How I got my ERC

"Following the completion of his Doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at Trinity College Dublin, Gary undertook a research fellowship in the TCD neuropsychiatric genetics research group, where he earned a PhD in Cognitive genomics. He joined the faculty of TCD’s school of medicine in 2006 where he had responsibility for the school’s psychology program, until 2013 when he was appointed NUI Galway Professor of Psychology. Alongside his clinical career, Gary has remained clinically active, and continues to work as a clinical psychologist and advanced level schema therapist.

Gary’s research focuses on understanding the biological basis of cognitive deficits associated with psychosis, and the development of therapeutic programs for overcoming these deficits. In 2015, Gary was the recipient of a European Research Council fellowship award for his work on immune mediated genetic effects on cognition in schizophrenia. Since 2018 he has been the director of a HRB funded collaborative doctoral program in youth mental health. In 2020 he was granted a HRB Research Leaders Award in youth mental health to work alongside the national early intervention in psychosis program. Gary has authored or co-authored >250 articles, which have been cited .30,000 times."