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David Rowland

Mr. David Rowland

Valparaiso University

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David L. Rowland is a senior Research Professor of Psychology at the Valparaiso University, USA. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in psychology in 1977 and has held postdoctoral and research fellowships at SUNY-Stony Brook in Psychiatry; Stanford University in Physiology; Erasmus Medical Center (Netherlands) in Endocrinology and Reproduction; and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Mental and Behavioral Health. Professor Rowland’s expertise lies in the areas of behavioral neuroscience and human sexuality, with a research focus on human sexual response, dysfunction, and identity. He has authored and co-edited several books, including The Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders (2008), Sexual Dysfunction in Men (2012), Proceedings on Translational Medicine (2018), and Cultural Differences and the Practice of Sexual Medicine (2020). In addition to holding positions on numerous editorial boards of journals, he served as editor of the Annual Review of Sex Research from 2005 to 2009, is co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Mind and Medical Science (JMMS), and is editor-in-chief of the journal Sexes. He has served as a consultant on advisory boards for grant development, drug development and testing, program internationalization, and standardization of diagnostic criteria for the World Health Organization and various professional organizations.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Cultural Differences
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual Medicine
Sexual behavior
Sex and gender

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David L. Rowland is a senior Research Professor of Psychology at the Valparaiso University, USA. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in psychology in 1977 and has held postdoctoral and research fellowships at SUNY-Stony Brook in Psychiatry; Stanford University in Physiology; Erasmus Medical Center (Netherlands) in Endocrinology and Reproduction; and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Mental and Behavioral Health. Professor Rowland’s expertise lies in the areas of behavioral neuroscience and human sexuality, with a research focus on human sexual response, dysfunction, and identity. He has authored and co-edited several books, including The Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders (2008), Sexual Dysfunction in Men (2012), Proceedings on Translational Medicine (2018), and Cultural Differences and the Practice of Sexual Medicine (2020). In addition to holding positions on numerous editorial boards of journals, he served as editor of the Annual Review of Sex Research from 2005 to 2009, is co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Mind and Medical Science (JMMS), and is editor-in-chief of the journal Sexes. He has served as a consultant on advisory boards for grant development, drug development and testing, program internationalization, and standardization of diagnostic criteria for the World Health Organization and various professional organizations.