Sir Michael Owen#
| Membership Number: | 4524 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/mrc-centre-neuropsychiatric-genetics-genomics |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Emeritus Director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University
- 2009/04 - present Director of the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University
- 2009/10 - present Deputy Head of School, School of Medicine, Cardiff University.
- 2004 - present Professor of Psychological Medicine, Director of the Division of Psychological Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University
- 1990-2016 Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- 2010-2014 Director of Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Cardiff University
- 2012-2014 Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, Cardiff
- 2012-2013 Dean of Research, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
- 2008-2009 Acting Dean and Head of School of Medicine
- 2006 Sep-2008 Sep Director, Cardiff University Neurosciences Centre
Fields of Scholarship
- Psychiatric Genetics
- Biological Psychiatry
- Neuroscience
Honours and Awards
- 2015 Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education (awarded to the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics)
- 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society of Psychiatric Genetics
- 2014 - 2017 Council (elected) of Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2015, 2016 Thomson Reuters Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher
- 2014 Knight Bachelor, Queen’s Birthday Honours
- 2013 William K Warren Distinguished Investigator Award for schizophrenia research
- 2012 Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation – NARSAD
- 2011 International Guest Lecturer, American Psychiatric Association Meeting, Hawaii
- 2011 Fellowship of the Learned Society of Wales
- 2011 Stromgren Medal and Lecture, University of Aarhus
- 2006 Paul Janssen Lecture, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London
- 2005 Advisory Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2003 Foreign Member of the Bulgarian National Academy of Medicine
- 2002 Eli-Lilly Lecturer, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- 2002 Distinguished Visiting Professor, NYU School of Medicine
- 2001 Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 2001 - 2004 Council (elected) of Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2000 – 2005 President (elected) of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics
- 1999 Fellowship of Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1997 Fellowship of Royal College of Psychiatrists
- 1996 - 1999 Visiting Professor, MRC SGDP Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry London
