CiMUS researcher Ángel Carracedo, a new member of the Galician Royal Academy of Medicine  

Ángel Carracedo during his induction ceremony as a Full Member for the Legal Medicine Chair of the Galician Royal Academy of Medicine.  

Ángel Carracedo, Principal Investigator at CiMUS, is now a Full Member of the Legal Medicine Chair of the Galician Royal Academy of Medicine.  

Carracedo, a Professor of Legal Medicine at the University of Santiago de Compostela, carries out his research activity at the  University of Santiago de Compostela’s Singular Centre for Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CiMUS), a member of the CIGUS Network.   

His major contributions to forensic pathology have positioned him as the world’s leading exponent of forensic medicine, in particular the introduction of molecular autopsy. For the last fifteen years, Professor Carracedo’s research has centred on the field of clinical genetics and genomic medicine. He currently heads the Genomics and Bioinformatics group at CiMUS and coordinates the work of the Genomic Medicine Group, constituted as a place of excellence where a hundred scientists from all over the world work on ten lines of research. Its main areas of activity include cancer genetics, pharmacogenomics and psychiatric disorders in children.

Between 1994 and 2012, he was the director of the University of Santiago de Compostela’s Institute of Legal Medicine of the USC and since 1999 has directed the Galician Public Foundation for Genomic Medicine (Galician Public Health Service (SERGAS) and Galician Autonomous Government (Xunta de Galicia)).  He is also is the director of the National Genotyping Centre – Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), the Santiago Institute for Health Research (IDIS) and group leader of the Networking Centre for Biomedical Research into Rare Diseases (CIBERER).   

His admission to the Royal Galician Academy adds to the long list of accolades Professor Carracedo has received throughout his career. These include the Gold and Silver Medals of Galicia, the King James I Prize for Medical Research, the Adelaide Medal (the world’s most prestigious distinction in Forensic Medicine), the Galien Medal (popularly known as the “Nobel Prize” for Medicine), the Spanish National Genetics Prize, the Prismas Award for dissemination, the Galicia Prize for Research, the Castelao Medal and the Novoa Santos Prize. He has also received honorary doctorates from several European and American universities.