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Full NameProfessor Colm McDonald

National University of Ireland Galway

Webpage:nuigalway.ie

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Research Fields
  • neuroscience and mental health
Medical Subspecialties
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychiatry
My Work

Our research programme focusses upon the neurobiology of the major psychotic illnesses of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We use clinical research, neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience and genomics to explore the aetiopathogenesis of psychosis. We have close collaborations with associated disciplines in NUIG as well as national and international partners and consortia.

Examples of clinical cohorts we have collected locally include first episode psychosis, euthymic bipolar disorder, chronic schizophrenia and longitudinal followup of these patient cohorts.

Neuroimaging analyses in our laboratory incorporate state of the art software applied to structural MRI, functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging data. We also engage in clinical trials and health services research related to psychosis and bipolar disorder.