Faculty Research Interests

Current UL-based research-active faculty* and their interests are:

	Prof. Colum Dunne: Microbiology, anti-infectives, wound-care, gastroenterology, nutrition, diet and wellness, human performance, clinical/intervention studies, novel technologies & medical devices, intellectual property management and use, medical humanities.
	Prof. Paul Finucane: Considerable background in research into aspects of the ageing process and of health and illness in old age.  Of late, his research interests have focused more on aspects of medical education and particularly on the development and evaluation of new approaches to medical education, medical humanities.
	Prof. Bill Shannon: Aspects of general practice & primary care, age-related conditions, medical education, medical humanities
	Prof. William O'Connor:  Human physiology, neuroscience, microdialysis, tissue chemistry, translational research.
	Prof. Nigel Lawes: Anatomy, neuroscience,  imaging technologies (white matter pathways in living human subjects using diffusion tensor imaging), central autonomic pathways, quantitative methods in the microscopy of the nervous system, neural control of gastrointestinal motility, hearing and balance disorders.
	Dr. Deirdre McGrath:  Aspects of medical education in particular factors that give rise to progression and failure, respiratory consequences of obesity, clinical application of medical devices, interprofessional learning.
	Prof. Walter Cullen:  Primary care's role caring for vulnerable patient groups, especially problem drug / alcohol use and youth mental health, development of primary care research infrastructure, engagement with priority issues in health and social care locally.
	Prof. Clodagh O'Gorman: Clinical paediatric care, childhood obesity - aetiology & prevalence, metabolic and vascular risk, type 1 diabetes mellitus, intervention studies, novel technologies & medical devices.
	Prof. J Calvin Coffey: Gastrointestinal malignancy, inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, genetics, systems biology, bioinformatics, microbial ecology, pathogenesis of surgical gastrointestinal disease, pouchitis, ileal pouch anal anastomosis, surgical technique, translational medicine, technology transfer, biomedical device, clinical trials, sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrom, faecal incontinence, pelvic floor disorders, quality of life, outcome prediction, postoperative complications, postoperative ileus.
	Prof Stewart Walsh: Perioperative care, ischaemic preconditioning, ischaemia-reperfusion injury, perioperative risk stratification, surgical quality assurance, clinical trials, meta-analysis
	Prof. David Meagher: Neuropsychiatry of delirium across clinical settings, emphasis on palliative care, CL psychiatry and elderly medical populations. Definition and nosology/ detection and assessment / clinical subtyping and management of prognostic indicators. Computerized technology / electronics in detection and monitoring of patients with acute cognitive failure/delirium.  Mental health services research particularly implementation of evidence-based practices in real-world settings, the interface between mental health and primary care, measurement and determinants of the educational environment in medical education programmes.

*UL benefits from the significant research capabilities and activities of its Adjunct Professors: Prof. Declan Lyons, Prof. Pierse Grace, Prof. Dominic Harmon, Prof. John Fenton, Prof. Eric Masterson, and Prof. Des Leddin in areas such as cardiovascular health, surgery, psychiatry, and nutrition. This list is not exhaustive and these activities are outlined in detail elsewhere.