Douglas Steele

Biography

Studied at the University of Strathclyde (BSc Hons, Physics) and University of Glasgow (PhD Physics) before working as an NHS Medical Physicist (MIPEM) in Glasgow and a Software Engineer with IGE Medical Systems, Radlett.  Moved to the University of Edinburgh in 1990 to study Medicine (MB ChB) specialising in General Adult Psychiatry (MD, MRCPsych) and worked as a Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry/Specialist Registrar.  Moved in 2004 to the University of Aberdeen as a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Mental Health/Consultant Psychiatrist, then in 2009 to the University of Dundee as Professor of Neuroimaging/Consultant Psychiatrist.

Research Interest

The work aims to develop more effective diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for ‘functional’ psychiatric disorders (mood disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, substance misuse, ADHD) using magnetic resonance brain imaging and development of novel quantitative methods.  The research programme takes a broad multidisciplinary approach, extending across clinical psychiatry, experimental psychology/behavioural science and quantitative neuroimaging.  A specific aim is to identify diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers for mood disorders, drug addiction, schizophrenia, OCD, ADHD and Personality Disorders. Key research approaches include human behavioural studies, structural and functional MRI , development of novel image processing methods and application of quantitative models of brain function.