CURRICULUM VITAE: WILLIAM HENNAH Ph.D.
PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of Birth: 20th February 1976 Nationality: British (permanent resident in Finland) Address: Lokkalantie 16 A 9, 00330, Helsinki, Finland Telephone: +358 (0)40 837 8014 E-mail: [email protected]
Current Positions: Group Leader, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM Principal Investigator, Medicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki Senior Scientist, Biomarkers, Specialist in Genetics. Orion Pharmaceuticals, Finland www-pages: https://www.fimm.fi/en/research/groups/hennah ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4462-4208 Telephone: +358 (0)50 318 3423 E-mail: [email protected]
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE 01/2012 – Group Leader, Academy of Finland Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, FIMM, University of Helsinki 10/2008 – 12/2011 Academy of Finland, Postdoctoral Researcher’s Project Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, FIMM, University of Helsinki 08/2008 – 12/2012 Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh Medical Genetics Section, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh 09/2006 – 08/2008 EMBO Postdoctoral Long Term Research Fellow Medical Genetics Section, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh 10/2000 – 08/2006 Scientific Researcher/Doctoral Student Department of Molecular Medicine, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki 10/1999 – 08/2000 MLSO1 (Research Assistant) Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London Fellowships 2012 – 2017 Academy of Finland Research Fellowship Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland 2008 – 2011 Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researchers Fellowship Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland 2008 – 2012 Honorary Fellow Medical Genetics Section, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh 2006 – 2008 EMBO Postdoctoral Long Term Research Fellow Medical Genetics Section, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh
EDUCATION 11/2011 – Docent (Human Genetics) University of Helsinki Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences 09/2000 – 12/2005 Ph.D. (Distinction). University of Helsinki, Department of Medical Genetics 09/1998 – 07/1999 M.Sc. Neuroscience. King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry 09/1994 – 06/1997 B.Sc. Molecular Genetics. King’s College London
PUBLICATION RECORD Number of Peer Reviewed Publications: 35 (h-index: 20) 7 First author publications; 6 Second author; 5 Last author publications; 7 Corresponding author 11 publications in Journals with an impact factor >10
FUNDING RECORD Funding since PhD: >1.5 Million Euros Sources: National and European Research Funding Agencies Including; Academy of Finland, EU FP7 Currently; Finnish Cultural Foundation, EU COST Action
TEACHING, SUPERVISION & LEADERSHIP Research Supervisor 2013 – 2018 2 Postdoctoral Researchers (University of Helsinki) 2006 – 2018 2 PhD Students; 4 FIMM-EMBL PhD Rotation Students (University of Helsinki) 2007 – 2008 3 Masters Students (University of Edinburgh, Napier University)
Training Courses Undertaken 2017 University Pedagogy 1&2, University of Helsinki (10 ECTS) 2010 Supervision and Guidance in Higher Education, University of Helsinki (5 ECTS) 2009 EMBO Laboratory Management Course, The art of leadership-Fewer conflicts, more results
Lecturer University of Helsinki Annual Finnish Symposium in Biological Psychiatry – Preparation Course (2017-2018), TRANSMED: Personalized and Precision Medicine (2018) PSY493 Behavioural genetics in the lifespan (2016) Basic mechanisms of nervous system disorders 920007 (2010-2014), Seminar & Practical Writing Skills (2013-2017), Biology for Methodological Scientists: Module III 399672 (2010) University of Edinburgh M.Sc. Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis (2007-2008)
Course Organiser 2017 - 2018 Annual Finnish Symposium in Biological Psychiatry – Preparation Course 2016 Building Bridges Symposium: Brain Development and Early Disorders, 2016 Genomic technologies applied to schizophrenia and related disorders, IN-SENS Workshop 2015 – 2016 Mental Health Awareness in Academic Careers, FIMM Internal Meetings
Other Activities 2018 – HiLIFE Education Working Group 2018 – EU-LIFE, Research training coordination 2018 – EMBL Nordic Node, Research training coordination and development 2018 – Doctoral Training Coordinator at FIMM (graduate recruitment, mentoring, and evaluation) 2017 PhD Thesis Pre-Examiner for Ari Ahola-Olli (Turku University) 2017 MSc Thesis Examiner for Rosa Woldegebriel (University of Helsinki) 2015 – Thesis committee member for Johanna Kondelin (Group Aaltonen), University of Helsinki 2013 – Member of FIMM-EMBL Ph.D. recruitment selection committee, 2012 – Member, Institute Steering Group, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, Finland 2013 – 2015 Member of Doctoral Training Committee at FIMM (graduate evaluation and guidance)
PUBLIC ENGAGMENT IN-SENS European Research Network on Schizophrenia (2015): (https://vimeo.com/133542777) Video publication to inform the general public of the IN-SENS network Molecular Medicine Goes Art Exhibition (2013): Contributing exhibiter BBC Radio Scotland (2009): Live interview with regard to scientific publication. YLE Radio (2005): Recorded interview on Ph.D. Thesis.
MEMBERSHIPS AND NETWORKS 2017 – Partner, EU COST-Action, EnGagE (CA17130) 2016 – Registered expert for the European Commission (ID: EX2016D293131) 2013 – 2017 Partner, Research Network INSENS EU FP7, MC-ITN (#607616) 2007 – Member, International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG)