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.

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PhD Researchers (past)

View previous PhD researchers by graduating class, along with their project titles.

  • Class of 2025
    NameTitle
    Roanne Lecky The Diabetic Lung: Impact of Diabetes and Obesity on Lung Health (IDOL)
  • Class of 2024
    NameTitle
    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
  • Class of 2023
    NameTitle
    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
  • Class of 2022
    NameTitle
    Owen ConnollySkeletal muscle vesicles as a source of circulating biomarkers in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    Vanessa MillaIdentification of Biomarkers to Identify ALS subjects among patients affected by Motor Neuron Disorders
    Christina VasilopoulouA software pipeline for the analysis of genomic data, and functional genomic approaches to explore the molecular mechanisms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    Angelina VillikudathilComputational approaches in biomarker discovery for treatment response and comorbidity in type-2 diabetes