Dr Antoinette O’Connor is a graduate of UCC medical school who completed a PhD in familial Alzheimer’s disease at University College London. She has also completed a clinical fellowship in neurodegenerative diseases at Tallaght University Hospital, where she is now working as a consultant neurologist. She has been awarded a HRB Emerging Clinician Scientist Award to… Read more »
Laura Clifford graduated with a degree in Biomedical Science from UCC/CIT in 2003 after which she started as a Medical Scientist in Histology in the Mercy University Hospital. Laura completed her MSc in Molecular pathology from DIT/Trinity in 2006 and commenced as a Senior Medical Scientist with Breastcheck first based in the Mercy University Hospital… Read more »
Upon completing the BSc in Medical Science programme at Dublin Institute of Technology (now TU Dublin), Claire gained valuable experience working in a diagnostic Haematology laboratory before pursuing research in the field, which led to the award of both an MPhil and a PhD. In 2013, she joined TU Dublin in her current role and… Read more »
Aisling is a Medical Scientist in the Clinical Immunology Laboratory at Cork University Hospital and a PhD candidate in the Biological Sciences department at Munster Technological University. She began her PhD in 2020 after completing an MSc in Medical Science with the University of Ulster. Her research to date has primarily focused on Multiple Myeloma… Read more »
I am a Consultant Medical Virologist and Honorary Reader in Virology at King’s College Hospital and King’s College London in South London.
After graduating from UCD in 2016 with a Pharmacology degree, I joined the National Virus Reference Laboratory in 2017. In 2018, I was promoted to a technical officer post and now currently work as a senior technical officer in the Molecular Virology Section. My work involves performing diagnostic tests in line with established procedures and… Read more »
Dr. Charlene Bennett is a virologist working to strengthen public health surveillance and diagnostic capabilities in Ireland. As the Head of the WHO National Polio Laboratory of Ireland and WHO Programme Coordinator at the National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL), she supports efforts to maintain the lab’s role as a WHO-accredited Polio Reference Laboratory, contributing to… Read more »
Úna Gaughan Is a Senior Medical Scientist in the Galway Blood and Tissue Establishment and has many years’ experience working in transfusion and autologous stem cell transplantation. Her primary focus is always to try and improve the patient experience and previous projects have included the SAOLTA Group rerouting program and remote issue of red cells… Read more »
