Mary Cannon is Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Youth Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland and a consultant psychiatrist in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Her area of research interest is young people’s mental health, and identifying early risk and protective factors for later mental disorder which can aid prevention. She has a particular interest in psychotic symptoms in young people and mental health effects of adolescent cannabis use. Her research is funded by the European Research Council and the Health Research Board (Ireland). She has been named on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher list in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Professor Cannon is interested in advocacy in the field of mental health and has served on a governmental Task Forces in the area of Youth Mental Health. She is currently vice president of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and vice-chair of the Youth and Student Psychiatry Faculty. She is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a member of the Executive committee of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.
She serves on the Editorial Boards for the British Journal of Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Bulletin and the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine.
