Our Research

General Academic Paediatrics

Overview

The development of General Academic Paediatrics has been a priority in the discipline of Paediatrics over the last few years. We have developed multidisciplinary clinics for children with complex needs including a dedicated clinic for children with Down syndrome in Tallaght hospital and infants and children with complex needs in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. In addition we have developed collaborative research projects across the city in the areas of Traumatic brain injury, Down Syndrome and Cerebral palsy and we currently have 5 PhD students in General academic Paediatrics and 6 completed theses (3 PhDs; 2 MScs; 1 MPH). We are collaborating internationally as part of General and Adolescent Paediatrics Research collaboration UK and Ireland (GAPRUKI) and initiatives with the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and the European Society of Paediatric Research (ESPR).

Collaborative Projects

• HRB Collaborative Doctoral Award CDA-2018-008 NEPTUNE Study: Neonatal Brain Injury Consortium Ireland
• HRB NCHF: Neonatal cardiac function in infants with Down syndrome. PI Prof Afif El-Khuffash: Co-investigator E Molloy
• National Children’s Hospital FoundationRef: 1719; Investigating the immune evasion mechanisms of respiratory syncytial virus in paediatric patients attending NCH: towards the development of novel curative therapeutics; PI Dr. Nigel Stephenson; Co-investigators N Gadelsayed & E Molloy
• National Children’s Hospital FoundationComprehensive and Effective Laboratory Test Reference Intervals for Irish Children: the Celtic Ranges Project (Phase 1 study) Ref: 1713: PI Prof Gerard Boran; Co-investigator E Molloy;
• Enterprise Ireland. Infant digestion. Development Of A Robust  Static Infant In Vitro Digestion Method; Tegasc/Nutricia/Kerry Group/Dairygold. PI Dr. Andre Brodkorb. Co-investigator EM;
• A comparative study of the activity of Pattern Recognition Receptors of the innate immune system as it develops from the immature neonatal stage through infancy into childhood and adolescence. PI Dr. Sarah Doyle, Assistant Professor, TCD and NCRC. NRC 2013. Collaborator E Molloy