Shitij KAPUR
Professor, Dean,
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences;
Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Health), University of Melbourne
Organisation:
The Faculty of
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
comprises over 1700 academic and 800 professional staff serving
over 8800 students. It has been contributing to the health and
wellbeing of the society, training the very best clinicians,
working on internationally competitive research issues, and
graduating the very best students in all areas of health,
medicine and biomedical research. It is consistently recognised
internationally for its leading role in clinical and
pre-clinical teaching and research.
Brief Bio:
Professor
Kapur’s background is as a clinician-scientist with expertise in
psychiatry, neuroscience and brain imaging – having published
over 300 peer-reviewed papers that have been cited over 30,000
times with an H-index of over 90. Before moving to Australia, he
was Executive Dean of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology
and Neuroscience, Europe's largest and leading centre for mental
health research, and prior to that, Vice-President (Research)
for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Toronto, Canada's
premier centre for research into mental health and addictions.
He currently serves as a director on the boards of the Royal
Melbourne Hospital, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical
Research, St Vincent’s Research Institute, Aikenhead Centre for
Medical Discoveries and the Melbourne Academic Centre for
Health. His current interests include the future of health
practice, the design of health systems and how connected data
might be used to improve the future health of individuals and
communities both at a local and an international level. |