Biography:Michael C. O'Donovan

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Short description: Scottish psychiatric geneticist
Michael C. O'Donovan
NationalityScottish
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.[2] 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.[3][4] Educated at Glasgow University, he also serves as Academic Psychiatry Lead for the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales.[5] He was lead author of a 2014 study in Nature which identified over 100 genetic loci associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia.[6] The study, the largest of its kind undertaken at the time, was covered extensively in the media.[7][8] 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".[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Past Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners" (in en). 2017-04-11. https://www.bbrfoundation.org/grants-prizes/prizes-awards/past-outstanding-achievement-prizewinners. 
  2. ↑ Burns, Janice (2015-06-03). "Scots gene expert at forefront of fight to understand causes of schizophrenia" (in en). The National. https://www.thenational.scot/news/14897995.scots-gene-expert-at-forefront-of-fight-to-understand-causes-of-schizophrenia/. 
  3. ↑ O’Donovan, Michael (2015-08-05). "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. PMID 26242973. 
  4. ↑ "Workgroup Chairs". https://www.med.unc.edu/pgc/about-us/people/workgroup-chairs/#scz. 
  5. ↑ "Professor Mick O'Donovan" (in en). https://www.ncmh.info/investigators/professor-michael-odonovan/. 
  6. ↑ O’Donovan, Michael C.; Sullivan, Patrick F.; Daly, Mark J.; Werge, Thomas; Wendland, Jens R.; Weinberger, Daniel R.; Clair, David St; Sklar, Pamela et al. (July 2014). "Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci" (in en). Nature 511 (7510): 421–427. doi:10.1038/nature13595. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 25056061. Bibcode: 2014Natur.511..421S. 
  7. ↑ McCarthy, James (2014-07-27). "Welsh scientist leading global research into schizophrenia speaks of hopes for the millions affected by the illness". Media Wales. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/professor-michael-odonovan-leads-global-7505482. 
  8. ↑ "New clues to schizophrenia cause" (in en). BBC News. 2014-07-22. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-28408177/schizophrenia-study-reveals-new-clues-to-illness-cause. 
  9. ↑ Borenstein, Seth (2014-07-22). "Genetic mapping triggers new hope on schizophrenia" (in en). The News-Herald. https://www.news-herald.com/news/genetic-mapping-triggers-new-hope-on-schizophrenia/article_fe25b502-818b-5e8d-bf16-cc7e8b32f089.html. 

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