Edward Thomas Bullmore, (born 27 September 1960) is a British

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and academic. Since 1999, he has been Professor of Psychiatry at the

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. In 2005, he also became Vice-President of Experimental Medicine at GlaxoSmithKline while maintaining his post at

Early life

Bullmore was born on 27 September 1960 to Jeremy Bullmore and Pamela Bullmore (née Green). He was educated at

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, a public school in the grounds of

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, London. He studied

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at Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated from the

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with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He then continued his medical training at

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, London. He graduated from its Medical College with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) degrees.

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

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. He then returned to England, where he began training in his chosen specialisation as a

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at St George's Hospital, London. After a year, he moved hospitals, and was appointed a

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in psychiatry at Bethlem Royal Hospital and

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; both specialist

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in London. In 1993, Bullmore began his research career. That year, he was appointed a

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Research Training Fellow and served in that role for three years. 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''". In 1996, he was promoted to an Advanced Research Training Fellow for a further three years. His research during this time focused on the mathematical analysis of

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. From 1996 to 1999, he was additionally an honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Maudsley Hospital, London. In 1999, Bullmore joined the

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of Psychiatry. At

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level, he was an elected

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between 2002 and 2010. On 9 October 2014, he was appointed Head of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge. In 2005, he joined GlaxoSmithKline as Vice-President of Experimental Medicine. From 2005 to 2013, he was also Head of its Clinical Unit based in

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, Cambridgeshire, which focuses on early clinical drug development projects.

Honours

In 2008, Bullmore was elected a

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(FMedSci). In 2009, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych). In 2010, he was elected a

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(FRCP). He is also a Senior Investigator at the

National Institute for Health Research The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the British government’s major funder of clinical, public health, social care and translational research. With a budget of over £1.2 billion in 2020–21, its mission is to "impr ...

(NIHR).

Selected works

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References

External links

Professor Ed Bullmore
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Interview with Edward Bullmore on the 'Inflamed Mind' theory of depression, NOUS the podcast
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