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• neuroscience and mental health
• epidemiology/population health research

• Medicine

• Pharmacology

The research interests of the Department of Geriatric and stroke Medicine include Pharmacoepidemiology and Patient safety, Stroke and Vascular medicine. In Collabobation with the Department of Psychology the Department led a 2-year Health Research Board (HRB) funded project (ASPIRE-S) which assessed adherence to the secondary preventive measures and rehabilitation guidelines in patient with Ischaemic stroke. We completed recruitment of over 300 patients and are currently following up this cohort of patients, 6 months after their initial stroke. . I was the Irish Stroke Co-lead for the ESCAPE study a multicentre international study, the purpose of which is to understand whether endovascular clot removal can be added to the current standard of care to improve outcome from stroke. This study was completed in Oct 2014 and its findings were published in February 2015. In the field of patient safety, the Department also led the first study of adverse events (INAES) in Ireland. I am a co-applicant(PI Prof Peter Kelly) on the Irish Stroke Clinical Trials network which is co-ordinating a number of trials in the stroke field
Relevant publications
Brewer L, Mellon L, Hall P, Dolan E, Horgan F, Shelley E, Hickey A, Williams D. Secondary prevention after ischaemic stroke: the ASPIRE-S study. BMJ Neurology. 2015 Oct 23;15:216.
Rafter N, Hickey A, Conroy RM, Condell S, O?Connor P, Vaughan D, Walsh G, Williams DJ. The Irish National Adverse Events Study (INAES): the frequency and nature of adverse events in Irish hospitals-a retrospective record review study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Feb 9
Goyal M, Demchuk A, Menon B, Eesa M, Rempel J, Thornton J, Roy D, Jovin T, Willinsky R, Sapkota B, Dowlatshahi D, Frei D, Kamal N, Montanera W, Poppe A, Ryckborst K, Silver F, Shuaib A, Tampieri D, Williams D, Bang O, Baxter B, Burns P, Choe H, Heo Ji-Hoe, Holmstedt C, Jankowitz B, Kelly M, Linares G, Mandzia J, Shankar J, Sohn S ,Swartz R, Barber P, Coutts S, Smith E, Morrish W, Weill A, Subramaniam S, Mitha A, Wong J, Lowerison M, Tolulop S, and Hill M for the ESCAPE Trial Investigators. Randomised Assessment of Rapid Endovascular Treatment of Ischaemic Stroke N Engl J Med 2015;372:1019-1030

1. A follow-up study of the Irish Adverse Events Study
2. Developing an efficient and effective pathway for acute stroke care in Ireland
3. There will be the opportunity to develop further research projects from a number of on-going studies within the Irish Clinical Trials Network