Richard Frackowiak

Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, United Kingdom

Professor Richard Frackowiak

Academic positions:
- Vice-Provost for Special Projects, University College London (2002 - present)
- Professor of Cognitive Neurology, Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience at the Institute of Neurology, University College London (present)
- Adjunct Professor of Clinical Neurology, Cornell Medical School, New York (present)
- Directeur, départment des sciences cognitives (DEC), Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
Conseiller Scientifique, Commissariat d'Energie Atomique, France (2004-present)
- Honorary Director, Functional Imaging Program, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome (2003-present)
- Dean & Director Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, UCL (1998 - 2002)
- Head, Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, IoN, UCL (1994 - 2002)
- Director, Functional Imaging Laboratory, Institute of Neurology, UCL (1994 - 2002)
- Singapore Biomedical Research Council Distinguished Visiting Scientist (2002)
- Wellcome Trust Principal Clinical Research Fellow (1994-2004)

All commercial positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Imaging Neuroscience: Methodological advances and applications to cortical plasticity and functional recovery.

Any other information:
Professor Frackowiak is currently President of the British Neuroscience Association (2004-2007), and is a member of numerous international academies and societies.

Recognition for his contribution to the field includes:
- Klaus Joachim Zulch Prize (jointly with N Logothetis) from the Max Planck Society and Gertrude Reemtsma Foundation citing "broad influence on the field of neuroimaging" (2004)
- Ipsen Prize for neuroplasticity (jointly with M. Merzenich and A. Damasio) from the Fondation Ipsen citing "studies on the organisation of cortical maps and their plasticity" (1997)
- Wilhelm Feldberg Prize awarded by the Feldberg Foundation in recognition of British-German scientific collaboration (1996)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London (1994)

He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Current Opinion in Neurology and is former Co-Editor-in-Chief, NeuroImage: a Journal of Brain Function (1996-2003) and deputy Chief Editor, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (1992-2002).

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Head of Faculty: Neurological Disorders (since 16 November 2005)

Richard Frackowiak is a Head of Faculty for the NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS Faculty. The role of a Head of Faculty is to help divide the Faculty (specialty) into Sections (sub-specialty areas), nominate leaders in those areas as Section Heads, and offer ongoing advice on the strategic direction of the service. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/Frackowiak/welcome.html