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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
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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
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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
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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
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Áine Griffin appointed as new Director of Trinity Communications
A highly experienced communications professional, Áine has held senior positions across strategic communications, media relations, outreach and engagement, and internal communications in the public service.
4 Sep 2024
Community|Culture
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Trinity’s 2024 CAO offers hit record high
There has been a modest fall-off in points, with an average drop of nine points across Level 8 Single Honours courses, and an average fall of six points for Joint Honours courses.
28 Aug 2024
Students