Senior Responsible Owner, Life and Mind Building
Christopher Kennard is a medical graduate of the University of London, training in neurology in London and Oxford, and was appointed Consultant Neurologist at the Royal London Hospital, subsequently moving to Imperial College London as Professor of Clinical Neurology. At Imperial he was Head of the Division of Clinical Neurosciences and Psychological Medicine and Deputy Principal of the Faculty of Medicine. In 2008 he moved to the University of Oxford as Professor of Clinical Neurology and Head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and Senior Nicholas Kurti Fellow at Brasenose College.
He has held a variety of senior roles including editor of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (1997-2003), Chairman of the Medical Research Council’s Neuroscience and Mental Health Board (2006-2012), President of the Association of British Neurologists (2003-2005) and the European Neuro-ophthalmology Society (2011- 15).
He has published over 250 scientific papers. Since 2018 he has been the Senior Responsible Owner for the Life and Mind Building Project.
