Research Focus:
Phenomenology/diagnosis, Genetics, Epidemiology
Work Sector(s):
University
Reasearcher Bio Nick Craddock was Professor of Molecular Psychiatry and Head of the University of Birmingham Department of Psychiatry and Division of Neuroscience until 2002 when he moved to his current position as Professor of Psychiatry at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. He originally studied mathematical sciences at Cambridge University followed by Medicine at Birmingham University. He trained in clinical psychiatry in Birmingham and in psychiatric genetics in Cardiff and St Louis. His research focus is the molecular genetic investigation of bipolar spectrum mood disorders and psychosis. He has a specific interest in using molecular genetics to refine the clinical phenotype. His clinical interests lie in management of treatment-resistant bipolar spectrum disorders.