Nick Craddock

Birmingham University Medical School

Nick Craddock FRCPsych FMedSci is a British psychiatrist, the Director of the National Centre for Mental Health and Professor of Psychiatry at Cardiff University in Wales. He specialises in the diagnosis and management of mood and psychotic illness.[1][2] His interests include psychiatric genetics and genome-wide association studies.[3]

He graduated from Birmingham University with a degree in medicine in 1985.[1] He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Fellow and Honorary Treasurer of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Past President of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics.[4] He is Scientific Advisor to Bipolar UK.[5]

Craddock was awarded the Stromgren medal for psychiatric research in 2011,[4] and the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) by Birmingham University in 2014.[3][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nick Craddock: a world leader in psychiatric genetics". Thelancet.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Professor Nick Craddock". NCMH. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Honorary Graduates". Birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Professor Nick Craddock - Directory of Expertise". Sites.cardiff.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nick Craddock Biography" (PDF). Rcpsych.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Celebrating honorary graduates 2014". Birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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