Dr Alannah Smyth
Alannah is a Postdoctoral Researcher at TILDA where she acts as the liaison between the Department of Health and the TILDA research team, supporting policy-relevant research.
Alannah completed her PhD in Neuropsychology at the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, where she examined the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying methylphenidate treatment in children and adolescents with ADHD.
Prior to her PhD, Alannah completed an MSc in Neuropsychology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Her master’s research investigated how the nervous system co-ordinates muscle activity during the sit-to-stand-to-sit movement.