Professor Stuart Brody
staff Profile
Professor Brody is the author of over 160 scholarly publications (including Sex at Risk).
Previously, he was at the Universities of Tubingen and Trier. He worked for many years as a clinical and forensic psychologist.
He is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
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., & Carson, C. M. (2012). Self-harm is associated with immature defense mechanisms but not substance use in a nonclinical Scottish adolescent sample. Journal of Adolescence, in press. DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.09.001
Brody, S., & Costa, R.M. (2012). Sexual satisfaction and health are positively associated with penile-vaginal intercourse but not other sexual activities. American Journal of Public Health, 102, 6-7.
Brody, S., & Weiss, P. (2012). Simultaneous penile-vaginal orgasm is associated with sexual satisfaction. Journal of Sexual Medicine, in press. DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02448.x
Costa, R.M., & Brody, S. (2012). Greater resting heart rate variability is associated with orgasms through penile-vaginal intercourse, but not with orgasms from other sources. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 9, 188-197.
Costa, R.M. & Brody, S. (2012). Sexual Satisfaction, Relationship Satisfaction, and Health Are Associated with Greater Frequency of Penile-Vaginal Intercourse. Archives of Sexual Behavior, in press. DOI 10.1007/s10508-011-9847-9
Potterat, J.J., Brewer, D.D., Gisselquist, D., & Brody, S. (2012). Accurate assessment of HIV spread requires investigating all modes of transmission. Journal of Adolescent Health, in press. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.09.010
Brewer, D.D., Potterat, J.J., & Brody, S. (2011). Comprehensive assessment of blood and sexual exposures needed for rigorous investigation of HIV transmission. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 66, 249.
Brody, S., & Costa, R.M. (2011). Vaginal orgasm is more prevalent among women with a prominent tubercle of the upper lip. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 2793-2799.
Brody, S., Costa, R.M., Hess, U., & Weiss, P. (2011). Vaginal orgasm is related to better mental health and is relevant to evolutionary psychology: A response to Zietsch et al. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 3523-3525.
Brody, S., & Weiss, P. (2011). Heterosexual anal intercourse: increasing prevalence, and association with sexual dysfunction, bisexual behavior and venereal disease history. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 37, 298-306. DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2011.582436
(Note: the paper was originally published in issue 4 containing copyeditor errors, and was reprinted in issue 5 using the same page numbers, along with the erratum notice:
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 37, 448. DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2011.611013).
Brody, S. & Weiss, P. (2011). Simultaneous penile-vaginal intercourse orgasm is associated with satisfaction (sexual, life, partnership, and mental health). Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 734-741.
Costa, R.M., & Brody, S. (2011). Anxious and avoidant attachment, vibrator use, anal sex, and impaired vaginal orgasm. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 2493-2500.
Komisaruk, B.R., Wise, N., Frangos, E., Liu, W-C., Allen, K., & Brody, S. (2011). Women's clitoris, vagina and cervix mapped on the sensory cortex: fMRI evidence. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 2822-2830.
Potterat, J.J., Brewer, D.D., & Brody, S. (2011). Receptive anal intercourse as a potential risk factor for rectal cancer. Cancer, 117, 3284.
Potterat, J.J., Brewer, D.D., Gisselquist, D.D., & Brody, S. (2011). Blood exposures ignored in racial disparities in HIV prevalence. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 66, 249.
Tao, P., & Brody, S. (2011). Sexual behavior predictors of satisfaction in a Chinese sample. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 455-460.
Weiss, P., & Brody, S. (2011). International index of erectile function (IIEF) scores generated by men or female partners correlate equally well with own satisfaction (sexual, partnership, life, and mental health). Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8, 1404-1410.
Brody, S. (2010). Body mass index but not pulse pressure is associated with lesser penile-vaginal intercourse frequency in healthy young men. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7, 1853-1857.
Brody, S. (2010). The relative health benefits of different sexual behaviors. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7, 1336-1361.
Brody, S., Brewer, D. D., Potterat, J. J., & Muth, S. Q. (2010). Lack of association between heterosexual lifetime number of sex partners and prevalent HIV infection: a crucial implication. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 21, 74-75.
Brody, S., Houde, S., & Hess, U. (2010). Greater tactile sensitivity and less use of immature psychological defense mechanisms predict women’s penile-vaginal intercourse orgasm. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7, 3057-3065.
Brody, S., & Potterat, J. J. (2010). Assessing mental health and personality disorder in prostitute women. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 122, 167.
Brody, S., & Weiss, P. (2010). Vaginal orgasm is associated with vaginal (not clitoral) sex education, focusing mental attention on vaginal sensations, intercourse duration, and a preference for a longer penis. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7, 2774-2781.
Costa, R. M., & Brody, S. (2010). Immature psychological defense mechanisms are associated with lesser vaginal orgasm consistency and greater alcohol consumption before sex. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 7, 775-786.
Costa, R. M., & Brody, S. (2010). Greater frequency of penile-vaginal intercourse without condoms is associated with better mental health. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39, 1-2.
Brewer, D. D., Potterat, J. J., Roberts, J. M. Jr., & Brody, S. (2009). Unhygienic male circumcision procedures and HIV transmission. SAMJ South African Medical Journal, 99, 11-12.
Brody, S. (2009). Phosphodiesterase inhibitors and vaginal intercourse orgasm. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 20, 440.
Brody, S. (2009). The unhealthy attempts by CDC and WHO to deny the importance of HIV transmission through unsafe healthcare. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 20, 70-72.
Brody, S., & Costa, R. M. (2009). Satisfaction (sexual, life, relationship, and mental health) is associated directly with penile-vaginal intercourse but inversely with other sexual behavior frequencies. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 1947-1954.
Brody, S., & Costa, R. M. (2009). Overestimation of heterosexually attributed AIDS deaths is associated with immature psychological defense mechanisms and clitoral masturbation during penile-vaginal intercourse. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 20, 869-875.
Tao, P., Guoying, D., & Brody, S. (2009). Preliminary Study of a Chinese Language Short Form of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Psychological Reports, 105, 1039-1046.
Weiss, P., & Brody, S. (2009). Women’s partnered orgasm consistency is associated with greater duration of penile-vaginal intercourse but not of foreplay. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 135-141.
Weiss, P., & Brody, S. (2009). Female sexual arousal disorder with and without a distress criterion: prevalence and correlates in a representative Czech sample. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 3385-3394.
Brewer, D.D., Potterat, J. J., Muth, S.Q., Gisselquist, D. & Brody, S. (2008). Disconnects in presumed heterosexual HIV transmission in Malawi. AIDS, 22, 1377.
Brody, S., & Costa, R. M. (2008). Vaginal orgasm is associated with less use of immature psychological defense mechanisms. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5, 1167-1176.
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, 34, 343-352.
Brody, S., & Kruger, T.H.C. (2008). Penile-vaginal intercourse decreases weight gain. Medical Hypotheses, 71, 812-813.
Costa, R. M., & Brody, S. (2008). Condom use for penile-vaginal intercourse is associated with immature psychological defense mechanisms. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5, 2522-2532.
Nicholas, A., Brody, S., de Sutter, P., & de Carufel, F. (2008). A woman’s history of vaginal orgasm is discernible from her walk. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 5, 2119-2124.
Potterat, J. J., Brewer, D. D., & Brody, S. (2008). Blind spots in the epidemiology of HIV in Black Americans. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 19, 1-3.
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
Potterat, J. J., Brewer, D. D., Rothenberg, R. B., Muth, S. Q., & Brody, S. (2003). HIV and hepatitis C epidemics in Africa: continuing the debate. AIDScience, 3(19), published online October 16, 2003 at: http://www.aidscience.org/Articles/AIDScience038.asp
contact details
Room L109 (Paisley Campus)
Tel: 0141 849 4020
E-mail: stuart.brody@uws.ac.uk
Personal website: http://stuartbrody.tripod.com
Google Scholar citation page: http://tinyurl.com/sbscholar