Aktuality

V akademickém roce 2021/22 hostuje na Katedře psychologie a věd o životě prof. James Pfaus.

V rámci pobytu proferora Pfause na KPVŽ probíhají přednášky a semináře po jeho vedením. Prof. Pfaus se ale především zapojuje do vědecké a výzkumné činnosti našeho pracoviště.

Stručná charakteristka prof. Pfause

James Pfaus (PhD) - researcher in psychology and behavioral neuroscience. His research on the behavioral, cognitive, neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and molecular mechanisms of sexual arousal, desire, pleasure, and inhibition in rats and humans has been cited widely in both scientific and popular media. This work has also formed the basis for new pharmacotherapies for sexual disorders and furthered understanding of the epigenetic changes within different neurochemical systems induced by sexual pleasure that stimulate sexual desire and create sexual partner preferences. His research spans over 225 papers and chapters and has been funded by operating and infrastructure grants in Canada and the US. He is a fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health and has served since 2015 as the Editor-in-Chief of Current Sexual Health Reports, Associate Editor of Sexual Medicine Reviews, and sits on the editorial boards of several other scientific journals. He is a Past President of the International Academy of Sex Research and a past Director of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. He was co-Chair of the preclinical research committees for the 2010 and 2015 International Consultations in Sexual Medicine and serves on the current Committee for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorders and Hypersexuality of the International Consultation in Sexual Medicine and Expert Panels for Orgasmic Disorders and Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome of the International Society for Sexual Medicine.