Dr. Marketa Toman

Marketa Toman is a clinical researcher whose work centers on endocrinology, cardiometabolic health, and HIV-related metabolic complications, with a strong focus on African populations. Affiliated with academic institutions in South Africa, her research integrates hormonal regulation, body composition, and cardiovascular risk within contexts of obesity, menopause, and infectious disease.

Her publications highlight the role of visceral and regional adiposity in cardiometabolic disorders, elucidating links between adipokines, parathyroid hormone, insulin resistance, and psoriasis. She has advanced understanding of how fat distribution influences metabolic and inflammatory pathways, and how these mechanisms contribute to diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.

Recent studies extend to pregnancy and HIV, examining vitamin D metabolism, coagulation markers, and heart failure phenotypes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through detailed biochemical profiling and imaging approaches, her work provides important insights into disease mechanisms and risk stratification in underrepresented populations, strengthening evidence for context-specific prevention and management strategies.