Prof. Padraic Fallon
Professor of Translational Immunology, Clinical Medicine
- Research Institute:
Department of Clinical Medicine; Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI)
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- Research Area(s):
Allergies; ALLERGY; Animal Models; ANIMAL-MODELS; Asthma; CYTOKINE RESPONSES; DISEASE MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL COLITIS; Helminths; Immunotherapies; INFECTION; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; MATERNAL-FETAL INTERFACE; Parasites; Transgenic Mice.
Research Description:
Prof. Fallons research programmes focus on inflammatory diseases, clinical immunology and infections (helminths and COVID-19). The main diseases addressed are fibrotic disorders, allergic lung and skin inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease and haemophilia. The research on inflammatory diseases is across the human lifespan; from studies on skin diseases in infants, asthma in adults to the metabolic syndrome in the elderly.