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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
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  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2005 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Robin M. Murray is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of medicine and psychology, with notable publications in psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, pharmacology, genetics, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several main topics of study, including:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Robin M. Murray has published numerous papers in frequent venues, which include:

  • Psychological Medicine (29 publications)
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin (25 publications)
  • Schizophrenia Research (14 publications)
  • Translational Psychiatry (9 publications)
  • Molecular Psychiatry (8 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist reflect engagement with topics related to psychosis, mental disorders, and cannabis use, including:

  • Prenatal and perinatal risk and protective factors for psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Risk and protective factors for mental disorders beyond genetics: an evidence-based atlas, 2021, World Psychiatry
  • The clinical characterization of the patient with primary psychosis aimed at personalization of management, 2021, World Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia and Influenza at the Centenary of the 1918-1919 Spanish Influenza Pandemic: Mechanisms of Psychosis Risk, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Balancing risks and benefits of cannabis use: umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and observational studies, 2023, BMJ

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robin M. Murray include:

  • Marta Di Forti
  • Craig Morgan
  • Diego Quattrone
  • Peter B. Jones
  • Charlotte Gayer-Anderson

Throughout their career, Murray has received several distinctions, such as being a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2010), a Member of Academia Europaea (2005), and a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2003).

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Meta-Analysis of Regional Brain Volumes in Schizophrenia

    Ian C. Wright;Sophia Rabe-Hesketh;Peter W.R. Woodruff;Anthony S. David

  • Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Dan Rujescu;Sven Cichon;Olli P. H. Pietilainen

  • Cannabis use in adolescence and risk for adult psychosis: longitudinal prospective study

    Louise Arseneault;Mary Cannon;Richie Poulton;Robin Murray

  • Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

    Hreinn Stefansson;Hreinn Stefansson;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Roel A. Ophoff;Stacy Steinberg;Stacy Steinberg;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Moderation of the effect of adolescent-onset cannabis use on adult psychosis by a functional polymorphism in the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene: longitudinal evidence of a gene X environment interaction.

    Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt;Mary Cannon;Mary Cannon;Joseph McClay

  • CHILD DEVELOPMENTAL RISK-FACTORS FOR ADULT SCHIZOPHRENIA IN THE BRITISH 1946 BIRTH COHORT

    P Jones;B Rodgers;R Murray;M Marmot

  • Obstetric Complications and Schizophrenia: Historical and Meta-Analytic Review

    Mary Cannon;Peter B. Jones;Robin M. Murray

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect on Quality of Life of Second- vs First-Generation Antipsychotic Drugs in Schizophrenia: Cost Utility of the Latest Antipsychotic Drugs in Schizophrenia Study (CUtLASS 1)

    Peter B. Jones;Thomas R. E. Barnes;Linda Davies;Graham Dunn

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Children's self-reported psychotic symptoms and adult schizophreniform disorder: a 15-year longitudinal study.

    Richie Poulton;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Mary Cannon

  • Is schizophrenia a neurodevelopmental disorder

    Robin M Murray;Shôn W Lewis

  • Causal association between cannabis and psychosis: examination of the evidence

    Louise Arseneault;Mary Cannon;John Witton;Robin M Murray

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Heritability Estimates for Psychotic Disorders: The Maudsley Twin Psychosis Series

    Alastair G. Cardno;E. Jane Marshall;Bina Coid;Alison M. Macdonald

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • Evidence for Early-Childhood, Pan-Developmental Impairment Specific to Schizophreniform Disorder Results From a Longitudinal Birth Cohort

    Mary Cannon;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;HonaLee Harrington

  • Meta-analysis of the Association Between the Level of Cannabis Use and Risk of Psychosis

    Arianna Marconi;Marta Di Forti;Cathryn M Lewis;Robin M Murray

  • Schizophrenia: an integrated sociodevelopmental-cognitive model

    Oliver D Howes;Oliver D Howes;Robin M Murray

  • Elevated Striatal Dopamine Function Linked to Prodromal Signs of Schizophrenia

    Oliver D Howes;Andrew J Montgomery;Marie-Claude Asselin;Robin M Murray

Frequent Co-Authors

Paola Dazzan
Paola Dazzan King's College London
Craig Morgan
Craig Morgan King's College London
Marta Di Forti
Marta Di Forti King's College London
Philip McGuire
Philip McGuire University of Oxford
Pak C. Sham
Pak C. Sham University of Hong Kong
Peter Jones
Peter Jones University of Cambridge
David A. Collier
David A. Collier Eli Lilly (United States)
Colm McDonald
Colm McDonald University of Galway
Jim van Os
Jim van Os University Medical Center Utrecht
Elvira Bramon
Elvira Bramon University College London

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