Our Research Staff

Professor Declan Mc Loughlin

Professor Psychiatry

Declan M McLoughlin PhD MRCPI MRCPsych FTCD is Research Professor of Psychiatry in St Patrick's University Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Professor/Consultant Psychiatrist Aiden Corvin

Professor/Consultant Psychiatrist Psychiatry

Professor Aiden Corvin (MB, PhD, MRCPsych, FTCD) is Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin (SJH) and a Consultant Psychiatrist with the Dublin South Central Mental Service. He is the Clinical Director with this service at St James's Hospital. Prof. Corvin works with an international community of researchers to improve understanding of the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders with the aim of improving patient care.

Professor Brendan Kelly

Professor Psychiatry

I am Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital, and author of "The Modern Psychiatrist's Guide to Contemporary Practice: Discussion, Dissent, and Debate in Mental Health Care" (2024), "Asylum: Inside Grangegorman" (2023), "Resilience: Lessons from Sir William Wilde on Life After Covid" (2023), and co-editor, with Professor Mary Donnelly, of "The Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law" (2023), among other books.

Professor Harry Kennedy

Professor Psychiatry

Harry Kennedy is Adjunct Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College; Hon. Skou Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Aarhus, Denmark; and visiting professor of forensic psychiatry, University of Bari `Aldo Moro", Italy.

Associate Professor Consultant Jane Mc Grath

Associate Professor Consultant Psychiatry

Dr. Jane McGrath (MB MRCPsych PhD) is a clinician and researcher. Clinically, she works in the HSE Linn Dara Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services leading ADMiRE, a specialist service for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). 

Associate Professor John Kelly

Associate Professor Psychiatry

Dr John R. Kelly is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry in Tallaght University Hospital and Trinity College Dublin. He is interested in Psychedelic Science and Systems Psychiatry. He is a co-founder of the Psychedelic Research Group.

Associate Professor Elizabeth Heron

Assistant Professor Psychiatry

I am Ussher Assistant Professor in Biostatistical Genomics. My research interests lie in the application of existing methodology and the development of novel approaches to further our understanding of the underlying genomic mechanisms for complex disorders. I also apply my biostatistical expertise in broader medical research contexts.

Associate Professor Simon Mc Carthy-Jones

Associate Professor Psychiatry

I am an Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology. My interdisciplinary research focuses on; i) how psychology/psychiatry can help inform the development of the legal right to freedom of thought; ii) causes of and interventions for auditory verbal hallucinations ('hearing voices'), and; iii) the neural, physical, and mental health impacts of child abuse and what can be done to prevent such abuse.

Associate Professor Daniela Tropea

Associate Professor Psychiatry

Daniela Tropea is an Associate Professor of Molecular Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and an Elected Fellow of the College. At TCD, she leads her research laboratory in Translational Neuroscience.

Clinical Senior Lecturer Mary Davoren

Clinical Senior Lecturer Psychiatry

Dr Mary Davoren, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, National Forensic Mental Health Service Ireland (Central Mental Hospital Dublin), Clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry Trinity College Dublin, Visiting Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry University College Dublin and Visiting Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Italy.

Assistant Professor Shigeki Nakagome

Assistant Professor Psychiatry

I am the Ussher Assistant Professor in Genomic Medicine at the School of Medicine, where I have led my independent research group since 2016. My work is deeply rooted in the dynamic field of population genomics, spanning the development of innovative computational methods, the exploration of evolutionary insights into human health and disease, and the unraveling of human history through ancient genomics.