The Annual Overview of Doctoral Health Research 2023 features a comprehensive record of research excellence spanning the entire discovery pipeline—from basic laboratory science to preclinical and clinical research. The 2023 report highlights emerging health research in neuroscience, psychiatry, infection, immunology, lifespan health, and cancer. Featured studies include machine-learning models for European ALS epidemiological trends (PRECISION-ALS), liquid biopsy profiling in epithelial ovarian cancer (CLuB consortium), interhemispheric integration in functional neurological disorders, multi-omics analysis of biological ageing in TILDA, sustained inflammation in preterm infants (STARFISH project), and health technology management of high-cost therapies.
Read about some of the research topics currently being investigated by our 2023 PhD cohort below.
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Interhemispheric integration in functional neurological disorder and the enhancement of neuroradiology in medical curricula
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Personalisation of Relapse Risk in Autoimmune disease
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The Epidemiological Trends of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis across Europe: A Collaborative, Machine-Learning-Based Approach to Precision Medicine
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The impact of antifungal treatments on the killing activity of immune cells against Aspergillus fumigatus
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Harnessing the power of the liquid biopsy in epithelial ovarian cancer
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Development of an immunobiology platform to monitor immune reconstitution after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and CAR T cell therapy
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Innate Immune Variation & Accelerated Biological Ageing: A Systems Analysis using Longitudinal Multi-Omics Data
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Differential pathogenic mechanisms drive distinct stromal cell inflammatory responses in Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis
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Second-line tests of fetal wellbeing in labour
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Mutual support between patients and family caregivers in palliative care
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STARFISH Project: Sustained inflammation in Preterm Infants and Multiorgan dysfunction correlated
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with long term outcomes
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Health Technology Management in Ireland
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Combining Neuroimaging and Neurophysiological Analysis to Identify Comprehensive Biomarker Profiles for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Huntington’s Disease
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Recruitment of adolescent girls into physical activity programmes: Evidence to inform recruitment strategies for programme developers and policymakers
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Mental Capacity for Treatment Decisions in Psychiatry Inpatients
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Construction and Validation of a theoretical framework for measuring health staff
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Barriers to Access to Radiation Therapy Services: BARS
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Boosting Oxygen Diffusion in the Radioresistant Oesophageal Tumour Microenvironment to Improve Radiation Response
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