Short curriculum vitae of Jiří Vácha
| BORN | March 20th, 1938, Kroměříž, Czech Republic |
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| MARITAL STATUS | Married, 3 children |
| NATIONALITY | Czech Republic |
| EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION | |
| 1953-1956 | Secondary school |
| 1956-1962 | Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (M.D., General Medicine) |
| 1973-1976 | Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Brno Ph.D. studies in Biophysics. Dissertation topic: Oscillations of erythropoiesis in the bone marrow and the spleen of mice after an acute sublethal X-irradiation and an attempt at their mathematical modelling |
| 1985-1988 | Charles University, Philosophical Faculty, Prague Postgraduate study: Applied Logic |
| 1987 | Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Brno D.Sc. dissertation: Ferrokinetics and Erythropoiesis: Radiobiological Aspects |
| November-December 1990 | The Hastings Center (Bioethics), Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., USA Scholarship |
| 1991 | Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno Associate Professor of Pathological Physiology. Habilitation topic: Radiosensitivity and Normalcy of an Organism |
| 1993 | Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno Professor of Pathological Physiology |
| CAREER EMPLOYMENT | |
| August 1962- December 1965 | Municipal Hospitals Opava and Ostrava (Czech Republic) Intern |
| April-July 1965 | Military service |
| December 1965- January 1991 | Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Brno, Czech Republic Scientist, Senior Scientist |
| February 1991- December 2003 | Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno, Institute of Pathological Physiology Head (Research on molecular genetics of diseases) |
| January-December 2004 | Medical Faculty, Masaryk University Brno, Institute of Pathological Physiology Senior Scientist |
| January 2005 - present | Medical Faculty, Masaryk University Brno, Institute of
Pathological Physiology Professor Emeritus |
| PREVIOUS RESEARCH FIELDS | |
| Internal metabolism of iron in Mammals Radiation haematology Radiosensitivity of Mammals Pharmacologic radioprotection Biostatistics Mathematical modelling of (patho)physiological processes Molecular genetics of human diseases Normalcy in biology and medicine |
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| CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS | |
| Theory of evolution Philosophy and methodology of biology |
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| FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES | |
| September-October 1982 April-June 1983 |
Paterson Laboratories, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK Research Fellowship |
| May-June 1986 July-September 1988 |
Institut für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin, Klinikum, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Bundesrepublik Deutschland Research Fellowship |
| October-December 1989 | The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA Visiting Professor of Medicine, Full Time |
| 1990 | The National Prize of the Czech Republic for the research in radiation pathophysiology |
| 1996 | Award of the 1st degree, Ministry of Education, Czech Republic for the textbook on Pathological Physiology |
| 1997-2010 | Commission for Bioethics, Governmental Council for Research and Development, Czech Republic Member |
| LANGUAGES | Czech (native) English (proficient) German (proficient) Russian (passive knowledge) |
| HOBBY | Lepidopterology, wild garden |