Edward Bullmore

Edward Thomas Bullmore, FRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci (born 27 September 1960) is a British psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and academic. Since 1999, he has been Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. Since 2005, he has been Vice-President of Experimental Medicine at GlaxoSmithKline.

Early life

Bullmore was born on 27 September 1960 to Jeremy Bullmore and Pamela Bullmore (née Green). He was educated at Westminster School, a public school in the grounds of Westminster Abbey, London.^[1] He studied clinical medicine at Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.^[1][2] He then continued his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He graduated from its Medical College with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) degrees.^[1]

Career

Bullmore began his medical career as an academic rather than a physician. From 1987 to 1988, he was a lecturer in medicine at the University of Hong Kong.^[1][2] He then returned to England where he began training in his chosen specification as a Senior House Officer in psychiatry at St George's Hospital, London. After a year, he moved hospitals, and was appointed a Registrar in psychiatry at Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital; both specialist psychiatric hospitals in London.^[1]

In 1993, Bullmore began his research career. That year, he was appointed a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow and served in that role for three years.^[1][2] During that time he studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at King's College London, which he completed in 1997 with a thesis titled "Analysis of structural and functional magnetic resonance images of the brain".^[3] In 1996, he was promoted to an Advanced Research Training Fellow for a further three years.^[1][2] His research during this time focused on the mathematical analysis of neurophysiological time series.^[2] From 1996 to 1999, he was additionally an honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Maudsley Hospital, London.^[1]

In 1999, Bullmore joined the University of Cambridge as Professor of Psychiatry.^[2] At college level, he was an elected Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge between 2002 and 2010.^[1] On 9 October 2014, he was appointed Head of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge.^[4]

In 2005, he joined GlaxoSmithKline as Vice-President of Experimental Medicine.^[1] From 2005 to 2013, he was also Head of its Clinical Unit based in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, which focuses on early clinical drug development projects.^[1][5]

Honours

In 2008, Bullmore was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).^[6] In 2009, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych). In 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP).^[1]

Selected works

• Cardinal, Rudolf N.; Bullmore, Edward T. (2011). The diagnosis of psychosis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521164849. 

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