Professor Billy O’Connor has been an invited speaker at conferences and seminars in over 60 research institutes in 19 countries. He is a member of The Physiological Society (UK) – Teachers Network and the Science Foundation Ireland School Teaching Initiative where he regularly communicates the effects of addictive drugs on the brain to lay audiences, including on national radio.

Below find a sample of topics Professor O’Connor lectures on.

Lectures

• The neurobiology of NMDA (Ecstasy). First Seven Weeks Initiative. 21^st September, 2011
• The physiology of singing. Singing and Mental Health Workshop. World Academy of Music and Dance. 12^th October, 2011.
• Inside the Gaming Brain School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication. 17^th October, 2011
• Inside the emotionally intelligent brain. Emotions in Society Research Cluster.  Lunchtime Seminar. 7^th December, 2011.
• Introduction to neuroeducation: the brain science of learning. Conversations in the Consortium. 25^th April, 2012.

Workshops

• Using your brain to beat addiction. UL Diploma in Drugs and Alcohol Studies. 26^th September, 2011.
• Inside the entrepreneurs brain. MBA Programme, KBS. 25^th March, 2012.
• What can neuroscience teach us about problem based learning? COPD Group, 2^nd July, 2012.
• Inside the creative brain. AAHS Faculty Teaching Day. 7^th September, 2012.

Oral Communications

• Impact of a structured STEP 1 USMLE preparation programme on exam performance. INMED, Royal College Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, 24^th February, 2012.
• What can neuroscience teach us about emotions? Regulating Emotions Conference. UL. Limerick. 30^th April -1^st May, 2012.
• What can the brain science of learning teach us about cybernetics?

• Systems and control mechanisms in brain learning. The 11^th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems, University of Limerick, Ireland, 23-24^thAugust.

   

Outreach 

Lecture/Workshop Presentations

• Pathophysiology of Huntington’s disease, Park Retirement Home, Castletroy, 9th September, 2011.
• Inside the Brain: Alzheimer’s disease. Sligo Science Week. IT Sligo. 23rd September 2011.
• Using your brain to beat worry and stress. Silesian School Limerick, 28th January, 2012.
• Promoting positive brain changes in our children. Newport School Waterford, 28th February, 2012.
• Alzheimer’s disease and ways to avoid it. Limerick for Learning Festival. 26th March, 2012.
• You can change your own brain. St. Enda’s National School, Salthill, Galway. 18th April, 2012.
• Alzheimer’s disease and ways to avoid it. Park Retirement Village. Castletroy, 23rd April, 2012.
• You can change your own brain. Glenstall Abbey. 15th May, 2012.

Other

• IT Sligo/NDLR Teaching and Learning Webinar Series – What neuroscience can teach us about teaching
• Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival – Using Your Brain to Beat Addiction
• 3D Bar Camp How the Internet is Changing Our Brains
• Neuroplasticity as a Target for Innovative Treatments. Microdialysis Studies in Animal Models of Schizophrenia. 36th Congress on Science and Technology of Thailand (STT 36), Bangkok, 26th-28th October 2010.
• What can neuroscience teach us about teaching? International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy. NUI Maynooth, January 2010. Oral presentation.
• Neuroplasticity as a Target for Treatment. Research Seminar Series, Department of Chemistry, NUI Maynooth.. 15th April, 2010.
• Understanding the brain: an overview of problems in neuroscience. A MACSI mini-workshop. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UL. Friday 26th November. 2010.

Other Titles

• The brain: when things go wrong
• How ecstasy affects your brain
• Neuroscience; Not just another Science – How understanding the brain involves a new fresh way of thinking about and looking at the world.
• Brain for Beginners
• The Entrepreneur’s Brain

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