Christopher Edward Dennistoun Shaw#
| Membership Number: | 5590 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://ukdri.ac.uk/team/chris-shaw |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-0251-0146 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 - present Director, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neurosciences Institute, King's College London
- 2004 - present Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London
- 1998 - present Honorary Consultant Neurologist, King’s College Hospital
- 2009 - 2012 Director, MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, King's College London
- 2007 - 2011 Head, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, King’s College London
- 1998 - 2004 Senior Lecturer, Guy’s, King’s & St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King's College London
- 1995 - 1998 Lecturer, King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, King's College London
- 1992 - 1995 Wellcome Trust and Health Research Council of New Zealand Fellow
- 1992 - 1995 Honorary Registrar, Addenbrookes' Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridge
- 1990 - 1992 Registrar in Neurology, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
- 1987 - 1989 Registrar in General Medicine, Cardiology, Renal, Oncology, Radiotherapy
- 1986 House Officer, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
- 1985 House Officer, Northland Base Hospital, Whangerei, New Zealand
Fields of Scholarship
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Neurodegeneration
- Molecular neurobiology
- Neurogenetics
- Molecular pathology
- AAV vector gene therapy
Honours and Awards
- Prizes
- Recipient of the Kea World Class New Zealander Award” 2019
- Awarded Sheila Essey Prize for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research 2012
- Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2010
- Received “Forbes Norris Award” for ALS Care and Research 2009
- Awarded King’s College London Prize for “Best Research Project” 2009
- Signs of esteem and recognitions
- Helmholz Foundation Review panel member 2019
- Chair, Review panel of DZNE (German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases) 2017
- Review Panel Member Flanders Institute of Biotechnology (VIB) 2014
- Advisory roles
- Advised Prime Minister Brown on current ALS Research at No 10 Downing Street 2008
- Invited speaker to House of Commons Committee on Hybrid Embryos 2008
- Invited speaker to Labour and All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Stem Cells 2008
- Invited speaker on Televised Debate on Hybrid Embryos 2008
- Advised Prime Minister Blair on current ALS Research at No 10 Downing Street 2007
- Invited to give “Friday Evening Discourse” at Royal Institution of Great Britain 2006
