Michael C. Neale (born 10 March 1958)
is a British behavior geneticist and professor at the
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virginia ...
. He is known for his research in the field of
psychiatric genetics
Psychiatric genetics is a subfield of behavioral neurogenetics and behavioral genetics which studies the role of genetics in the development of mental disorders (such as alcoholism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism). The basic principle ...
, which aims to determine the roles of genetic and environmental factors in
psychiatric disorder
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitt ...
s and
substance abuse. He is estimated to have mentored over 2,000 students in his field.
He was president of the
Behavior Genetics Association
The Behavior Genetics Association (BGA) is a learned society established in 1970 and which promotes research into the connections between heredity and behavior, both human and animal. Its members support education and training in behavior genetic ...
from 2009 to 2010.
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References
External links
Faculty profile
at VIPBG website
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1958 births
Alumni of the University of London
Virginia Commonwealth University faculty
Behavior geneticists
British emigrants to the United States
British geneticists
Genetic epidemiologists
Living people
People from Amersham
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