Prof Louise Gallagher

Louise Gallagher (MB MRCPsych PhD FTCD) is Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Trinity College Dublin and a Consultant Child Psychiatrist in Children’s Health Ireland @ Tallaght Hospital. She completed a PhD in genetics of autism. She leads the Autism and Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorders group at Trinity College Dublin. Her research group studies the relationships between genes, mental health and behaviour using genomics, MRI, EEG and neurocognitive assessment. Her work has contributed to the understanding of the role of common and rare genetic factors to autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions, particularly understanding the relationships between genetic risks, endophenotypes and symptoms. Clinically she leads a specialist neurodevelopmental assessment pathway at Ireland’s national paediatric hospital.