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Mr David Mothersill

B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Contact Details

Lecturer (Fixed Term)
School of Psychology
NUI Galway

E: david.mothersill@nuigalway.ie
 
researcher

Biography

David Mothersill graduated from Trinity College in 2014 with a PhD in Neuroimaging Genetics.  Following this, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on an SFI funded project examining social cognition in schizophrenia, based in Trinity College and NUI Galway. David started his lectureship in NUI Galway in August 2016, and acts as course coordinator on the newly launched MSc in Clinical Neuroscience. David's research is concerned with cognitive function in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, how this can be examined at the level of the brain using neuroimaging, and how deficits in cognitive function may be treated. David previously graduated from Trinity College with a BA (Hons) in Zoology and MSc in Neuroscience. He is also a registered member of the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM).

Research Interests

Functional neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive therapy, psychiatric genetics, psychosis

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2016 Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship 2016 (award not taken due to commencement of Lectureship) Irish Research Council
2015 Young Investigator Travel Award to attend the ‘Emotions in Motion’ Summer School in the Medical University of Innsbruck and University of Innsbruck, Austria Medical University of Innsbruck and University of Innsbruck
2014 Oral Presentation Award, Human Disease Mapping Conference Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
2011 1st place, Poster Competition, Wiring the Brain Conference Wiring the Brain Conference

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Organisation for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Human Brain Mapping /

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
NUI Galway Lecturer, School of Psychology 15-JUL-16 / 14-JUL-19
Trinity College Dublin Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Neuroimaging and Social Cognition /
Trinity College Dublin IMAGEN Project Research Assistant /
Trinity College Dublin Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2014 Trinity College Dublin DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Neuroimaging Genetics
2009 Trinity College Dublin MASTERS OF SCIENCE Neuroscience
2007 Trinity College Dublin Bachelor of Arts Zoology

Languages

  Language
English
French