Appointed September 2019, term of office started 1 December 2019 (current term ends 2022)
Professor Schapira was appointed as a Consultant Neurologist at the Royal Free Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square in 1988, and to the University Chair of Clinical Neurosciences at the University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology in 1990.
He is vice dean of UCL Medical School and director of the UCL Royal Free campus.
His research interests focus on neurodegenerative disease, particularly Parkinson's and other movement disorders. He is the principal investigator on the Medical Research Council and EU H2020 programmes for neurodegenerative diseases.
During his career he has won a number of awards for his research and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1999.
Professor Schapira has been a Non-executive Director of Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust since 2009, in which role he chairs the Trust's Clinical Standards and Innovation Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
He also has extensive Board experience in the broader public sector including as a Non-executive Director on the Board of the Ministry of Justice, Office of the Public Guardian from 2012-18 and as a current member of the NHS Independent Reconfiguration Panel.