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Welcome to the School of Medicine
The School of Medicine is Ireland’s leading medical school and ranks as one of the world’s top medical schools (QS World Ranking by Subject 2025 – 83rd for Medicine). The School of Medicine is the leading research school in Trinity, home to over 800 highly diverse researchers and spanning 21 medical and scientific disciplines. The School of Medicine is a multidisciplinary school comprising Medicine, Radiation Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Human Health and Disease, and Human Nutrition and Dietetics. Over 90% of the academic staff are highly active in research. Fifty per cent of senior principal investigators are clinical academics combining their clinical commitments with their academic activities.
Head of School welcome message
Prof. Colin Doherty gives a brief overview of what it means to study at the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin.
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Upcoming Events
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Invitation to register - Annual CAO Conference
You are invited to a conference on how to bridge the work of universities, hospitals and community healthcare to combat disability and exclusion.
16 Sep 2025
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Why Cultural Spaces Can Make a Difference to Your Brain Health
How can a museum or gallery be good for your brain health? Art, creativity and cultural engagement stimulate the brain, building its resilience and reserve. With aging populations worldwide, the number of older people is rapidly
15 Sep 2025
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Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) Programme Application Call
Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT-2), an Integrated Pathway for Clinical Academic Training in Human Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry
10 Jul 2025
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Current News
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International Clinical Trials Day: A focus on the ASTONISH trial at the Wellcome-HRB Clinical Research Facility
With financial support from the HRB and the Wellcome Trust, the CRF has gone from strength to strength.
20 May 2022
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Trinity School of Medicine researchers investigate drug-resistant mould which poses a risk to human health
Aspergillosis is an infection caused by a type of mould (fungus). It is caused by initially breathing in tiny parts of the mould called spores.
19 May 2022
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BEAT Ovarian Cancer: Could you recognise the symptoms to help earlier diagnosis?
This coming Sunday 8th May is World Ovarian Cancer Day. Ireland has one of the highest death rates from ovarian cancer in Europe.
06 May 2022
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Outstanding contributions to research honoured by School of Medicine Research Awards, Trinity College
Seven School of Medicine recipients of the Trinity College Med Research Awards 2022 were honoured at a special awards ceremony on May 3rd, 2022.
05 May 2022
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Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance with Trinity’s Prendergast Challenge-Based Multi-disciplinary Project Awards
Dr Julie Renwick of the Resist-AMR research group describes their successful grant application which will confront the societal and scientific challenge of antimicrobial resistance.
05 May 2022
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Trinity researchers are working to make childhood vaccination even more effective
To coincide with World Immunisation Week, we spoke to School of Medicine researchers who are working on paediatric immunisations.
25 Apr 2022
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Patient and family caregiver decision-making in palliative care: A focus on the impact of the 2020 Irish Research Council New Foundations Awards
Dr Geraldine Foley was awarded a New Foundations grant from the Irish Research Council (IRC) in 2020. This week we caught up with Dr Foley to talk about the impact of her research.
07 Apr 2022
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Novel technologies and challenging dogma: In conversation with Dr Achilleas Floudas for National Arthritis Week
To coincide with National Arthritis Week, we spoke to Dr Achilleas Floudas, Senior Research Fellow at the Molecular Rheumatology Department, School of Medicine, TCD.
04 Apr 2022
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Today’s science becoming tomorrow’s medicine: Dr Donal Cox describes the quest for new effective therapies for tuberculosis
Today is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day – commemorated to raise awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step-up up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
24 Mar 2023
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Precision ALS: Harnessing AI to provide new insights into motor neuron disease
We spoke to Precision ALS Director, Professor Orla Hardiman, about the exciting new Pan-European Programme for ALS
24 Mar 2022
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