Pedro Nobre

Pedro Nobre serves as Full Professor of Psychology and Director of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Porto. He is immediate Past-President of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), former Director of the Center for Psychology (CPUP), and ex-Director of the Doctoral Program in Human Sexuality at the same institution.

His research specializes in:

• Clinical Sexology - Psychological factors of sexual dysfunctions and evidence-based treatments
• Sexual Health Models - Development of the Cognitive-Emotional Model of Sexual Dysfunction
• Neuropsychophysiological Correlates - Brain-body interactions in sexual function
• Psychosocial Predictors - Sociocultural determinants of sexual well-being

As Principal Investigator, he secured over €1.2 million in competitive funding and founded the Laboratory for Research in Human Sexuality (SexLab) in 2009. He maintains global influence through roles as WAS-World Health Organization focal point and developer of the World Database on Sexual Health.