Prof Gerard Clarke

Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioural Science and APC Microbiome Ireland

University College Cork

Biography

Gerard Clarke is Professor of Neurobehavioural Science in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioural Science and a Principal Investigator in APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork. His research interests include the impact of the gut microbiome on brain and behaviour across the life span, microbial regulation of tryptophan metabolism and translational biomarkers of stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders. Gerard holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Chemistry, an MSc degree in Neuropharmacology (1999 and 2001; Both from NUI, Galway) and a PhD degree (2009) in Neurogastroenterology (Department of Psychiatry, UCC). With over 240 publications and a H-Index of 89, he was included in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Group Highly Cited Researchers list for 6 consecutive years from 2019-2024. He has recently co-authored a book titled Microbiota Brain Axis: A Neuroscience Primer which provides a framework for understanding microbial regulation of brain function and behaviour.