Meet the Team

 UCD DCRC Principal Investigators

Prof Catherine Godson Full Professor of Molecular Medicine/Centre Director Catherine.Godson@ucd.ie
Prof Orina Belton Associate Professor orina.belton@ucd.ie
Prof Donal Brennan Consultant/Professor donal.brennan@ucd.ie
Dr Eoin Brennan Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow) eoin.brennan@ucd.ie
Dr John Crean Lecturer in Pharmacology/Associate Professor John.Crean@ucd.ie
Dr Neil Gerard Docherty Lecturer in Anatomy/Assistant Professor neil.docherty@ucd.ie
Dr Jeffrey Glennon Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow) jeffrey.glennon@ucd.ie
Prof Helen Heneghan Full Professor of Surgery helen.heneghan@ucd.ie
Prof Carel Le Roux Professor of Experimental Pathology CarelLeRoux@ucd.ie
Dr Fiona McGillicuddy Assistant Professor fiona.mcgillicuddy@ucd.ie
Dr Monica de Gaetano Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Cell Biology & Genetics monica.degaetano@ucd.ie
Dr Karl Neff Adjunct Clinical Lecturer/Assistant Professor secretary.bariatrics@svph.ie
Prof Donal O'Shea Clinical Full Professor  diabetesandendoreferral@svph.ie
Dr Clare Reynolds Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow) clare.reynolds@ucd.ie
Prof Helen Roche Professor of Nutrigenomics helen.roche@ucd.ie
 

 Additional Principal Investigators

John Holian Clinical Associate Professor johnholian@ireland.com
Prof Finian Martin Emeritus Professor in Pharmacology finian.martin@ucd.ie
Dr Deirdre McGillicuddy Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Education deirdre.mcgillicuddy@ucd.ie
Prof Yvonne O'Meara Full Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics yomeara@mater.ie
Dr Denise Sadlier Clinical Professor denise.sadlier@ucd.ie

 

Research Support Staff, Fellows & Students

Research Project Manager

Current Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Dr Darrell Andrews
  • Dr Jessica Davis
  • Dr Stephen Fitzsimons 
  • Dr Christopher Shannon

Current PhD Students

  • Sana Ben-Harchache
  • Rachel Byrne
  • Antonino Cacace
  • Shane Clerkin
  • Tara Comber
  • Hilary Craig
  • Elana De Marco
  • Nicolas Deseez 
  • Thomas Dodd
  • Ross Doyle
  • Daniel Floss Jones
  • Michelle Kearns
  • Ciaran Kennedy
  • Elaine Kennedy
  • Ivan Krupa
  • Delphi Mac-White-Begg
  • Mariam Marai
  • Rianna McElroy 
  • Brian Mullen
  • Méabh Ní Chathail
  • Mairead Sullivan
  • Patrick Swan
  • Niall Treacy
  • Tanwi Vartak
  • James White

MSc Students

  • Anna Isayeva
  • Nesa Samuel Karunadhas
  • Niamh Mahon
  • Ciara McMahon

Research Assistant:

  • Darragh Buckley 
  • Kathleen Mitchelson 

Research Registrar:

  • Ahmed Al-Humadi
  • Babak Dehestani

Senior Technician/Laboratory Manager

  • Mr Andrew Gaffney