People

Us

• Dr. Margaret Walshe Professor in Speech and Language Pathology
  
• Dr. Julie Regan Associate Professor in Speech and Language Pathology
  
• Dr. Ciaran Kenny Assistant Professor in Speech and Language Pathology
  

Current PhD students

• Anna Gillman PhD Topic: Dysphagia prehabilitation in oesophageal cancer
• Jen Moloney PhD Topic: Understanding the psychosocial impact of chronic dysphagia in stroke - a grounded theory exploration
• Julia Hirschwald PhD Topic: Establishing a Core Outcome Set for Dysphagia Interventions in Parkinson's Disease: the COS-DIP Study
• Michelle Hayes PhD Topic: Prevalence, Nature and Trajectory of Dysphagia post-Oesophageal Cancer Surgery: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
• Eadaoin Flynn PhD Topic: Dysphagia in people with Atypical Parkinson's Disease.
• Chang-Jung Lu PhD Topic: Vocal and communication congruence in collaborative assessment with transgender and gender diversity people,

Current Taught MSc (Dysphagia) students - 2023/24 cohort coming soon

Alumni

• Ann Tresa Thomas MSc student 2021
• Jeslin Jose MSc student 2021
• Philippa MacDonnell MSc student 2021
• Alison Coats MSc student 2021
• Caoimhe O'Toole MSc student 2021
• Beatrice Tenchini MSc student 2021
• Chiara Bertolini MSc student 2021
• Ida Susan Jerry MSc student 2021
• Josepha Fox MSc student 2021
• Eleni Spanoudaki MSc student 2021
• Beatrice Manduchi MSc 2018 Student and Research Assistant in Speech and Language Pathology
  
• Camilla Cattaneo MSc Student 2019
• Maria Luisa Llimos MSc Student 2019
  
• Emma Leitch MSc Student 2019
  
• Natasha Warriner MSc Student 2019
• Sara Rowland MSc Student 2020
  
• Croíadh Fitzgerald Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Dysphagia Student 2019
  
• Claire Balaski MSc student 2020
• Dr Irene Battel
• Julia Radtke MSc student 2020

Collaborators

• Ms. Patricia Lawlor Chief Clinical Measurement Physiologist (GI function), St. James' Hospital
  
• Dr Irene Battel
  
• SallyAnne Duncan PhD joint research study between Queen's University (Belfast), Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and TCD (Dublin). PhD Topic: Developing an ICU swallowing intervention to improve outcomes following prolonged intubation in cardiac surgical patients: a feasibility study.
• Siobhan Reilly Public and Patient Involvement Representative
• Jule Hofacker M.Sc 2020 and Collaborator
• Julia Radtke MSc student 2020

Health Research Board Cochrane Fellows

• Fiona Hill HRB Cochrane Fellow, Tallaght University Hospital
  
• Zelda Greene HRB Cochrane Fellow, Crumlin Childrens Hospital