Curriculum Vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Jana Pistovcakova, M.D., Ph.D.
  Nationality, Citizenship: Slovak, Czech Republic
  

Department/Faculty/University

• Masaryk University
  Faculty of Medicine
  Department of Pharmacology
  Kamenice 5
  625 00 Brno - Bohunice
  Czech Republic

Function, current position

• Assistant professor

Education and academic qualifications

• M.D., Ph.D. (2005) - Medical Pharmacology at Masaryk University, Brno, CZ Thesis: "Behavioural, Immune and Humoral Effects of Antidepressant-like Drugs in Selected Animal Models "
• 2002 - training course under the Animal Welfare Laws of the Czech Republic (Laws §17 law No. 246/1992 Sb.&No. 162/1993 Sb.& No 193/1994 Sb.& No 243/1997 Sb.& decree No. 311/1997 Sb) complying with European Community Guidelines
• 1993 - General Advanced Language State Exam in the English Language

Professional experience

• 1999 - 2005 Assistant at the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• since 2005 - Assistant professor at the Department of Pharmacology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Teaching activities

• Seminars and lectures in Pharmacology (students of General Medicine, Dentistry and Bachelor Studies - Optometry, Physiotherapy, Human Nutrition, Nursing, etc.)

Research interests

• Behavioural pharmacology:
• assessment of locomotor, exploratory and social behaviours, stress hormone release and changes of selected immune parameters, antipsychotic, antianxiety and antidepressant drug effects
  

Professional stays abroad

• November 2000 - National University of Ireland, Galway: training course in bilateral olfactory bulbectomy in rats (animal model of depression)
• July- December 2002 - Sussex University, Brighton, UK: research project in laboratories of Dept. of Experimental Psychology at (Marie Curie Fellowship)
• (2003- present) - Centre of Excellence, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava: active collaboration in the field of endocrinology

Other academic activities, research projects, grants

• Participation in grant research projects of the Czech Ministry of Health:
• (1999-2003) Research Project MSM 141100001: "Plasticity of CNS regulatory systems and possibilities of pharmacological interventions"
• (2005- present) Research Project MSM0021622404 "Internal organization and neurobiological mechanisms of CNS functions”

Non-university activities

• Professional affiliations:
  - Czech Medical Chamber
• - Czech Neuropsychopharmacological Society (CNPS)
• - Czech Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
• - Czech and Slovak Ethological Society (CSEtS)
• - European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) – until 2005
• - European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
• - Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP – Mentor-Mentee Program)

Most significant professional accomplishments

• August 2006 - 1st Prize - Pharmacology Award of the Czech Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Czech Medical Society of J.E. Purkynje
• June 2006 - Prix de recherche en sciences pharmaceutiques (1st Prize in the all-state final, Pharmacy Award for research) by the French Embassy and Sanofi-Aventis in Prague
• January 2006 - 1st Prize - Czech Neuropsychopharmacological Society Award for research work in the field of Psychopharmacology and Psychopharmacotherapy
• November 2005 – The Czech Ministry of Education Award for PhD thesis
• Curriculum updated: September 2006

2022/03/30