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Professor Emer McGrath

Department:Medicine

Organisation:National University of Ireland Galway

Research area(s):
  • neuroscience and mental health
  • epidemiology/population health research
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Public Health

Dr Andrea Kwakowsky

Department:Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Organisation:National University of Ireland Galway

Research area(s):
  • genetics, genomics and molecular biology
  • physiology and non-communicable disease
  • neuroscience and mental health
  • epidemiology/population health research
  • artificial intelligence/machine learning/data analytics
  • Other
Other Research area(s):

Neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and Multiple Sclerosis)

Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Anaesthetics
  • Ophthalmology
  • Pathology

Professor Conor Buckley

Department:Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering

Organisation:Trinity College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • cell and developmental biology/regenerative medicine
  • bioengineering/medical devices
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Surgery
  • Sports and Exercise Medicine
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine

Dr Susan Byrne

Department:FutureNeuro and Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health

Organisation:Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Research area(s):
  • genetics, genomics and molecular biology
  • cell and developmental biology/regenerative medicine
  • neuroscience and mental health
  • epidemiology/population health research
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Paediatrics

Dr Hanne Jahns

Department:Veterinary Pathobiology

Organisation:University College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • infectious disease and the immune system
  • cancer/oncology
  • one health
  • comparative medicine
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Pathology
  • Veterinary Medicine

Dr Niamh Lewis

Department:School of Veterinary Medicine

Organisation:University College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • Other
Other Research area(s):

Early embryo development, gamete biology

Postgraduate area(s):
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Veterinary Medicine

Professor David Brayden

Department:UCD School of Veterinary Medicine and UCD Conway Institute

Organisation:University College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • bioengineering/medical devices
  • one health
  • Other
Other Research area(s):

Drug delivery

Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Pathology
  • Veterinary Medicine

Dr Arun Kumar

Department:Veterinary Biosciences

Organisation:University College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • physiology and non-communicable disease
  • cancer/oncology
  • bioengineering/medical devices
  • comparative medicine
  • Other
Other Research area(s):

Network Pharmacology

Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Veterinary Medicine

Dr Aamir Hameed

Department:Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine

Organisation:Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Research area(s):
  • cell and developmental biology/regenerative medicine
  • bioengineering/medical devices
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Pathology

Dr Hal Duncan

Department:School of Dentistry

Organisation:Trinity College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • genetics, genomics and molecular biology
  • cell and developmental biology/regenerative medicine
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Dentistry

Dr Gary Moran

Department:School of Dental Science

Organisation:Trinity College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • genetics, genomics and molecular biology
  • infectious disease and the immune system
  • cancer/oncology
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Dentistry
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine

Dr Jane English

Department:Anatomy and Neuroscience

Organisation:University College Cork

Research area(s):
  • neuroscience and mental health
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Paediatrics

Dr Maria Donovan

Department:School of Pharmacy

Organisation:University College Cork

Research area(s):
  • genetics, genomics and molecular biology
  • neuroscience and mental health
  • artificial intelligence/machine learning/data analytics
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • General Practice
  • Paediatrics

Dr Gareth McKay

Department:Centre for Public Health

Organisation:Queen's University Belfast

Research area(s):
  • genetics, genomics and molecular biology
  • epidemiology/population health research
  • nutrition
  • global health/inclusion health
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Ophthalmology
  • Public Health

Professor William Watson

Department:School of Medicine

Organisation:University College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • genetics, genomics and molecular biology
  • cancer/oncology
  • epidemiology/population health research
  • artificial intelligence/machine learning/data analytics
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Surgery
  • Pathology

PROFESSOR AMANDA MCCANN

Department:PATHOLOGY UCD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Organisation:University College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • genetics, genomics and molecular biology
  • cancer/oncology
  • one health
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Pathology
  • Veterinary Medicine

Professor Declan Devane

Department:HRB-Trials Methodology Research Network; Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland

Organisation:National University of Ireland Galway

Research area(s):
  • epidemiology/population health research
  • clinical trials
  • Other
Other Research area(s):

Randomised trials methodology; evidence synthesis

Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Psychiatry
  • Anaesthetics
  • Emergency Medicine
  • General Practice
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Ophthalmology
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology
  • Public Health
  • Radiology
  • Sports and Exercise Medicine
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Dentistry
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine
  • Rehabilitation Medicine

Professor Subrata Ghosh

Department:Medicine and APC Microbiome

Organisation:University College Cork

Research area(s):
  • infectious disease and the immune system
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine

Professor Susan Smith

Department:General Practice

Organisation:Trinity College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • epidemiology/population health research
Postgraduate area(s):
  • General Practice

Professor Eric Downer

Department:Physiology

Organisation:Trinity College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • infectious disease and the immune system
  • neuroscience and mental health
  • preventive medicine/behavioural change interventions
  • Other
Other Research area(s):

Neuroinflammation; cannabinoids;

Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Pathology
  • Dentistry

Dr. Sharon McKenna

Department:Cancer Research @UCC

Organisation:University College Cork

Research area(s):
  • cancer/oncology
  • Other
Other Research area(s):

Cell Biology, Autophagy, Predictive Biomarkers

Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Pathology

Dr Frank Moriarty

Department:Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences

Organisation:Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Research area(s):
  • epidemiology/population health research
  • preventive medicine/behavioural change interventions
  • clinical trials
  • Other
Other Research area(s):

Prescribing appropriateness, pharmacoepidemiology, ageing, deprescribing

Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • General Practice
  • Public Health

Professor Emma Wallace

Department:General Practice

Organisation:University College Cork

Research area(s):
  • cancer/oncology
  • epidemiology/population health research
  • preventive medicine/behavioural change interventions
  • clinical trials
  • Other
Other Research area(s):

Prescribing safety, Risk prediction, Patient safety

Postgraduate area(s):
  • General Practice

Professor Nicola Fletcher

Department:Veterinary Biosciences

Organisation:University College Dublin

Research area(s):
  • infectious disease and the immune system
  • neuroscience and mental health
  • one health
Postgraduate area(s):
  • Medicine
  • Pathology
  • Public Health
  • Veterinary Medicine

Dr Patrick Redmond

Department:General Practice

Organisation:Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Research area(s):
  • epidemiology/population health research
Postgraduate area(s):
  • General Practice