Eamonn Walsh

Eamonn Walsh is a Reader in Neuroscience and Education Programme Lead for the MSc Neuroscience at King's College London. He holds an affiliation with the Department of Basic & Clinical Neuroscience within the School of Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. His research focuses on how verbal suggestions influence brain representations of bodily perception, with contributions to understanding dissociative processes and psychosis-like experiences. Walsh chairs the NHS Health Research Authority’s London Queen Square Research Ethics Committee, demonstrating his leadership in ethical research governance.

His academic background includes a PhD and extensive collaboration with institutions like University College London and Birkbeck. Key research areas span functional MRI, cognitive neuroscience, and the neural mechanisms of suggestibility. Walsh has supervised 1 PhD student and contributed to 5 research projects funded by bodies like the BIAL Foundation and King's Health Partners, focusing on topics such as hypnosis, neurofeedback for anxiety, and free will neurophysiology.

Walsh’s work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those addressing mental health and innovation in education. His lab employs interdisciplinary methods to explore perception, agency, and the effects of suggestion on neural processes.