MUDr. Jana Pistovčáková, Ph.D.

Assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology


Office: bldg. A19/107
Kamenice 753/5
625 00 Brno

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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

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