UCD Department of Medicine & Therapeutics
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
Telephone: +353-1-830 7419   Fax: +353-1-830 8404

Research Interests

Catherine Blake BPhysio, MMedSc

Specialty Interest: Musculoskeletal function in end-stage renal disease; Quality of life and economic impact of end-stage renal disease.

Hugh Brady MB, BCh, BAO, BSc(Pharmacol), PhD(Physiol), MD, FRCPI, ABIM (Internal Medicine and Nephrology)

Specialty Interest: Nephrology and Hypertension.
Research Interests: Kidney diseases; Glomerulonephritis; Acute Renal Failure; Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation and Atherosclerosis; Leukocyte Trafficing; Lipoxygenase Products; and Drug Design.

Sarah Cannon BSc

Research Interests: Regulation of Glomerular Endothelial and Mesangial Cell Proliferation; Cell Isolation and Culture; Signal Transduction.

Patrick Coleman MB, BCh, BAO, MRCPI

Research Interests: Glomerular Endothelial and Mesangial Cell Function.

Pauline Diamond MB, MRCPI

Research Interests: Endothelial Cell Pathology; Cell Signalling.

Catherine Godson BSc(Biochem), PhD(Pharmacol)

Research Interests: Molecular Mechanisms of Disease in Inflammation and Atherosclerosis; Receptor Cloning; and Signal Transduction.

Killeen Harvey MSc

Research Interests: Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting; Regulation of Neutrophil Apoptosis by Lipoxygenase Products and Other Inflammatory Mediators.

Caitriona King PhD

Research Interests: Mechanisms of DNA injury and repair.

Paola Maderna PhD

Research Interests: Lipoxygenase Product Biosynthesis during Cell-Cell Interaction; Platelet-neutrophil and Platelet-endothelial Cell Adhesion; Regulation of Leukocyte Trafficking and Thrombosis by Lipid Mediators.

Madeline Murphy PhD

Research Interests: Differential Gene Expression in Diabetes Mellitus; PCR; and Gene Cloning.

Fiona McPhillips PhD

Research Interests: Cytokine and Growth Responses; Cell Signalling and Regulation of Transcription.

Henry Ooi MB, BCh, BAO, MRCPI

Research Interests: Mechanisms of Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling.

Yvonne O'Meara MD, MRCPI, ABIM

Specialty Interest: Nephrology and Hypertension.
Research Interests: Mechanisms of Progression of Proteinuria and Renal Disease; Managment of End-stage Renal Failure; Quality Assurance in Nephrology and Hypertension

David Powell MD, BCh, BAO, MRC Path (Lond), FRCPI

Research Interests: Calcium Metabolism and Infertility.

Dermot Power MB, BCh, BAO

Research Interests: Internal Medicine; and Molecular Aspects of Atherosclerosis.