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Faculty Research Day 2016

15th September 2016, TBSI Pearse Street

The Research Day is the Faculty of Health Sciences' showcase event. The Research Day brings together researchers from across all schools in the Faculty, providing an ideal opportunity for stablishing new research collaborations. Keynote speakers at the 2016 event included Professor Mark Ferguson, Director General of SFI, and Dr Susan O'Reilly, CEO of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. Podcasts of all talks can be found below, along with the afternoon panel discussion on Integrating Trinity's Research within the Hospital Structure. The full agenda for the day can be found here: Agenda

Podcasts & Presentations

Panel Discussion - Integrating Trinity's Research within the Hospital Structure.

2016-09-15 Research Day PANEL DISCUSSION

Panel:
Susan O'Reilly, CEO Dublin Midlands Hospital Group
Dr. Frank Dolphin, Chair of Dublin Midlands Hospital Group
Professor Paul Browne, Head of School of Medicine, Trinity College
Eileen Whelan, Chief Nurse of Dublin Midlands Hospital Group
Chaired by Professor Mary McCarron, Dean of Health Sciences, Trinity College

Keynote Speaker - Dr Susan O'Reilly, CEO Hospital Groups(presentation PDF)

Keynote Speaker - Prof Mark Ferguson, Director General SFI (presentation PDF)

Professor John Boland, Dean of Research at Trinity College Dublin (presentation PDF)

Dr Simon Jackson, Entrepreneur in Residence at Trinity College Dublin

Research Supports in Trinity

Yolanda Kennedy, Health Sciences Press Officer - Link to podcast (opens in Flickr) - Presentation (PDF download)

Dermot Frost, Manager of Research IT - Link to podcast (opens in Flickr) - Presentation (PDF download)

Audrey Crosbie, Trinity Research & Innovation - podcast link 1 (opens in Flickr)

Audrey Crosbie, Trinity Research & Innovation - podcast link 2 (opens in Flickr)

Niamh Brennan, OSCAR - Link to podcast (opens in Flickr) - Presentation (PDF download)

Research Posters

In 2016, research posters were submitted under six thematic areas, and a prize was awarded for the best poster in each category with one overall best poster prize. The Book of Abstracts can be downloaded from this link.

Prize Winning Posters:

Overall Winner (category "other"):

Restoration of pharyngeal dilator muscle force in dystrophin-deficient (mdx) mice following co-treatment with neutralizing IL-6R antibody and Urocortin-2.
Burns David P, Rowland Jane, Canavan Leonie, Murphy Kevin, O'Malley Dervla, O'Halloran Ken D., Edge Deirdre (edged@tcd.ie)

Link to abstract and photo

Ageing:

Examining frail older people's use and experience of the Irish healthcare system: a mixed methods study
Roe, Lorna (loroe@tcd.ie), Browne, John, Wren, Maev-Ann, O'Halloran, Aisling, Kenny, Rose Anne, Normand, Charles

Link to abstract and photo

Cancer:

Error quantification in pharmacokinetic parameters derived from DCE-MRI data using a novel anthropomorphic dynamic prostate phantom
Knight, Silvin P., Browne, Jacinta E., Meaney, James F., Smith, David S., Fagan (faganan@tcd.ie), Andrew J.

Link to abstract and photo

Immunology & Infection:

The oral microbiome in children with Crohn's disease exhibits reduced biodiversity compared to healthy children, revealed by 16s profiling
Khalid Elmaghrawy, Paddy Fleming, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Tara Rafferty, Seamus Hussey & Gary Moran (gpmoran@dental.tcd.ie).

Link to abstract and photo

Neuroscience:

Tryptophan Pathway Depletion and Hyperactivity of the HPA Axis in Major Depressive Disorder
Doolin, Kelly (doolink@tcd.ie); O'Keane, Veronica; Harkin, Andrew

Link to abstract and photo

Population Health:

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring as a Community Pharmacy Service
O'Dwyer, Susan; Rossi, Karen; O'Grady, Mairead; Ryder, Sheila (sryder@tcd.ie)

Link to abstract and photo