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Trinity health researchers win 11 HRB awards valued at €4.75m

Eleven researchers across multiple disciplines of health science research have been awarded funding in the Health Research Board’s (HRB) most recent Investigator-Led Projects (ILP) award scheme, announced today. Each project will be funded for a maximum of four years.

17 Sep 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Society

School of Medicine launches Policy and Civic Engagement Report 2024

The 'Advancing engagement for better health impacts' report is a testament to the dedication and impact of both Trinity staff and the School's external stakeholders in driving meaningful societal change.

17 Sep 2024

Community|Health|Research|Society

All the fun of Front Square at Trinity's Child Health Research Festival

Trinity is set to throw open its gates and welcome families and the general public onto Front Square on Wednesday, September 25th for an evening of celebration and discovery.

13 Sep 2024

Community|Health|Research|Society

TILDA joins Global WHO Network for Ageing and Life Course Research

This prestigious designation recognises the ongoing collaborative efforts between TILDA and WHO in supporting research and initiatives to promote healthy ageing across the life course.

9 Sep 2024

Health|Research|Science|Society

Weather in deep space and brain repair – Trinity duo win ERC Starting Grants

Dr Johanna Vos and Dr Michael-John Dolan will respectively pursue research aimed at better understanding weather patterns in extrasolar worlds deep in the galaxy, and at uncovering the secrets of brain disorders and repair.

5 Sep 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Trinity bioengineer secures Wellcome funding to develop new tissue engineering approach

Dr Josephine Wu, from Trinity’s School of Engineering and the Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, has secured a Wellcome Early Career Award to pursue a tissue engineering project that could provide an exciting new approach to regenerative medicine.

30 Aug 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

TILDA study reveals crucial insights on loneliness and death ideation among older adults

The research shows that loneliness in later life is associated with an increased risk of individuals wishing for their own death, but protective effects may include attending religious services and secular social activities.

28 Aug 2024

Health|Research|Science

AI-powered, big data research revolutionises understanding of autoimmune disease

New research, which uses semantic web and big data approaches thanks to a connection of patient registries across Europe, and which has just been published in The Lancet Rheumatology, provides evidence for improved diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.

27 Aug 2024

Health|Research|Science

Research reveals environmental and disease factors can speed up the brain’s biological age

By integrating advanced brain clocks and deep learning models, researchers at Trinity have uncovered how environmental, socioeconomic, and health conditions can either accelerate or protect against brain aging, offering new directions for personalised health interventions.

26 Aug 2024

Health|Research|Science|Society

Widespread fragmentation of services, no information, no support for tuberous sclerosis complex

Researchers call on policymakers, decision-makers, and ‘those who hold the purse strings’ to listen to the evidence and take action to enable individuals with TSC to receive the internationally recommended coordinated care they require to live full lives.

23 Aug 2024

Health|Research