President of the Czech Republic Appointed New Professors ****************************************************************************************** * Prezident republiky jmenoval nové profesory ****************************************************************************************** Based on proposals by the academic and artistic committees submitted by Czech institutions education, the President of the Czech Republic, Mr. Václav Klaus, appointed new professors that took place at the reception halls of the Karolinum building on December 8, 2010, ten professors from Charles University were appointed full professors. The act was preceded by meeting between Rector Václav Hampl and the future professors. Professorship can be granted to an assistant professor who manifests sufficient qualificat examining the qualifications, the five-member expert committee submits the proposal to the committee of the university. In artistic programmes, the committee can waive the the prosp professor’s university degree requirement. Following Charles University assistant professors were appointed: doc. MUDr. Eva Havrdová, CSc. in the field of neurology, 1st Faculty of Medicine doc. MUDr. Ladislav Hosák, Ph.D. in the field of psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové doc. MUDr. Radomír Hrdina, CSc. in the field of human and veterinary pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Faculty in Hradec Králov doc. MUDr. Sylvie Opatrná, Ph.D. in the field of internal medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen doc. PhDr. Hana Pátková, Ph.D. in the field of auxiliary sciences of history, Faculty of Arts doc. MUDr. Radek Pudil, Ph.D. in the field of internal medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové doc. MUDr. Stanislav Rejchrt, Ph.D. in the field of internal medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové doc. MUDr. Tomáš Seeman, CSc. in the field of pediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine doc. MUDr. Josef Sýkora, Ph.D. in the field of pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen doc. Mgr. Kateřina Šmídková, Ph.D., M.A. in the field of economy, Faculty of Social Sciences The ceremony was preceded by a meeting between Rector Václav Hampl and the future professo reception halls of Karolinum. During the meeting, assistant professors introduced themselv and discussed the current issues in research and education. Photographs from the meeting [ URL "http://www.cuni.cz/IFORUM-10159.html"] (Lucie Kettnerová) Translation: Jaroslav Švelch