Happy Friday reading -Research Highlights from our talented researchers who tirelessly generate cutting edge health research which will ultimately advance new therapies, treatments and health service improvements for us all
#ResearchMatters
Our queen of Motor Neurone Disease research Professor Orla Hardiman is newly crowned Researcher of the Year 2022 by Science Foundation Ireland
@scienceirel
@tcddublin
@NeurologyTcd
Today, our shout out for our
#CONQUERCOVID19
medical doctors and health scientists at
#TCD
is for Prof Colm Bergin, Clinical Professor of Medicine & Consultant Physician, Infectious Diseases, St Jamesās Hospital.
#RESEARCHMATTERS
# NotAllHerosWearCapes
@stjamesdublin
@tcddublin
āMy guiding light throughout my research career has been to continuously ask myself whether the research work we do āmattersā in a real-world sense to those we serve?" Professor Orla Hardiman has been awarded the prestigious
@hrbireland
Impact Award 2023.
Exciting news for the school this morning with the announcement of
@SDoyleTCD
's award from the
@ERC_Research
for her ground-breaking investigations for novel immunotherapies to fight blindness. Congratulations Sarah! Read more about Sarah's research here:
Congratulations to the following staff from our School who have been elected to Fellowship announced by the Provost this morning.
Jean Fletcher
Catherine Hayes
Adriele Prino-Mello
Lina Zgaga
Steve Thomas
Colin Doherty
Well done to you all ššš
Everyone in the school is thrilled with our very brilliant & ever smiling scientist
@NollaigBourke
who has brought home a
@wellcometrust
Career Development Award for her important research on immunology and ageing. Read more
Take a bow -Academic Mentor of the Year!! Prof Ursula Fearon, Director of Research, School of Medicine whose state of the art Molecular Rheumatology
@tcddublin
lab has produced not 1 but 2 HRB Emerging Investigator awardees in the 2022 round
@Achilleasfloud
&
@Mary_canavan
Congratulations to Dr Anna Keogh, Specialist Registrar, Histopathology,
@stjamesdublin
who is currently doing an MD
@tcddublin
, and has been selected as this yearās George Greene Medal winner for her recent publication in Translational Lung Cancer Research
Congratulations to the Medicine Class 2020 on your excellent results, a fantastic achievement and we are extremely proud of you all! We look forward to joining you today 3pm for the virtual commencement ceremony on this exceptional yet joyous occasion.
Warm congratulations to Sarah Doyle,
@SDoyleTcd
newly appointed Director of Research, School of Medicine. We look forward to her direction on the deeply important issues affecting our excellent research
#ThisIsTrinityMed
Owen Smith CBE has been appointed as Professor of Child, Adolescent & Young Adult (CAYA) Oncology (2022) at
@TrinityMed1
. Professor Smith has devoted the last 30 years of his career caring for neonates, children & adolescents with cancer & blood disorders:
Pancake Day Fundraiser in Memory of Mark Melnychuk, a 4th yr med student, who sadly passed away on Wed, 23rd February.
Mark loved pancakes, GoFundMe link, with all proceeds going to Pieta House, for crisis support and extended counselling sessions
Congratulations to
@vallierf
&
@ClionaNi
recipients of a
@hrbireland
KTA award today for their research into 'Trauma-informed care (TIC)' which will make accessing healthcare easier & safer for people who have experienced psychological trauma.More:
So proud of our Professor Iracema Leroi
@tcddublin
funded by
@hrbireland
who will lead a new programme of Clinical trials for dementia which aims to triple the number of clinical trials available for people living with dementia in Ireland by 2026.
A most enjoyable evening was had by all at Professor Joe Keane's Inaugural lecture. His audience was engaged by his wit and humour while delivering a fascinating talk on his life, work, research and his vision for the future.
Our TCD MED Awards winners will be announced this evening with Dean of Research, Prof Wolfgang Schmitt
@TCDdeanresearch
. Our second winner is Geriatrician, Dr Robert Briggs, whose work relates to depression prevention in older people
Read:
@TCDGerontology
Huge congratulations to Dr Kiva Brennan our other awardee recognised as an emerging future research leader by Science Foundation Ireland's SFI-IRC Pathways Awards 2022 for her study into Improving Paediatric Vaccines
@scienceirel
Read about Kiva's project
Well done to the seven winners of the TCD Med Research Awards 2022 who were presented with their awards at a special ceremony in Dublin earlier this evening! Congratulations to
@trinitymed1
researchers Kiva, Robert, Donal, Margaret, Dania, Michelle and Gerladine!š1/4
Meet our PhD researcher! Funded by the Irish Research Council
@irishresearch
, Naomi Algeo
@naomialgeo
is in final year of PhD researching cancer survivorship & employment in the Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine
@TrinityMed1
. Read more
Professor Thomas Rogers, Clinical Microbiology retired today. Prof Smith gave an entertaining speech on Prof Roger's rich and varied work within the School from teaching to research and his dedication to patient care. We wish you a long and wonderful retirement.
Delighted and proud to announce that the School of Medicine
@tcddublin
is ranked # 1 in Ireland for Medicine and
#83
in the world according to the 2023 QS Rankings by subject. The latest results show an improvement from
#95
in 2022 and 105 in 2021.
#ThisIsTrinityMed
Congratulations to our students in medicine who have have been elected to Scholarship: Alexandre Assi, Sin Chai, Emma Finnegan, Tereza Karbanova, Roisin McElligott, Carl Scanlon, Abdulrazak Shakerdi, our OT Elena Diez Clarke and our RT Sylvia Nwokolo. We are so proud of you.
Congratulations to our Medicine Class 2021 on your amazing results. We are so proud of you all. We wish you all the best as you journey to your next challenge as junior doctors
Congratulations to all staff who were awarded the M.A.(jo) 17 June ceremony - there were many staff from the school of medicine and we all thoroughly enjoyed this joyful celebration
#ThisIsTrinityMed
Congrats Dr Julie Broderick! 1 of 6 winners of Dean's Research Initiatives Fund to study the feasibility of an exercise programme with nutritional supplementation to target frailty & poor physical function in people who are homeless.
@ProfOrtuno
@ClionaNi
Congratulations to Prof Joseph Keane, Professor of Medicine and Consultant Respiratory Physician at Trinity/SJH on his Professorial Fellowship today.
#trinitymonday
@MedTcd
Amazing news of our own Prof Orla Hardiman! She has just been named Researcher of the Year at the annual
@scienceirel
awards ceremony this afternoon. Many congratulations Orla on this prestigious award, it is so well deserved.
@NeurologyTcd
People with Oesophageal cancer can take great comfort from
this new ā¬1m investment for new cancer research project involving 6 Universities and research institutes
@tcddublin
@stjamesdublin
@BreakthroCancer
via
@rte
Most radiation therapists in Ireland are
@tcdradther
graduates from Trinity School of Medicine. These frontline staff are working under difficult conditions to provide lifesaving radiation therapy for cancer patients. Please support them in their efforts.
Trinity College Dublin Health Sciences
@tcddublin
forge ahead as top ranked Irish university for Health Research in latest round of
@hrbireland
funding, winning 11/33 funded projects, followed by 6 in RCSI and 5 in UCD
Congratulations to Geraldine Foley, Lucy Norris, Sharee Basdeo, Kiva Brennan, Lucia Celkova and Claire Healy on winning the Dean's Research Initiatives Fund 2021-22
#ThisIsTrinityMed
Q & A with Dr. Laura Gleeson, would-be novellist, who has been recognised as a future academic research leader by
@hrbireland
. She speaks about the factors which nudged her in the direction of health research in TB
@tcd
@stjamesdublin
Congratulations to our 5 School of Medicine PIs who secured 5 out of the 26 national HRB research projects awarded to Rapidly Respond to COVID.
@tcddublin
@TCDdeanresearch
Dr Grainne Sheill
@sheillg
from the Trinity Exercise Oncology Group lead a study on exercise rehabilitation for patients who have survived cancer. Research funded by the
@irishCancerSoc
#CancerRehab
#physiotherapy
Read more here:
El Classico 2023 - Profs vs Students Soccer Match. Fantastic game 6-3 to the students. As quoted 'full of scintillating skills'. Congratulations all
@tcddublin
#ThisIsTrinityMed
The Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences requests the pleasure of your company for the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Mark Cunningham 'Hacking the brainās accelerator: novel therapies for epilepsy?' 6pm 23 March TBSI
#ThisIsTrinityMed
International Womenās Day, a public talk by Fiona Wilson School of Medicine Discipline of Physiotherapy
Menopause, exercise and sport. Discussing research, clinical pearls and my lived experience.
Wed 8 March, 12noonregister
#ThisIsTrinityMed
@tilda_tcd
Congratulations to Dr Annemarie Bennett
@DieteticsTCD
who was recently awarded a Dean's Award for innovation in teaching. Well done Annemarie! You can read more about her research and the Dean's Awards in general at this link:
#Dietetics
#bestpractice
Well done Dr Alida Fe Talento, TCD researcher and Consultant Microbiologist Childrenās Health Ireland, who will participate in newly funded European project to tackle the global scourge of antifungal resistance
The newly released 2024 QS Subject Rankings has ranked Trinity 78th in the world for Medicine . The results reinforce Trinity College Dublin's Medical School's Global Reputation for excellence and as Ireland's leading medical school.
#ThisIsTrinityMed
Benefits for cancer survivors through newly funded partnerships between health professionals and academics
@IrishCancerSoc
awards will promote translational impact in cancer
@tcddublin
#researchmatters
Trinity College Dublin
@tcddublin
forges ahead as top ranked Irish university in Health research by securing lionās share of research awards from
@hrbireland
TCD Academics secured 11/33 funded projects, followed by 6 in RCSI and 5 in UCD.
Congratulations to all our clinical colleagues receiving their promotions this evening in the Provosts House in recognition for all their hard word for the School of Medicine
Congratulations to our School of Nursing colleague and world expert in study of ageing in persons with intellectual disability, Prof Mary McCarron
@TCD_SNM
who was awarded one of TCD's eight HRB Knowledge Transfer Awards
@hrbireland
Read more:
Meet our
@SPHeREprogramme
PhD researcher Rikke Siersbaek
@rikkesiersbaek
! As part of this
@hrbireland
-funded work, Rikke is researching health inequalities and the delivery of healthcare for homeless adults with complex needs.
Read more here:
One of the world's leading researchers in Dementia
@IracemaLeroi
@tcddublin
waltzes in celebration at launch of
@hrbireland
funded Dementia Trials Ireland. Music by
Forget me knots choir
The school is proud to announce & to congratulate Rachel Coomey, 4th yr med, for winning 1st Prize for the Mary Ward Traffic Medicine Essay Competition. Rachelās essay discussed Long Covid and its Impact on Driving, it was open to all medical & allied health students in Ireland.
Huge congratulations to Assistant Prof Jo-Hanna Ivers
@Prof_Jo_Ivers
(Public Health & Primary Care) on her recent appointment as Associate Dean of Civic Engagement & Social Innovation! šš»
@publichealthie
@PHPC_Medicine
Massive congrats to
@DrMelissaConroy
from the Discipline of Physiology
@TCDPhysiology
for being 1 of 6 winners of the Dean's Research Initiatives Fund 2021!
Dr Conroy will study the therapeutic potential of novel compounds in Glioblastoma Multiforme
Congratulations to our two Occupational Therapy students Meabh Bonham Corcoran and Alexandra Solovyeva being elected to Scholarship 2020. Well done to you both.
#trinitymonday
@tcd_ot
@tcddublin
Our Class of 2023 - Human Health and Disease Ug Degree. We wish you all the very best in your future careers. Caps off to you on your upcoming graduation day.
@tcddublin
@TCDPhysiology
#ThisIsTrinityMed
āCancer is a complex disease driven by many underlying and external factors that can influence how a patient responds to treatmentā-
@JoanneLysaght
on immunotherapy for patients with oesophageal cancer
The latest in our research impact case-study series:
Just 1 hour to go until our TCD MED Awards 2022!
Last but not least, our 7th awardee is Dr Geraldine Foley
@foleyg31
@tcd_ot
, who is researching supportive relationships between patients & family caregivers for decision-making in palliative care.
Read:
A final farewell photo with our Occupational Therapy Class of 2023 & our OT staff outside the Trinity Centre SJH. Looking forward to seeing you all in your graduation gowns this summer. We wish you all every success in your future careers.
@tcd_ot
@tcddublin
#ThisIsTrinityMed
The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Joseph Keane - world renowned clinician scientist, opinion leader and advocate for developing a national TB service will take place this Thursday 19th Jan @ 6pm in St. James Hospital. All welcome.
Best of luck to our Med students this morning all ready to go for Trinity Med Day. Please come out and support them or donate on the link below
@TrinityMedDay
@tcddublin
The Molecular Rheumatology Group
@tcdTBSI
has won almost every major award this year. Continuing the trend is team leader Prof Ursula Fearon, newly funded by
@hrbireland
to explore new therapeutics for Inflammatory Arthritis
@Arthritisie
@iCANIreland
A must-read article in The Times describes Prof Rose-Anne Kenny's book 'Age Proof'. How to modify & improve the factors that influence our biological ageing clocks.. sea-swimming, laughter, friendship, attitude.. a fascinating account of the research. ā¦
As part of the Inaugural Lecture Series 2022-23 collection, 'Inaugural Lecture of Professor Colin Doherty: A Dark Continent?' takes place on Tuesday 18 October at 6pm in TBSI.
@gastaut
@tcdTBSI
@tcddublin
Register at:
This is the way to launch a serious clinical trial...Forget me knots choir kicks off Dementia Trials Ireland project with Cole Porter's "Dont fence me in"
@hrbireland
@PPI_Ignite_TCD
Congratulations to Daniel Johnston
@AnatomyTrinity
whose research will explore Hidradenitis suppurativa, the highly debilitating skin condition affecting 1.4% of the Irish population & to know how the condition emerges and develops, & to assess potential therapeutic strategies.
Prof
@CaldwellMaeve
has been awarded a
@hrbireland
Knowedge Transfer Award today that will allow her team to determine how much people with
#Parkinsons
know about their condition and what areas of research are particularly important to them. Read more:
New research on drug-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus which can cause aspergillosis in vulnerable ICU patients and those with lung conditions like CF & COPD - by Prof Tom Rogers
@trinitymed1
along with Irish & UK partners
Read
Paper
Six new and innovative research projects funded by Dean of Faculty of Health Science will address health challenges from COPD & cancer to infection & palliative care
@tcddublin
#reseachmatters