols in the Context of Exercise: Relevance for Muscle Aging and Sarcopenia. Nutrients, 18(5), 788. doi.org/10.3390/nu18050788
- Pandics, T., Major, D., Fazekas-Pongor, V., Szarvas, Z., Peterfi, A., Mukli, P., Gulej, R., Ungvari, A., Fekete, M., Tompa, A., Tarantini, S., Yabluchanskiy, A., Conley, S., Csiszar, A., Tabak, A. G., Benyo, Z., Adany, R., & Ungvari, Z. (2023). Exposome and unhealthy aging: environmental drivers from air pollution to occupational exposures. GeroScience, 45(6), 3381–3408. doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-00913-3
- Cao, X., Peng, H., Hu, Z., Xu, C., Ning, M., Zhou, M., Mi, Y., Yu, P., Fazekas-Pongor, V., Major, D., Ungvari, Z., Fekete, M., Lehoczki, A., & Guo, Y. (2024). Exploring the global impact of obesity and diet on dementia burden: the role of national policies and sex differences. GeroScience. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1007/s11357-024-01457-w
- Cao, X., Wang, M., Zhou, M., Mi, Y., Fazekas-Pongor, V., Major, D., Lehoczki, A., & Guo, Y. (2024). Trends in prevalence, mortality, and risk factors of dementia among the oldest-old adults in the United States: the role of the obesity epidemic. GeroScience, 46(5), 4761–4778. doi.org/10.1007/s11357-024-01180-6
- Fazekas-Pongor, V., Domján, B. A., Major, D., Péterfi, A., Horváth, V. J., Mészáros, S., Vokó, Z., Vásárhelyi, B., Szabó, A. J., Burián, K., Merkely, B., & Tabák, A. G. (2024). Prevalence and determinants of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes in Hungary based on the nationally representative cross-sectional H-UNCOVER study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 216, 111834. doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111834
Media appearances
- “We need to recognise our own responsibility for our health” – Interview with Dr. Dávid Major – Longevity Magazain 2025-04-07 Link: longevitymagazin.hu/fel-kell-ismernunk-a-sajat…
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