Main neuropsychiatrist Professor Jeremy Corridor is ready to hitch the College of Oxford as Professor of Translational Psychiatry.
Professor Corridor is a tutorial psychiatrist who’s presently Director of the Hodge Centre for Translational Neuroscience at Cardiff College.
His analysis makes use of built-in neuroscience to research the affect of genetic threat elements for psychological sickness on the mind. By understanding the fundamental mechanism of threat for circumstances equivalent to psychosis, bipolar dysfunction and autism Professor Corridor’s work goals to enhance each prognosis and remedy in psychiatry.
Professor Corridor will mix his personal analysis in Oxford’s Division of Psychiatry, the place he begins in Might 2026, with Chairing the Nationwide Institute of Well being and Care Analysis (NIHR) Psychological Well being Translational Analysis Collaboration from September 2026. He stated:
It is a time of nice alternative for translating primary science in psychiatry and neuroscience into affected person profit. Current years have seen exceptional advances in areas equivalent to psychiatric genetics and mind imaging. It’s now crucial that we be certain that this progress makes an actual distinction for sufferers with critical psychological well being issues.
“Oxford gives the right setting to make this translation a actuality, and it’s a nice pleasure to be becoming a member of such a vibrant and thriving scientific and medical neighborhood.”
Professor Belinda Lennox, Head of the Division of Psychiatry, stated:
We’re massively excited to have Jeremy becoming a member of the crew right here in Oxford, the place his appreciable experience, management and data will solely strengthen our world-class crew of researchers, scientists and clinicians. We share Professor Corridor’s dedication to translating advances in mind and psychological well being analysis into advantages for sufferers, and look ahead to working collectively to speed up this important work.”
Professor Corridor accomplished his undergraduate diploma in Biology at Oxford College earlier than finding out preclinical Medication in Edinburgh. He subsequently moved to the College of Cambridge to hitch the MB/PhD programme, the place he carried out his PhD research in neuroscience below the supervision of Professor Barry Everitt. He then undertook his psychiatry coaching in Edinburgh below the mentorship of Professor Eve Johnstone, taking on the Chair of Psychiatry in 2011. In 2013 he moved to Cardiff College the place he served as Director of the Neuroscience and Psychological Well being Innovation Institute and the Division of Psychological Medication and Scientific Neurosciences till 2025. He was appointed as inaugural Hodge Professor of Psychiatry at Cardiff in 2022.
Professor Corridor is a Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Psychiatrists. He conducts clinics throughout neuropsychiatry.