Brendan Kelly is Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, and Visiting Full Professor at the School of Medicine at University College Dublin. In addition to his medical degree (MB BCh BAO), he holds masters degrees in epidemiology (MSc), healthcare management (MA), Buddhist studies (MA), and mindfulness-based interventions (MSc); doctorates in medicine (MD), history (PhD), governance (DGov), and law (PhD), and a higher doctorate in history (DLitt). Professor Kelly has authored and co-authored over 350 publications in peer-reviewed journals, over 750 non-peer-reviewed publications, 27 book chapters and book contributions, and 21 books. In 2024, he was elected to membership of the Royal Irish Academy.