Mario Pecheny

Mario Pecheny is Professor of Political Science and Sociology of Health at the University of Buenos Aires. He is also Researcher at the National Council of Science and Technology (CONICET) at the Institute Gino Germani, in Argentina. He was awarded with the National Prize “Bernardo Houssay” 2012 as a Researcher in Social Sciences, by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Argentina). He has extensively conducted research and published on health (HIV and AIDS, reproductive health, chronic illnesses, drug use), sexuality, human rights, and politics in Latin America and other regions. He published the following books: The Politics of Sexuality in Latin America (edited with Javier Corrales, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010); Discutir Alfonsín (edited with Roberto Gargarella and María Victoria Murillo, Siglo XXI, 2010); Todo sexo es politico (edited with Carlos Figari and Daniel Jones, Del Zorzal, 2008); Estudio nacional sobre la situación social de las personas viviendo con VIH en la Argentina (with Hernan Manzelli, UBATEC, 2008); Argentina: Sexualidad y derechos humanos (with Monica Petracci, CEDES-CLAM, 2007); and La dinámica de la democracia (with Sergio Emiliozzi and Martín Unzue, Prometeo, 2007), among others.