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Gary was appointed to the school of psychology as Professor of psychology in July 2013. 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, where he earned a PhD in Cognitive genomics and began the cognitive genomics lab. He was appointed an assistant professor in TCD’s school of medicine in 2006, and associate professor in 2009, where he was responsible for the school of medicine psychology program until 2013. Gary’s research focuses on understanding the genetic and neural basis of cognitive deficits associated with psychosis, and the development of therapeutic programs for overcoming these deficits. Gary continues to lead the Cognitive Genetics and Cognitive Therapy (CogGene) group, members of which are based between the school of psychology NUIG and TCD, where he holds the position of adjunct Professor in the school of medicine and principal investigator in the Trinity College Institute for Neuroscience. In 2015 Gary became the founding director of the Neuroimaging and Cognitive Genomics Research Center (NICOG), the goal of which is build on the synergistic activities of researchers from neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience and psychiatric genetics at NUIG. 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. Gary also continues to be clinically active in mental health service delivery.