Fellowship Call for 2019
October 12, 2018ICAT One Health Study Day Registration
February 29, 2024Full NameDr Derek Morris
Biochemistry
National University of Ireland Galway
Webpage:nuigalway.ie
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- genetics, genomics and molecular biology
- neuroscience and mental health
- Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Dementia
- Neurophysiology
- Neuropsychiatry
The goal of research at NICOG is to use genetic, neurocognitive and neuroimaging studies to understand the biological basis of common adult psychiatric disorders. NICOG is led by four PIs (including Dr Morris) and contains >25 researchers. Over the last 6 years it has received >€4.3M in grant funding and achieved multiple publications in top international journals including Nature and Nature Genetics.
Specific interests include:
(A) Understanding the contribution of genetic risk to social disability by measuring the effects of these variants on cortical and behavioural measures of social cognition.
(B) Investigating neural connectivity within the brain in terms of (1) structural connectivity: integrity of white matter tracts connecting different parts of the brain; (2) Functional connectivity: the correlation of activity between different parts of the brain; and (3) Effective connectivity: establishing the effect of one group of neurons on another.
(C) Establishing whether and how cognitive deficits associated with major psychiatric disorder can be ameliorated by behavioural interventions known as cognitive remediation therapy.