Paul J. Harrison, UK

I qualified in Medicine in 1985 (Oxford) and trained in psychiatry in Oxford and London. I was a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow before being appointed to my present post in 1997. I head a research group investigating molecular, neuropathological, pharmacological, and genetic aspects of schizophrenia and mood disorder. I have published over 200 papers, and several books, including The Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, The Neuropathology of Schizophrenia, and the forthcoming edition of Schizophrenia with Danny Weinberger. My clinical work centres on treatment-resistant mood disorder and psychosis. I am a Deputy Editor for Biological Psychiatry, and on the Editorial Boards of Neuroscience and Schizophrenia Research. I have served on various Committees, including Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust Neuroscience/Mental Health Funding Panels. I am Treasurer of the Academic Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. I was Treasurer of the British Association for Psychopharmacology from 2004-9, and have chaired a Research Ethics Committee. Previous awards include the CINP/Paul Janssen Schizophrenia Prize (1998), the British Association for Psychopharmacology Senior Clinical Prize (1999), the A.E. Bennett Award of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (2004), and the Joel Elkes Research Award of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2005).