Peter F. Buckley is an American psychiatrist and university administrator who focuses on the neurobiology and treatment of schizophrenia.[2] He received his medical degree from the University College Dublin School of Medicine in Ireland[3] and joined the Medical College of Georgia in 2000 as chair of the Department of Psychiatry and health behavior.[2] During the period of 2010–2017 he served as dean of the college.[2] Then he moved to Virginia Commonwealth University and was appointed dean of the school of medicine in 2017, a role in which he served until 2021.[3] A Scientific Council member of the Brain & Behaviour Research Foundation,[4] Buckley is senior author of a postgraduate textbook of psychiatry and editor-in-chief of Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses. He has published more than 500 scientific articles.[2] He has served as chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee since February 1, 2022.[5]
Peter F. Buckley | |
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| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Awards | Strecker Award[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Georgia (Augusta University) University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| Thesis | Cerebral morphology and metabolism in schizophrenia: relationship to clinical indices (1997) |
Awards and honours
edit- 2012: Cancro Academic Leadership Award in psychiatry from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.[6]
- 2015: listed in the Irish America magazine's 2015 list of the best and brightest Irish-American and Irish-born trailblazers in the life sciences.[7]
Selected publications
edit- Peter F. Buckley; Brian J. Miller (September 2015). "Schizophrenia Research: A Progress Report". Psychiatr Clin North Am. 38 (3): 373–7. doi:10.1016/j.psc.2015.05.001. PMID 26300028.
- Peter F Buckley (September 2005). "Neuroimaging of schizophrenia: structural abnormalities and pathophysiological implications". Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 1 (3): 193–204. PMC 2416751. PMID 18568069.
- Peter F Buckley (October 2020). "Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia". Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 18 (4): 364–367. doi:10.1176/appi.focus.20200025. PMC 7725152. PMID 33343247.
References
edit- ^ "Previous Strecker Award Recipients". Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Peter F. Buckley, M.D." Virginia Commonwealth University. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "Peter Buckley named dean of VCU School of Medicine and VCU Health executive VP for medical affairs". VCU News. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ "Peter F. Buckley, M.D." March 10, 2017.
- ^ "Buckley Confirmed as New Chancellor for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center". UTHSC News. December 6, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- ^ "Buckley receives 2012 Cancro Academic Leadership Award in psychiatry". October 29, 2012.
- ^ "Buckley receives international recognition as a top achiever in life sciences". June 16, 2015.