Head of the Department of Behavioural Neuroscience
MUDr. Igor Riečanský, DrSc.
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EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
M.D. in General Medicine (Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1997); Ph.D. in Neuroscience (International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 2004); Board Certification in Psychiatry (Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2009)
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SELECTED AWARDS
Dean's Achievement Award (Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, 1997), Guoth Prize (Slovak Medical Association, 2005); Award for the best publication (Slovak Society for Higher Brain Functions, 2009); Matulay Prize (Slovak Psychiatric Association, 2011); Award for the best publication (Slovak Physiological Society, 2016); Jan Jessenius Honorary Plaque for Merit in Medical Sciences (Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2024); Doctor of Science (Comenius University, 2025)
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SELECTED HONORARY APPOINTMENTS
Committee for Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic (member since 2011); Assembly of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (member since 2013); Slovak Society for Neuroscience (executive board member since 2016); Section of Biological Psychiatry of the Slovak Psychiatric Association (executive board member, scientific secretary since 2016); Centre of Experimental Medicine of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (scientific board member, chair since 2020); Committee for Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (VEGA Grant Agency, member since 2021); Slovak Psychiatric Association (executive board member since 2022); Committee for Research (Slovak Government Council for Mental Health, member since 2025)
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PUBLICATIONS
https://scholar.google.sk/citations?user=JjNsRFYAAAAJ&hl=en
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EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
M.D. in General Medicine (Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1997); Ph.D. in Neuroscience (International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 2004); Board Certification in Psychiatry (Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2009)
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SELECTED AWARDS
Dean's Achievement Award (Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, 1997), Guoth Prize (Slovak Medical Association, 2005); Award for the best publication (Slovak Society for Higher Brain Functions, 2009); Matulay Prize (Slovak Psychiatric Association, 2011); Award for the best publication (Slovak Physiological Society, 2016); Jan Jessenius Honorary Plaque for Merit in Medical Sciences (Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2024); Doctor of Science (Comenius University, 2025)
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SELECTED HONORARY APPOINTMENTS
Committee for Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic (member since 2011); Assembly of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (member since 2013); Slovak Society for Neuroscience (executive board member since 2016); Section of Biological Psychiatry of the Slovak Psychiatric Association (executive board member, scientific secretary since 2016); Centre of Experimental Medicine of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (scientific board member, chair since 2020); Committee for Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (VEGA Grant Agency, member since 2021); Slovak Psychiatric Association (executive board member since 2022); Committee for Research (Slovak Government Council for Mental Health, member since 2025)
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PUBLICATIONS
https://scholar.google.sk/citations?user=JjNsRFYAAAAJ&hl=en
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