Dean's Research Initiatives Fund
In 2017-18 the Faculty of Health Sciences launched its third call for the Dean's Research Initiatives Fund, which aims to advance the research priorities of Trinity College’s Strategic Plan 2014-2019, raise the national and international profile of the University and increase receipt of Horizon 2020 and HRB awards, as well as other funding. The Dean’s Research Initiatives Fund awards investigators with seed funding that provides the foundation necessary to secure extramural funding for cutting edge, innovative and transformative research. The Principal Investigator must be a member of the academic or research staff of the Faculty of Health Sciences in Trinity College.
A high volume of quality applications were received from across all four Schools in the Faculty, and each of the six research focus areas of the award were represented. It is with great pleasure that we announce six winners of the 2017-18 Faculty of Health Sciences Dean's Research Initiatives Fund:
PROJECT TITLE: Reclassification of THyroid cancer - Implications for patient Management and wellbeing (RyTHM)
A project employing Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in Fine Needle Aspiration and Liquid Biopsies of Thyroid to determine the implications for patient management and wellbeing.
FOCUS AREA: Cancer/ Evidence Based Clinical Practice/ Biomedical Sciences
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) AND RESEARCH TEAM:
Orla Sheils Director TTMI, Professor in Molecular Pathology
Marie-Louise Healy Consultant Endocrinologist
Paul Smyth Post-Doctoral Scientist, Senior Clinical Scientist
Mary Toner Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
Esther O’Regan Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
PROJECT TITLE: Peer-developed pharmacy resources for the Traveller community
FOCUS AREA: Population Health (also incorporating Digital Health)
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) AND RESEARCH TEAM:
Principal Investigator:
Assoc. Prof. Sheila Ryder, Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, TCD
Co-Principal Investigators:
Asst. Prof. Eimear Ní Sheachnasaigh, Assistant Professor in Pharmacy Practice and Practice Educator, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, TCD
Ms. Susan O’Dwyer, Healthcare Development Manager, Boots Retail Ireland Limited.
Collaborators:
Mr. Nurul Amin, Primary Healthcare Co-ordinator, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre.
Asst. Prof. Ronnie Moore, Assistant Professor in Medical Anthropology and Sociology, School of Sociology and School of Public Health Medicine, UCD.
Asst. Prof. Delesha Carpenter, Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Asst. Prof. Christine Poulter, Head of Department of Drama, School of Creative Arts, TCD.
PROJECT TITLE: Examining the impact of a social prescribing service for individuals living with and beyond cancer.
FOCUS AREA: Cancer
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) AND RESEARCH TEAM:
Principal Investigator:
Dr Deirdre Connolly, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine
Research Team:
Professor John Kennedy, Medical Oncology, St James's Hospital
Dr Cliona Grant, Medical Oncology, St James's Hospital
Dr David Robinson, Local Asset Mapping Project (LAMP), Mercer Institute for Successful Ageing, St James's Hospital
Ms Roisin Ryder, Fatima Groups United, Fatima Family Resource Centre, Irish Cancer Society
PROJECT TITLE: Quality of life in pregnant and postpartum women with urinary incontinence: a systematic review, feasibility study, and mapping of standards of care.
FOCUS AREA: Population Health
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) AND RESEARCH TEAM:
Dr Deirdre Daly (PI)
Dr Patrick Moran (co-PI)
Dr Francesca Wuytack (co-PI)
Prof Cecily Begley (co-applicant)
Mrs Cinny Cusack (co-applicant)
PROJECT TITLE: Gene-Environment Interaction Study: Gene-by-UVB Interaction Effects on Vitamin D Status
FOCUS AREA: Population Health
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) AND RESEARCH TEAM:
Dr Lina Zgaga (Principal Investigator), Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health & Primary Care, Institute of Population Health, Trinity College Dublin
Fiona O’Sullivan (post-doctoral researcher), currently a PhD Candidate,
Public Health & Primary Care, Institute of Population Health, Trinity College Dublin
PROJECT TITLE: Investigating the cellular mechanisms controlling HIV driven inflammageing
FOCUS AREA: Biomedical Sciences, Ageing
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S) AND RESEARCH TEAM:
Principal Investigators:
Dr Nollaig Burke, Ussher Assistant Professor of Inflammageing, School of Medicine. TCD
Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases SJH & Senior Lecturer in Medical Gerontology, School of Medicine, TCD.
Research Team:
Prof Colm Bergin, Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases, SJH & Clinical Professor, TCD
Prof Rose Anne Kenny, Professor Geriatric Medicine; Consultant, Centre for Medical Gerontology; PI The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
