TTMI Management Team

Dr. Sharee Basdeo

Dr. Sharee Basdeo

Assistant Professor in TB Immunology; TTMI Deputy Director and Space Committee Chair

Research Areas: Human alveolar macrophage, monocytes, Th17 cells, Tuberculosis, COVID-19, vaccines, heterologous immunity, trained immunity, metabolism, epigenetics.

Dr. Nollaig Bourke

Dr. Nollaig Bourke

Associate Professor, Medical Gerontology

Research Areas: Ussher Assistant Professor in InflammAgeing; TTMI Strategic & Future Research Talent Advisor

Dr. Eamon Breen

Dr. Eamon Breen

Operations Manager, Trinity Translational Medicines Institute

Research Support Areas: Head of Flow Cytometry

Ms. Mary Cunneen

Ms. Mary Cunneen

Biobank Coordinator, Trinity Translational Medicines Institute

Research Support Areas: Coordinator Biobank Services and Repositories.

Dr. Stephen Finn

Dr. Stephen Finn

Consultant Histopathologist and Principal Investigator; TTMI Strategic Advisor

Research Areas: Lung, Prostate, Ovarian, Drug Resistance, Therapeutics, Biomarkers, non-coding RNA, circRNA, Digital Pathology, Molecular Pathology

Professor Laura Gleeson

Professor Laura Gleeson

Associate Professor Consultant, Clinical Medicine; TTMI Clinical Engagement Advisor

Research Area: Tuberculosis

Mr. Eoin Kieran

Mr. Eoin Kieran

Knowledge Transfer Case Officer, Trinity Innovation; TTMI Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Advisor

Research Support Area: Knowledge Transfer, Intellectual Property and Commercialisation

Dr. Gina Renata Leisching

Dr. Gina Renata Leisching

Research Assistant Professor; TTMI Engaged Research Hub Advisor

Research Areas: Type I IFNs; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Immunometabolism; Tuberculosis.

Professor Mark Little

Professor Mark Little

Professor of Nephrology and Consultant Nephrologist; Director, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI)

Research Areas: ANCA Vasculitis, Autoimmune Disease, Inflammation, Immunology, Patient Registry, Biobanking, Biomarkers, Informatics, AI Digital Technology

Mr. Frank Mangan

Mr. Frank Mangan

Business Manager, Trinity Translational Medicines Institute

Research Support Area: TTMI Management

Dr. Lyn Markey

Dr. Lyn Markey

Business Development Manager, Knowledge Exchange (KnEx)

Research Support Areas: Business Development

Dr. Patrick Mitchell

Dr. Patrick Mitchell

Senior Lecturer Consultant, Clinical Medicine; TTMI Clinical Engagement Advisor

Research Areas: Management of complex airways and interstitial lung diseases; Severe Asthma; COPD; Interstitial lung disease; Sarcoidosis; Chronic Cough; Vasculitis.

Professor Eleanor Molloy

Professor Eleanor Molloy

Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health, Paediatrics; TTMI Strategic Advisor

Research Areas: Neonatal inflammation and Neonatal encephalopathy

Professor Jacintha O'Sullivan

Professor Jacintha O'Sullivan

Professor in Translational Oncology and Education Lead for the Trinity St. James’s Cancer Institute

Research Areas: Gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases and cancers, Tumour microenvironment, Treatment resistance, Drug Discovery, Metabolism, inflammation, Angiogenesis, Hypoxia, inflammatory and cancer, Ex vivo models, Diagnostic platforms

Dr. Adriele Prina Mello

Dr. Adriele Prina Mello

Ussher Assistant Professor in Translational Nanomedicine; TTMI Environmental Sustainability Manager

Research Areas: Advanced Translational Research of NanoMedicine (from Pre-clinical to Clinical, Precision, Personalised, Targeted nanomedicine)

Dr. Niamh Ryan

Dr. Niamh Ryan

Senior Research Fellow, Psychiatry; TTMI Engaged Research Hub Advisor

Research Areas: Senior Research Fellow, Psychiatry; TTMI Engaged Research Hub Advisor

Dr. Daniela Tropea

Dr. Daniela Tropea

Associate Professor, Psychiatry; TTMI Future Research Talent Advisor

Research Areas: Schizophrenia and Rett Syndrome.

Professor Johannes Wagener

Professor Johannes Wagener

Associate Professor Consultant, Clinical Microbiology; TTMI Future Research Talent Advisor

Research Areas: Antifungals; Biomarker development; Invasive fungal infections, aspergillosis, candidiasis, aspergillus, candida.

Dr. Cilian Ó Maoldomhnaigh

Dr. Cilian Ó Maoldomhnaigh

Clinical Senior Lecturer, Clinical Medicine; TTMI Clinical Engagement Advisor

Research Areas: Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections; Human Airway Macrophages; Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C); Non-sinogenic Brain Infections; Mycobacterium tuberculosis.