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Structural MRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging abnormalities in psychotic and affective disorders and their association with genetic risk and illness course.

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Biography

I am Professor of Psychiatry at NUI Galway with overall responsibility for organisation, delivery and assessment of undergraduate psychiatry teaching, and Vice Dean of the NUIG Deanery with overall responsibility for allocation and mentoring of basic specialists trainees in psychiatry in Galway, Roscommon and Mayo. During research training in the Institute of Psychiatry in London, I developed and led a multidisciplinary clinical research study, the Maudsley Family Study of Psychosis, which identified endophenotypes of psychotic illness in genetically at risk relatives of patients. Since arriving to Galway I have developed a broad clinical research programme in psychiatry incorporating neuroscience and health services research projects and supervised numerous junior colleagues in projects related to these themes. A particular focus of the research programme is the application of structural neuroimaging to the understanding of the aetiopathogenesis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. To support this activity at NUIGalway, I developed, with Dr. Dara Cannon, the Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory in 2006, and, with Prof. Gary Donohoe, the Centre for Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics in 2015. I have strong collaborative links with multiple national and international partners and contribute clinical data and analyses to large collaborative genetics and neuroimaging consortia including Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC), Enhancing Neuroimaging Genetics though Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA), PSYSCAN. I have supervised 10 PhD students and 4 MD students to completion.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

MB, BCH., BAO

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