Peter F. Buckley

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Peter F. Buckley
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
AwardsStrecker Award[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry
InstitutionsVirginia Commonwealth University,
Medical College of Georgia (Augusta University)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Thesis Cerebral morphology and metabolism in schizophrenia: relationship to clinical indices  (1997)

Peter F. Buckley is an American psychiatrist and university administrator who focuses on the neurobiology and treatment of schizophrenia.[2] He received his medical degree from the University College Dublin School of Medicine in Ireland[3] and joined the Medical College of Georgia in 2000 as chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior.[2] During the period of 2010–2017 he served as dean of the college.[2] Then he moved to Virginia Commonwealth University and was appointed dean of the school of medicine in 2017, a role in which he served until 2021.[3] Buckley is senior author of a postgraduate textbook of psychiatry and editor-in-chief of Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses. He has published more than 500 scientific articles.[2] He has served as chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee since February 1, 2022. [4]

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  1. ^ "Previous Strecker Award Recipients". Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Peter F. Buckley, M.D." Virginia Commonwealth University. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Peter Buckley named dean of VCU School of Medicine and VCU Health executive VP for medical affairs". VCU News. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Buckley Confirmed as New Chancellor for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center". UTHSC News. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.