Gavin Reynolds PhD

Gavin Reynolds is Honorary Professor at Sheffield Hallam University and Professor Emeritus, previously Chair of Neuroscience, at Queen’s University Belfast. After a biochemistry PhD, he undertook postdoctoral work in London, Vienna, and Cambridge, following which he held university posts in Nottingham, Sheffield, and Belfast. His main research interests lie in two directions: the neurotransmitter pathology of schizophrenia, and the mechanisms underlying the beneficial and adverse effects of antipsychotics and other psychoactive drugs, with a recent focus on pharmacogenetic and epigenetic influences. He has over 300 research publications, including papers in Nature and The Lancet. He has international collaborations with Visiting Professor appointments in Thailand and China. He is Past-President of the British Association for Psychopharmacology.