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Stuart Brody

contact details

Room L109 (Paisley Campus)

Tel: 0141 849 4020

staff Profile

Professor Brody is the author of over 125 scholarly publications (including Sex at Risk). Previously, he was at the Universities of Tubingen and Trier. He has many years of experience as a clinical and forensic psychologist. His research interests include sexual behaviour, HIV/AIDS epidemiology, psychophysiology, psychopharmacology, stress, cardiovascular function, personality, research methods, and nutrition.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Brody, S., & Costa, R. M. (2008). Vaginal orgasm is associated with less use of immature psychological defense mechanisms. Journal of Sexual Medicine, in press.

Brody, S., Fischer, A. H., & Hess, U. (2008). Women’s finger sensitivity correlates with partnered sexual behavior but not solitary masturbation frequencies. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, in press.

Potterat, J. J., Brewer, D. D., & Brody, S. (2008). Blind spots in the epidemiology of HIV in Black Americans. International Journal of STD & AIDS, in press.

Brewer, D. D., Gisselquist, D., Brody, S., & Potterat, J. J. (2007). Investigating iatrogenic HIV transmission in Ugandan children. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 45, 253-254.

Brewer, D. D., Potterat, J. J., & Brody, S. (2007). Male circumcision in HIV prevention. Lancet, 369, 1597.

Brewer, D. D., Potterat, J. J., Gisselquist, D., Dinsmore, W. W., St. Lawrence, J. S., & Brody, S. (2007). Valid evaluation of iatrogenic and sexual HIV transmission requires proof. AIDS, 21, 2556-2557.

Brewer, D.D., Potterat, J.J., Muth, S.Q., & Brody, S. (2007). Converging evidence suggests nonsexual HIV transmission among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40, 290-293.

Brewer, D. D., Potterat, J. J., Roberts, J. M. Jr., & Brody, S. (2007). Male and female circumcision associated with prevalent HIV infection in virgins and adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania. Annals of Epidemiology, 17, 217-226.

Brewer, D. D., Potterat, J. J., Roberts, J. M. Jr., & Brody, S. (2007). Circumcision-related HIV risk and the unknown mechanism of effect in the male circumcision trials. Annals of Epidemiology, 17, 928-929.

Brody, S. (2007). Intercourse orgasm consistency, concordance of women’s genital and subjective sexual arousal, and erotic stimulus presentation sequence. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 33, 31-39.

Brody, S. (2007). Vaginal orgasm is associated with better psychological function. Sexual & Relationship Therapy, 22, 173-191.

Brody, S., Brewer, D.D., & Potterat, J.J. (2007). Association of HIV infection with poor genital hygiene and medical treatment for prior serious illness suggests iatrogenic transmission. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 44, 365-366.

Costa, R. M. & Brody, S. (2007). Women’s relationship quality is associated with specifically penile-vaginal intercourse orgasm and frequency. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 33, 319-327.

Deuchert, E., & Brody, S. (2007). Plausible and implausible parameters for mathematical modeling of nominal heterosexual HIV transmission. Annals of Epidemiology, 17, 237-224.

Deuchert, E., & Brody, S. (2007). Lack of auto-disable syringe use and health care indicators are associated with high HIV prevalence: an international ecological analysis. Annals of Epidemiology, 17, 199-207.

Deuchert, E., & Brody, S. (2007). The evidence for health care transmission of HIV in Africa should determine prevention priorities. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 18, 290-291.

Hess, U., Brody, S., Van Der Schalk, J., & Fischer, A. H. (2007). Sexual activity is inversely related to women's perceptions of the facial attractiveness of unknown men. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1991-1997.

Brewer, D.D., Potterat, J. J., & Brody, S. (2006). Research design determines what can be known about modes of HIV transmission. AIDS, 20, 1208.

Brody, S. (2006). Penile-vaginal intercourse is better: Evidence trumps ideology. Sexual & Relationship Therapy, 21, 393-403.

Brody, S. (2006). Blood pressure reactivity to stress is better for people who recently had penile-vaginal intercourse than for people who had other or no sexual activity. Biological Psychology, 71, 214-222. [Jun 13 2005: Epub ahead of print]

Brody, S., & Krüger, T.H.C. (2006). The post-orgasmic prolactin increase following intercourse is greater than following masturbation and suggests greater satiety. Biological Psychology, 71, 312-315. [Aug 8 2005: Epub ahead of print]

Deuchert, E. & Brody, S. (2006). The role of health care in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa: Evidence from Kenya. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 17, 749-752.

Potterat, J. J., Brewer, D.D., & Brody, S. (2006). Miscarriage of HIV epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS, 20, 955-956.

Potterat, J. J., Brewer, D.D., Muth, S. Q., & Brody, S. (2006). The protective effect of male circumcision as a faith lift for the troubled paradigm of HIV epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa. PloS Medicine, 3(1), (e64).

Brody, S., & Potterat, J. J. (2005). HIV epidemiology in Africa: weak variables and tendentiousness generate wobbly conclusions. PloS Medicine, 2(5), 458-459 (e137).

Brody, S., Potterat, J. J., Muth, S. Q., & Woodhouse, D. E. (2005). Psychiatric and characterological factors relevant to excess mortality in a long-term cohort of prostitute women. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 31, 97-112.

Brewer, D. D., Rothenberg, R. B., Potterat, J. J., Brody, S., & Gisselquist, D. (2004). HIV epidemiology in Africa: rich in conjecture, poor in data. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 15, 63-65.

Brody, S. (2004). Declining HIV rates in Uganda: due to cleaner needles, not abstinence or condoms. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 15, 440-441.

Brody, S. (2004). Sexual factors and prostate cancer. BJU International: British Journal of Urology, 93, 180.

Brody, S. (2004). Slimness is associated with greater intercourse and lesser masturbation frequency. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 30, 251-261.

Brody, S., Keller, U., Degen, L., Cox, D. J., & Schächinger, H. (2004). Selective processing of food words during insulin induced hypoglycemia in healthy humans. Psychopharmacology, 173, 217-220.

Brody, S., & Potterat, J. J. (2004). Establishing valid AIDS monitoring and research in countries with generalized epidemics. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 15, 1-6.

Brody, S., & Potterat, J. J. (2004). Autoinoculation of human papillomavirus and vaginal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: An appeal for rigorous verification. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 31, 65-66.

Gisselquist, D., Potterat, J. J., & Brody, S. (2004). HIV transmission during paediatric health care in sub-Saharan Africa - risks and evidence. South African Medical Journal, 94, 109-116.

Gisselquist, D., Potterat, J. J., & Brody, S. (2004). Debate about iatrogenic HIV transmission should not be a pretext for inaction. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 15, 623-625.

Gisselquist, D., Potterat, J. J., & Brody, S. (2004). Running on empty: sexual cofactors are insufficient to fuel Africa’s turbocharged HIV epidemic. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 15, 442-452.

Gisselquist, D., Potterat, J. J., Brody, S., & Minkin, S. F. (2004). Does selected ecologic evidence give a true picture of HIV transmission in Africa? International Journal of STD & AIDS,15, 434-439.

Nava, E., Landau, D., Brody, S., & Schächinger, H. (2004). Relaxation increases parasympathetic activity and improves incidental memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 81, 167-171.

Potterat, J. J., Brewer, D., Muth, S. Q., Rothenberg, R. B., Woodhouse, D. E., Muth, J. B., Stites, H. K., & Brody, S. (2004). Mortality in a long-term open cohort of prostitute women. American Journal of Epidemiology, 159, 778-785.

Potterat, J. J., Gisselquist, D., & Brody, S. (2004). Still not understanding the uneven spread of HIV within Africa. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 31, 365.

Schächinger, H., Port, J., Brody, S., Linder, L., Wilhelm, F., Huber, P. R., Cox, D., & Keller, U. (2004). Increased high-frequency heart rate variability during insulin-induced hypoglycemia in healthy humans. Clinical Science, 106, 583-588.

Brewer, D. D., Brody, S., Drucker, E., Gisselquist, D., Potterat, J. J., Rothenberg, R. B., & Vachon, F. (2003). Mounting anomalies in the epidemiology of HIV in Africa: Cry the beloved paradigm. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 14, 144-147.

Brody, S. (2003). Exercise intensity and risk of coronary heart disease. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 289, 419.

Brody, S. (2003). Alexithymia is inversely associated with women’s frequency of vaginal intercourse. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 32, 73-77.

Brody, S., Gisselquist, D., Potterat, J. J., & Drucker, E. (2003). Evidence of iatrogenic HIV transmission in children in South Africa. BJOG: British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 110, 450-452.

Brody, S., Hagen, M., Mann, J., Patz, B., & Preut, R. (2003). [Vitamin C gegen Stress.] Vitamin C against stress. Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung, 143(23), June 5, 119-123.

Brody, S., Laan, E., & van Lunsen, R. H. W. (2003). Concordance between women’s physiological and subjective sexual arousal is associated with consistency of orgasm during intercourse but not other sexual behavior. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 29, 15-23.

Brody, S., & Potterat, J. J. (2003). Assessing the role of anal intercourse in the epidemiology of AIDS in Africa. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 14, 431-436.

Brody, S., & Preut, R. (2003). Vaginal intercourse frequency and heart rate variability. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 29, 371-380.

Gisselquist, D., Friedman, E., Potterat, J., Minkin, S. F., & Brody, S. (2003). Four policies to reduce HIV transmission through unsterile health care. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 14, 717-722.

Gisselquist, D., Potterat, J. J., Brody, S., & Vachon, F. (2003). Let it be sexual: how health care transmission of AIDS in Africa was ignored. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 14, 148-161.

Schächinger, H., Cox, D., Linder, L., Brody, S., & Keller, U. (2003). Cognitive and psychomotor function in hypoglycemia: Response error patterns and retest reliability. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 75, 915-920.

Online-only journal publications

Brody, S., Gisselquist, D., Potterat, J. J., & Drucker, E. M. (2003). Health care transmission of HIV in South African children. AIDScience, 3(14), published online July 15, 2003 at: http://www.aidscience.org/Articles/AIDScience035.asp

Gisselquist, D., Potterat, J. J., Rothenberg, R., Drucker, E. M., Brody, S., Brewer, D. D., & Minkin, S. (2003). Examining the hypothesis that sexual transmission drives Africa’s HIV epidemic. AIDScience, 3(10), published online June 9, 2003 at: http://www.aidscience.org/Articles/AIDScience032.asp