Kathryn Irish, PhD, LMSW CAADC

Kathryn Irish, PhD, LMSW, CAADC, is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Michigan State University and a Lecturer II in Social Work at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. She has more than 10 years of clinical practice experience across a range of settings, including community mental health, private practice, methadone maintenance treatment, and the U.S. federal criminal justice system. She has also held leadership and quality-improvement roles within managed health care.

Dr. Irish specializes in alcohol and drug treatment and completed her PhD in Social Work at Michigan State University with a doctoral cognate in neuroscience. Her work integrates neuroscience, behavioral health, and social work to translate complex scientific concepts into practical, evidence-informed approaches for clinicians and other helping professionals. Her research focuses on improving interpersonal relationships, health care, and intergroup relations through transdisciplinary research, technology, and education.

 

Michael Koval, PhD

Michael graduated with a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Western Ontario where he studied the role of the prefrontal cortex in the cognitive control of behaviour. He was then a Postdoc at Duke University where he began by investigating the neurophysiology of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with Dr. Marc Sommer, then switched gears by transferring to the Psychiatry Department where he managed the Brain Stimulation Division under the supervision of Drs. Andrew Krystal, Shawn McClintock and Sarah Lisanby. Having acquired clinical experience with the Duke TMS Clinic he then ran the Brain Stimulation Clinic at the Central Health Medical Practice in Hong Kong, before ending up at Michigan State University as an Assistant Professor in Neuroscience and Director of the Neuroscience and Law Program.