Professor Naomi Wray, Michael Davys Chair in Neuroscience on the Division of Psychiatry at Oxford and Professorial Analysis Fellow on the Large Knowledge Institute, is one in all 54 biomedical and well being scientists who’ve been elected to the celebrated Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship this yr.
Fellowship of the Academy is predicated on distinctive contributions to the medical sciences. Out of the 54 new fellows introduced as we speak, 5 are from the College of Oxford.
Professor Naomi Wray has been elected a 2025 fellow for her internationally recognised analysis that has superior our understanding of the polygenic contribution to complicated illness, significantly psychiatric issues. She was the primary to introduce strategies to estimate genetic correlation between illnesses utilizing Genome-Vast Affiliation Examine (GWAS) knowledge which was a serious step in genetic epidemiology and has led many research for the worldwide psychiatric genomics consortium.
Launched in June 2024 and funded for 13 years, Professor Wray leads the Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed, a Denmark-Oxford collaboration that promotes analysis in statistical and computational strategies for functions in frequent complicated illness.
Professor Wray mentioned:
Psychiatry issues are probably the most enigmatic in drugs and so I’m enthusiastic about utilizing the ability set of statistical evaluation of huge genomic knowledge to achieve perception into causes of those issues with the long-term aim of improved prevention, prognosis and coverings. I’m delighted to be elected as a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences which acknowledges the work of my groups on the College of Oxford and College of Queensland, Australia. I labored part-time for a few years and so hope to be a task mannequin for different girls in science.”
Professor Wray is a valued mentor for college kids and postdoctoral mentees which have gone on to win their very own awards and superior of their analysis careers to management roles.
Professor Andrew Morris CBE FRSE PMedSci, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences, mentioned: “It’s a privilege to welcome these 54 distinctive scientists to our Fellowship. Every new fellow brings distinctive experience and perspective to addressing probably the most important well being challenges going through society.
“The breadth of disciplines represented on this yr’s cohort – from psychological well being and infectious illness to most cancers biology and respiratory drugs – displays the wealthy range of medical science as we speak. Their election comes at a vital time when scientific excellence and collaboration throughout disciplines are important for addressing international well being challenges each now and sooner or later. We sit up for working with them to advance biomedical analysis and create an setting the place the most effective science can flourish for the advantage of individuals in every single place.”
The brand new fellows will likely be formally admitted to the Academy of Medical Sciences at a ceremony in July 2025.
