Donncha is an Honorary Psychiatry Specialty Registrar (SpR) and exercise enthusiast, having qualified first as a Physiotherapist before studying Medicine. Donncha undertook his Psychiatry Core Training years in Edinburgh but still feels a strong affinity to Glasgow, where he studied at undergraduate level. Donncha is doing a 3-year PhD using data science, epidemiological and genetic techniques to examine the usefulness of motoric cognitive risk syndrome (slow walking speed and subjective cognitive complaint) for early identification of individuals at high risk of dementia.