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All the fun of Front Square at Trinity's Child Health Research Festival

Trinity is set to throw open its gates and welcome families and the general public onto Front Square on Wednesday, September 25th for an evening of celebration and discovery.

13 Sep 2024

Community|Health|Research|Society

Secure tenancies drive the desirability of Cost Rental homes – new report

The first major piece of research into cost rental housing in Ireland, led by researchers from the School of Natural Sciences and colleagues, has found that that the long-term stability of Cost Rental housing is a key factor for nearly two thirds of respondents.

12 Sep 2024

Research|Science|Society

Harris-Trump debate: Harris may have stumbled occasionally, but overall she came off as presidential

The most important thing Harris did was shift attention back onto Trump, writes Dan Geary, School of Histories and Humanities, in an analysis piece for The Irish Times.

12 Sep 2024

Research|Society

TILDA joins Global WHO Network for Ageing and Life Course Research

This prestigious designation recognises the ongoing collaborative efforts between TILDA and WHO in supporting research and initiatives to promote healthy ageing across the life course.

9 Sep 2024

Health|Research|Science|Society

Belief in academic ability key factor in academic success for low-income students

A strong belief in their own academic ability can help children from low-income families defy the odds and achieve academic success, according to new research from the School of Psychology.

9 Sep 2024

Research|Society

Trinity team’s gene therapy offers promise for treating glaucoma – as well as AMD

Scientists from Trinity have developed a highly promising gene therapy to treat glaucoma – a debilitating eye condition that can lead to complete vision loss, and which affects around 80 million people worldwide

9 Sep 2024

Innovation|Research|Society

Dr Josep Figueras awarded Edward Kennedy Health Policy Award

The award spotlights the importance of key individuals, organisations or initiatives that have made meaningful contributions to health system and policy reform, driving positive and sustained changes in healthcare delivery and outcomes.

6 Sep 2024

Awards and Funding|Business|Research

Weather in deep space and brain repair – Trinity duo win ERC Starting Grants

Dr Johanna Vos and Dr Michael-John Dolan will respectively pursue research aimed at better understanding weather patterns in extrasolar worlds deep in the galaxy, and at uncovering the secrets of brain disorders and repair.

5 Sep 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Material deprivation rises for children as inflation erodes real incomes – new report

A new report published today by the Economic and Social Research Institute and co-authored by Trinity economist Dr Barra Roantree has found that around 230,000 children are going without basic items and activities for a comfortable life.

5 Sep 2024

Research|Society

Learnovate plays key role in new diversity project for EU semiconductor sector

The European Chips Diversity Alliance (ECDA) project brings together a consortium of 11 partner organisations from industry and education with the aim of helping the sector retain and grow its existing workforce by developing a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across its entire value chain.

2 Sep 2024

Innovation|Research|Society

Trinity bioengineer secures Wellcome funding to develop new tissue engineering approach

Dr Josephine Wu, from Trinity’s School of Engineering and the Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, has secured a Wellcome Early Career Award to pursue a tissue engineering project that could provide an exciting new approach to regenerative medicine.

30 Aug 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Orlaigh Darling on five Irish novelists to read while you wait for the new Sally Rooney novel

Orlaith Darling, PhD Candidate in the School of English, writes in The Conversation about five Irish novelists to read while we wait for the publication next month of Sally Rooney's new novel, Intermezzo.

29 Aug 2024

Culture|Research

Sarah Hamill: Why Ireland’s housing crisis may force some students to put their education on hold

Some students will face the choice of dropping out or pausing their education simply because they cannot find affordable housing, writes Sarah Hamill, School of Law, in a piece first published in the Irish Independent.

28 Aug 2024

Research|Society

TILDA study reveals crucial insights on loneliness and death ideation among older adults

The research shows that loneliness in later life is associated with an increased risk of individuals wishing for their own death, but protective effects may include attending religious services and secular social activities.

28 Aug 2024

Health|Research|Science

AI-powered, big data research revolutionises understanding of autoimmune disease

New research, which uses semantic web and big data approaches thanks to a connection of patient registries across Europe, and which has just been published in The Lancet Rheumatology, provides evidence for improved diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.

27 Aug 2024

Health|Research|Science

Research reveals environmental and disease factors can speed up the brain’s biological age

By integrating advanced brain clocks and deep learning models, researchers at Trinity have uncovered how environmental, socioeconomic, and health conditions can either accelerate or protect against brain aging, offering new directions for personalised health interventions.

26 Aug 2024

Health|Research|Science|Society

Widespread fragmentation of services, no information, no support for tuberous sclerosis complex

Researchers call on policymakers, decision-makers, and ‘those who hold the purse strings’ to listen to the evidence and take action to enable individuals with TSC to receive the internationally recommended coordinated care they require to live full lives.

23 Aug 2024

Health|Research

New blood test for Alzheimer’s Disease could change how the disease is detected and diagnosed

Research undertaken in the Institute of Memory & Cognition at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) and published in the Alzheimer's Research and Therapy journal could change the way Alzheimer’s Disease is detected.

22 Aug 2024

Health|Research

School of Medicine podcast cuts through the noise on health science

The Off-Script’ podcast is an intersection of medicine, science and society and explores deep questions about the health and well-being of Ireland and the world through conversations with a host of Trinity College experts.

22 Aug 2024

Health|Research|Science|Society

Bioengineers develop hybrid grafts to combat cardiovascular disease

Researchers from AMBER and Trinity, led by Dr David Hoey, have successfully replicated the behaviour of a blood vessel and its guiding structure to regenerate damaged tissue.

20 Aug 2024

Health|Innovation|Research|Science