Colm McDonald

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Colm McDonald is an Irish psychiatrist and a professor of psychiatry at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). [1]

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Education

He graduated Doctor of Medicine in University College Dublin, and then became a resident physician at the Department of Psychiatry King's College London. He also received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College, London. [2]

Academic career

McDonald is professor of psychiatry and director of the Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory at NUIG. [3]

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References

  1. "5th Qatar International Mental Health Conference - Speakers - Colm McDonald". hamad.qa. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  2. "Former Staff - Dr Colm McDonald". kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. King's College London. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. "Our Research - People - Prof Colm McDonald". nuigalway.ie. Retrieved 26 July 2021.