CP Connect is a TCD research network committed to advancing the health and wellbeing of people with cerebral palsy (CP) across the life course. The network connects Trinity researchers, children and families, national and international collaborators, and clinical partners, in a shared endeavour to generate meaningful impact. Our work supports rigorous inquiry, fosters knowledge exchange, and drives evidence‑informed innovation.

Academic Staff

Prof.

Prof. Denise McDonald

Associated Academic Professor in CP

Prof.

Prof. Eleanor Molloy

Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health Head of Discipline of Paediatrics

Dr.

Dr. Michelle Spirtos

Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy

Prof.

Prof. Colin Doherty

Professor Consultant, Clinical Medicine Head of School of Medicine Ellen Mayston Bates Chair of Epileptology

CP Connect Researchers

Prof.

Prof. Rhodri Cusack

Thomas Mitchell Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. I would appreciate if you could send the information back to me with a picture (quality of the picture: 400 x400 px). If you have any questions, please let me know.

Prof.

Prof. Olive Healy

Olive designs and conducts research in community and clinical settings that aims to increase our understanding of how children with complex needs learn and how they change across developmental spans. She has a particular interest in the application of findings to neurodevelopmental conditions, conducting research that addresses behavioural intervention.

Dr.

Dr. Eva Jimenez

Our work focuses on better understand the pathological mechanisms underlying neonatal hypoxia, particularly how neuroinflammation may contribute to neurological outcomes, such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy. We have developed a preclinical mouse model and we use a combination of biochemical techniques and behaviour to evaluate the interlink between the pathological neuroinflammation after hypoxia at birth and delays in neurological outcomes.

Prof.

Prof. Richard Reilly

His Clinical Neural Engineering lab conducts cross-disciplinary translational research, particularly on movement disorders and ageing. His lab combines neural engineering and neural signal processing to create patient-oriented diagnostic and assessment tools, objective measures for active implantable devices and therapeutic devices.

Prof.

Prof. Ciaran Simms

Prof. in Biomechanics at Trinity College Dublin. His research focuses on sports biomechanics, vulnerable road-users injuries, soft tissue mechanics and medical device design. Principal Investigator in the Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, and he teaches Mechanics, Mechanics of Machines and Multibody Dynamics at TCD.

Dr.

Dr. Arthur White

Assistant Professor in Statistics

Bayesian statistics, latent variable modelling, computational statistics, applied statistics, with a focus on health, including children’s health, immunology and auto-immune disease, and pharmaco-economics.

Dr.

Dr. Jason Wyse

I am interested in computational statistics, especially Bayesian computation and applications of statistics in medicine and other domains. Some of my areas of interest are: latent class analysis / model based classification, inference for disease models, applications of statistics in medicine, Bayesian model choice/ Bayes factors/ evidence estimation, analysis of network data using latent space models and sequential inference.

Research Staff

Ms.

Ms. Ciara Dinneny

Ciara Dinneny

My research interests include cerebral palsy, improving care and outcomes for children with cerebral palsy, paediatric gait analysis, and clinical biomechanics. My current role is under the ELEVATE programme and focusses on mapping cerebral palsy service provision across Ireland.

Dr.

Dr. Johana Isaza-Correa

Research Fellow

I am a Research Fellow in Paediatrics at Trinity College Dublin, my areas of interest  are cellular and molecular mechanisms in immunology. I hope to contribute to the project by helping to improve our understanding of neonatal brain injury in relation to inflammation and to recognize potential therapeutic alternatives.