Meet Our PhD Researchers
Our researchers are advancing knowledge across a wide range of disciplines.
Use the links below to explore our current and past PhD cohorts.
PhD Researchers (current)
Meet our current PhD researchers and explore the projects they are working on, supported by academic supervisors across various disciplines.

Shaikhah Alghanim
PhD Researcher

Mohamed Ali
PhD Researcher

Chloe Anderson
PhD Researcher

Dr Ayeisha Asim
GPARTS Researcher

Naomi Bell
PhD Researcher

Sophie Carlin
PhD Researcher

Kiai Chambers
PhD Researcher

Kathryn Christie
PhD Researcher

Mia Church
PhD Researcher

Gillian Conlon
PhD Researcher

Ciara Costello
PhD Researcher

Emily Dinsmore
PhD Researcher

Utibe Ebong
PhD Researcher

Lucie Elliott
PhD Researcher

Anna Friel
MRes Researcher

Donya Ghazinader
PhD Researcher

Aoife Grenham Mcnamee
PhD Researcher

Svitlana Grogan
PhD Researcher

Dr Adele Heaney
GPARTS Researcher

Dr Jennifer Henry
GPARTS Researcher

Sarah Hughes
PhD Researcher

Dr Muzamil Hussain
PhD Researcher

Jordan Kidd
PhD Researcher

Gavin Markey
PhD Researcher

Ellen Mason
PhD Researcher

Leah McColgan
PhD Researcher

Laura McGrogan
PhD Researcher

Thomas McLarnon
PhD Researcher

Jonathon McLaughlin
PhD Researcher

Gillian McNaugher
PhD Researcher

Dr Orla Megraw
MD Researcher

Mahdi Mohseni
PhD Researcher

Stephen Morgan
PhD Researcher

Ciaran O Regan
PhD Researcher

Jency Rajan
PhD Researcher

Sophie Reid
PhD Researcher

Alana Smith
PhD Researcher

Ailis Stevenson
PhD Researcher

Nomathamsanqa Tholo
PhD Researcher
PhD Researchers (past)
View previous PhD researchers by graduating class, along with their project titles.
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Adams | A mixed-methods process evaluation of the ‘Walk with Me’ peer-led walking intervention to increase physical activity in inactive older adults |
| Rachel Devenney | The role of cooperating mutations in acute myeloid leukaemia |
| Roanne Lecky | The Diabetic Lung: Impact of Diabetes and Obesity on Lung Health (IDOL) |
| Christopher Page | Improving the screening and diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sophie Coyle | Targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome as a therapy for glaucoma |
| Matthew Ennis | Identifying multimorbidity patterns in type 2 diabetes and genes associated with comorbidity trajectories leading to chronic kidney disease |
| Ruairidh Harrigan | Developing novel synergistic drug combinations with venetoclax in acute myeloid leukaemia |
| Rachel Hiemstra-Creighton | Enjoyable group-based physical activity programmes for older adults |
| Evangeline Johnston | Identification of novel synergistic drug combinations with statins in paediatric AML |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ciara Devlin | Off Target Benefits of GLP-1 Agonist Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes |
| Guangran Guo | Multi-omic approach identifies GDF15 as cardiac cell senescence marker that also differentiates Permanent Atrial Fibrillation from Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation |
| Sean McCallion | Biomarkers associated with AKI and CKD and their progression |
| Gavin McCluskey | Validation of Circulating Extracellular Vesicle Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker Candidates for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| Bodhayan Prasad | Development of machine learning based computational tools for stratified healthcare and personalised medicine |
| Caoimhe Ward | Investigating demographic, psychosocial and epigenetic risk factors for depression in young adults |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Owen Connolly | Skeletal muscle vesicles as a source of circulating biomarkers in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| Vanessa Milla | Identification of Biomarkers to Identify ALS subjects among patients affected by Motor Neuron Disorders |
| Christina Vasilopoulou | A software pipeline for the analysis of genomic data, and functional genomic approaches to explore the molecular mechanisms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| Angelina Villikudathil | Computational approaches in biomarker discovery for treatment response and comorbidity in type-2 diabetes |



