PhD Researchers (current)
Meet our current PhD researchers and explore the projects they are working on, supported by academic supervisors across various disciplines.
PhD Researchers (past)
Class of 2025
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roanne Lecky | The Diabetic Lung: Impact of Diabetes and Obesity on Lung Health (IDOL) |
Class of 2024
| 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 |
Class of 2023
| 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 |
Class of 2022
| 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 |
