College of Medicine and Health, Funding Awardees 2023

COLLEGE ASSEMBLY WINTER 2023 FUNDING AWARDEES 1st JANUARY 2023 TO 1st DECEMBER 2023 www.ucc.ie/en/med-health

Clinical Research Facility Dr. Frances Shiely, HRB ILP POR, HRB / NUIG TMRN Working Group and HRB / NUIG TMRN SWAT Professor Mary Cahill, BeiGene UK - Biobanking Programme for Lymphoma, CLL and Blood Cancers Dr. Daniel Costello, SFI, FutureNeuro Phase 2

Obstetrics & Gynaecology Professor John Higgins, HSE NQPSD Collaborative Research

Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience Dr. Rebecca Henry, SFI Royal Society URF Dr. Siobhain O'Mahony (Saoirse Kelly), HRB SS Professor Gerard O'Keeffe, Anatomical Society PhD Studentship ‘SKOR1 Inhibition as a Therapeutic Approach - Parkinson’s Disease’ Dr. Harriet Schellekens (Cristina Cuesta Marti), IRC, GOIPG

General Practice

Physiology

Professor Tony Foley, HRB APA

Dr. Patrick Harrison, CFF Cystic Fibrosis Foundation/Case Western University

Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Professor Ken O’Halloran (Ben Murphy), IRC, GOIPG

Dr. Cathal McCarthy (Sean O’Regan), HRB SS Dr. Orla Barry, HEA & National Forum, SATLE Dr. Roisin Kelly-Laubscher, CCLG/Little Princess Trust CCLGA and EI CS Professor Christian Waeber (Robert Callaghan), IRC, GOIPG

Dr. John Mackrill (Emma Condon), IRC, GOIPG and Breakthrough Cancer Research, Musgrave Cancer Research PhD Scholarship (Ciara Gavin)

School of Public Health Dr. Sheena McHugh, HRB KTA Professor John Browne, Dr. Sheena McHugh, HRB APA Dr. Eilis O’Reilly (Asit Kumar Mishra), IRC DOROTHY Professor Ella Arensman, EI CS Proposal Prep Dr. Selena O'Connell, Dr. Eve Griffin (Haniya Roshan), HRB SS Professor Patricia Kearney (Ailish Ryan), HRB SS

Dr. Danko Stamenic, Dr. Linda O'Keeffe (Klaudia Drzymala), HRB SS Dr. Eve Griffin (Sophie Veronneau), HRB SS Dr. Ali Khashan (Auny Dayana Abdul Aziz), HRB SS Mary Cronin, EU Horizon UNIC4ER Engaged Seed Funding Scheme 2023 Traveller Peer - Researchers Dr. Karen Matvienko-Sikar, EI EC CS

Dr. Zubair Kabir (Eloise Nugent), HRB SS

Dr. Monica O’ Mullane, University of Glasgow, NIHR System-HIA

Dr. Linda O’Keeffe, HRB APA

Professor Ella Arensman, HRB ERA PerMed 'Permanens’

Dr. Susan Calnan, HRB ARPP

Dr. Caroline Daly, HRB ARPP

Surgery

Medicine Department

Professor Henry Paul Redmond, Novartis Ireland Ltd. "Development of cell free DNA (cfDNA) Monitoring Tests for Melanoma Cancer Patients

Professor Marietta Iacucci, UCC COMH Setup / Support for Advanced Imaging Equipment

Dr. Cathriona Foley, Breakthrough Cancer Research - GCRF

Dr. Andrew England, GE Healthcare - Rapid Assessment of Lung Cancer

Dr. Cathriona Foley (Nina Carlos-De Clercq), Breakthrough Cancer Research SS

Medical Education Unit

Professor Mark Corrigan, HSE NDTP/SSWHG Evidence Based Practice Research Fellow

Dr. Colm Ó Tuathaigh (Aoife Dempsey), HRB SS Dr. Eileen Duggan (Joseph Harrington), HRB SS Professor Deirdre Bennett, UCC Medical Education Unit Curriculum Review Report and HRB APRO

Nursing & Midwifery

School of Pharmacy

Professor Josephine Hegarty, EU HE PROTECT-EUROPE

Dr. Suzanne McCarthy, Dr. Aine O'Donovan, HSE – ’Exploration of Service User Experiences of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Ireland’ CAMHS

Dr. Aine O'Donovan, Dr. Suzanne McCarthy, HSE – ‘Exploration of Service User Experiences of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Ireland’ CAMHS Dr. Nicola Cornally, EI CS Proposal Prep Professor Patricia Leahy-Warren, UCC Professor and Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery Research Support and HRB APRO Dr. Angela Flynn, EU Horizon UNIC4ER UNIC Engaged Seed Funding Scheme - Engaged Research for Inclusion Health Dr. James O’ Mahony, HSE Dr. Anne-Marie Martin, IRC NF New Foundations

Professor Stephen Byrne, Dr. Kieran Dalton, Dr. Laura Sahm, Dr. Kevin Murphy, HSE iSIMPATHY Dr. Maria Donovan (Minh Trang Dam), HRB SS Dr. Margaret Bermingham, HEA & National Forum, SATLE Dr. Abina Crean (Nancy Moore), SFI EPSRC-CDT Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies Dr. Patrick O’ Dwyer, EI CS Dr. Aoife Fleming, HSE C&CRA

School of Clinical Therapies

Cancer Research at UCC

Dr. Joseph McVeigh, Dr. David Murphy, EU INTERREG SCALE-UP4REHAB

Professor Roisin Connolly, Professor Martin O’Sullivan, EU HORIZON MISS CANCER - ThermoBreast

Speech and Hearing Services Dr. Helen Kelly (Shauna Bell), IRC, GOIPG Dr Pauline Frizelle, HRB APRO and HRB DIFA

Clinical Gerontology & Rehabilitation Professor Suzanne Timmons, Mercy UHF Delirium-dementia Educational Curriculums, Attitudes, Pathways and Practice (DECAPP)

Dr. Seamus O’Reilly, Professor Roisin Connolly (Ciarán Murphy) HRB SS Professor Roisin Connolly, Breast Cancer Research Foundation BCRF Professor Aisling Barry, Start Up Research Fund Professor Jack Gleeson, UCC COMH Setup / Support (Cancer Research)

APC Microbiome Ireland Lakshmi Priyadarshini Krishnaswami, SFI, Cohort 4, SFI and UCC Supported Dr. Linda Katona, HRB EIA Professor Paul Ross, Nestle, DAFM IE-NZ RUmen Microbiome MINING for Bacterial Cultures to Reduce Methane and EU HORIZON ERC BACtheWINNER

Dr. Ken Nally, UCC "Access Charge Plan - APC Flow Cytometry Platform - BD FACSCelesta / BD FACSAria Fusion Professor Douwe Van Sinderen (Luiza Morawska), IRC, GOIPD Dr. John MacSharry, SFI UniHealth

Professor Liam O’ Mahony, SFI Frontiers for the Future

Professor Paul Ross (Mariba Perez Ibarreche), SFI

Professor Paul O’Toole, EU HORIZON-HLTH-TOOL-12-twostage - Microb-AI-ome

Professor Jennifer Mahony, Teagasc Walsh Fellowship

APC Microbiome Ireland Dr. Siobhain O’Mahony, EI CF “FemmeMeno” Professor Suzanne Timmons, Professor Paul O’Toole, SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED / The Global Grants for Gut Health

Professor Douwe Van Sinderen, Carbery Food Ingredients Bacteriophage Assessment Professor Douwe Van Sinderen, Danone / Bill & Melinda Gates

Dr. Andrey Shkopopov, Remi Denise, EU Horizon MCSA ARCHAIC

Dr. Linda Katona, NARSAD BBRF "Brain & Behaviour Research

Professor Paul O’Toole, EU Horizon MCSA - NUTROME

Professor Douwe Van Sinderen, Nutricia Research BV, Danone Bifdomics

Professor Douwe Van Sinderen (Katherine Lavelle), IRC, GOIPD Professor John Cryan (Rachel Durr), HRB SS

SFI GO-AHEAD "Gastrointestinal Oxytocin is importAnt in Health

APC Microbiome Ireland Jatin Nagpal, EI EC Coordination Support

UCC APCBursary23

Caoimhe Byrne, SFI

Professor Colin Hill (Christpher Turkington)

Professor Sarah Kittel-Schneider, EI CS Coordination Support

Dr. Siobhain O'Mahony (Clara Deady)

Dr. Lily Keane, Professor Subrata Ghosh, ChadTough Defeat DIPG New Investigator Grant

Dr. Harriet Schellekens (Harriet Schellekens)

Dr. Linda Katona, IBRO Professor Paul Ross, SFI Rapid Response Supplemental Grant for Displaced Researchers - Ukraine – Extension

Professor Paul Ross (Julie O’Sullivan) Professor Jens Walter, (Jens Walter) Professor Colin Hill (Miguel Fernandez de Ullivarri) Dr. Siobhain O'Mahony (Siobhain O'Mahony)

INFANT Research Centre Professor Eugene Dempsey, SFI Biophotonics @ Tyndall Phase 2 and EU Horizon EIC Pathfinder Open - Prometeus

Dr. Ali Khashan, EI Horizon Europe Travel Support

Professor Geraldine Boylan, EU ETHEREAL

Professor Keelin O’Donoghue (Marita Hennessy), IRC, GOIPD

Dr. Brian Walsh, Professor Deirdre Murray, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Juan Trujillo, Professor Geraldine Boylan (Aoife Gallagher), IRC, GOIPG

Dr. Fergus McCarthy, EI CF - pHetalSafe

Dr. Aine Hennessy, SFI

Professor Keelin O'Donoghue (Sinead Harkin), HRB SS

Dr. Ali Khashan, EI CS

Professor Deirdre Murray (Emma Hrvacic), HRB SS

Dr. Anne Marie Brennan, EI CF

Professor Richard Greene (Gillian Maher), IRC, GOIPD

Dr. Peter Barrett, HRB CSF

THANK YOU Professor Helen Whelton www.ucc.ie/en/med-health