Imperial College London

Professor Paul M. Matthews

Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Brain Sciences

Edmond and Lily Safra Chair, Head of Department
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 2855p.matthews

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Siobhan Dillon +44 (0)20 7594 2855

 
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Location

 

E502Burlington DanesHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Awards

  • Officer of the British Empire (OBE), HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2008

External Positions

  • International External Review Panel, Donders Institute, 2013
  • Chair, NC3R Imaging Technology Development Panel and Symposium, 2013
  • Hon. Vice President, London Healthcare Initiative, Korean Health Industry Development Initiative, 2013
  • Steering Committee, Multiple Sclerosis Outcomes Assessment Committee, Critical Path Institute, USA, 2013
  • UK Dementia Platform, 2013
  • Japan Science and Technology Research Council-MRC Committee for Bilateral Science, 2012
  • Chair, Imaging Sub-Panel, MRC Advanced Translational Training Panel, MRC, 2012
  • MRC Committee for Bilateral Science, Japan Science and Technology Research Council, 2012
  • Working Party on Genomics, Health Records, Database Linkage and Privacy, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 2012
  • BBSRC, MRC and Wellcome Trust 'Post-Weatherall' 10 year Review Committee on Non-human Primates Research, 2011
  • EPSRC Medical Imaging Technologies Review Working Group, 2011
  • Steering Committee, UK Biobank and Chair, Imaging Enhancements Working Group, 2011
  • International Steering Committee, Clusters of Excellence in Neurodegeneration (COEN) Research Network, 2011
  • NC3R Working Group on Metrics, 2011
  • Chair, National Imaging Consortia Competition, Canadian Institutes of Health Sciences, 2011
  • Sub-Panel 4: Neurosciences, Research Excellence Framework (REF), 2011
  • British Neurosciences Association Scientific Advisory Group, 2010
  • International Jury, Wiener Wissenschafter-, Forschungs- and Technologies- Fond, 2010
  • Impact Pilot Panel, Research Excellence Framework (REF), 2010
  • International Scientific Advisory Panel, Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Group, 2009
  • MRC Industrial Collaborative Training and Career Panel, 2009
  • Research Strategy Group, MS Society of Great Britain/Northern Ireland, 2009
  • Special working group for national review of imaging strategy, Canadian Institutes of Health Sciences, 2009
  • UK Biobank Imaging Enhancements Working Group, 2009
  • Working Group on Stratified Medicines, Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries, 2009 - 2010
  • MRC NMHB SPOG PET Strategy Group, 2008
  • MRC Translational Medicine Group, 2008 - 2010
  • MRC NMHB SPOG Addiction Strategy Steering Group, 2007
  • MRC Toxicology Unit National Training Scheme Steering Committee, 2007 - 2009
  • Co-chair, MRC-GSK Complex Genetics Initiative, 2007 - 2009
  • MRC Experimental Medicine Panel, 2006
  • MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Strategic Portfolio Oversight Group (SPOG), 2006 - 2008
  • Strategy Advisory Board, MS Society of Great Britain/Northern Ireland, 2006 - 2008
  • Member, European Dana Alliance, 2004
  • MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Board, 2004 - 2010

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Full member, American Association of Neurologists, 1990
  • Member, British Neurological Association

Links with Other Academic Bodies

  • Visiting Professor, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, 2010
  • Hon. Professor, Institute of Neurology, University College London, 2008
  • Fellow by Special Election, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, 1997
  • Fellow by Special Election, St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, 1997
  • Adjunct Professor of Neurology, McGill University, 1996

Industrial Connections

  • GlaxoSmithKline, Vice President, Medicines Discovery and Development
  • Imperial College Academic Health Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, Hon. Consultant Neurologist

Fellowships

  • Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, 2000
  • Clinical Professor, Medical Research Council (UK), 1998 - 2005
  • Clinical Reader, Medical Research Council (UK), 1995 - 1998
  • Clinician Scientist, Medical Research Council of Canada, 1990 - 1995
  • Doctoral Training Fellow, National Science Foundation, USA, 1979 - 1982

Editorial Boards

  • Neuroimage: Clinical, Board member, 2012
  • Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • Faculty of 1000: Medicine