Michael C. O'Donovan

Michael C. O'Donovan
NationalityScottish
EducationGlasgow University
University of Wales[2]
Known forResearch on schizophrenia
Awards(with Michael Owen) Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (2012)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatric genetics
InstitutionsCardiff University School of Medicine

Michael C. O'Donovan is a Scottish psychiatric geneticist who researches the genetics of schizophrenia.[3] He is a clinical professor in the Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences and the deputy director of the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at the Cardiff University School of Medicine in Cardiff, Wales. He also leads the Schizophrenia Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.[4][5] Educated at Glasgow University, he also serves as Academic Psychiatry Lead for the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales.[6] He was lead author of a 2014 study in Nature which identified over 100 genetic loci associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia.[7] The study, the largest of its kind undertaken at the time, was covered extensively in the media.[8][9] It was also praised by Thomas Insel, the then-director of the National Institute of Mental Health, who described the study as "a big step forward".[10]

References

  1. ^ "Past Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners". Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. ^ Owen, Michael; O'Donovan, Michael (1 October 2005). "Genetics of schizophrenia". Psychiatry. 4 (10): 14–17. doi:10.1383/psyt.2005.4.10.14. ISSN 1476-1793. PMC 2793225. PMID 20008600.
  3. ^ Burns, Janice (3 June 2015). "Scots gene expert at forefront of fight to understand causes of schizophrenia". The National. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. ^ O’Donovan, Michael (5 August 2015). "Novel genetic advances in schizophrenia: an interview with Michael O'Donovan". BMC Medicine. 13 (1): 181. doi:10.1186/s12916-015-0417-1. ISSN 1741-7015. PMC 4526195. PMID 26242973.
  5. ^ "Workgroup Chairs". Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.
  6. ^ "Professor Mick O'Donovan". National Centre for Mental Health. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  7. ^ O’Donovan, Michael C.; Sullivan, Patrick F.; Daly, Mark J.; Werge, Thomas; Wendland, Jens R.; Weinberger, Daniel R.; Clair, David St; Sklar, Pamela; Sham, Pak C. (July 2014). "Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci". Nature. 511 (7510): 421–427. Bibcode:2014Natur.511..421S. doi:10.1038/nature13595. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 4112379. PMID 25056061.
  8. ^ McCarthy, James (27 July 2014). "Welsh scientist leading global research into schizophrenia speaks of hopes for the millions affected by the illness". Media Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  9. ^ "New clues to schizophrenia cause". BBC News. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  10. ^ Borenstein, Seth (22 July 2014). "Genetic mapping triggers new hope on schizophrenia". The News-Herald. Retrieved 14 December 2018.


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