Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatric Research at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

The Royal Society is made up of over 1,300 of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK, the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland. Each year, through a peer review process, 44 new Fellows are elected along with eight new Foreign Members, chosen for their outstanding scientific achievements.

Professor Shitij Kapur, Dean and Head of School at the Institute of Psychiatry, said: 'For those of us who have had the privilege of knowing and working with Professor Murray - we have always known of his scientific excellence, his dedication to his subject and his students. It gives us great pleasure, and honour by association, to have this record of excellence and achievement acknowledged by such a distinguished society. Robin, you are an inspiration to all of us and to your legion of students who now lead the field around the world.'

Professor Murray is currently Britain’s most highly cited psychiatry researcher, and is the third most highly cited researcher in the world for schizophrenia. Professor Murray has won most of the major prizes in psychiatry and has been honoured with awards from countries throughout the world including the USA, Germany, Finland, Italy, Brazil and Denmark. In 2005, he was chosen as one of the top role models in medicine by the British Medical Association.

Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society said: 'I am delighted to welcome these new Fellows to the Royal Society in what is a hugely important year for us. These scientists follow in the footsteps of early Fellows such as Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke. The new Fellows announced today embody the spirit of enquiry, dedicated to ‘the relief of man’s estate’ on which the Royal Society was founded. That spirit is as alive today as it was 350 years ago.'

The Royal Society is an independent academy promoting the natural and applied sciences. Founded in 1660, the Society has three roles, as the UK academy of science, as a learned Society, and as a funding agency.

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