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Akara Robotics deploys two decontamination robots to NHS hospital

The Irish robotics startup, which spun out from Trinity, has developed two decontamination robots that have been deployed in a UK hospital, with the important mission of cleaning its wards and operating theatres more efficiently.

11 Dec 2024

Health|Innovation|Research|Society

Christine McGarrigle awarded prestigious National Institutes of Health grant for spousal caregivers research

Research will explore resilience of spousal caregivers across a number of countries, who face unique challenges in supporting partners living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD).

10 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Network raising awareness of ovarian cancer wins Irish Healthcare Award 2024

The Irish Network of Gynaecological Oncology (INGO) is coordinated by Dr Sharon O’Toole in the School of Medicine

9 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Society

Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute successfully selected into INTERACT-EUROPE 100

INTERACT-EUROPE 100 is a collaborative interdisciplinary training programme to improve cancer patient care across Europe

3 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

TransAtlantic Cancer Alliance for Liquid Biopsy Research and Training to be established through grant

The All-Ireland NCI Cancer Consortium (AICC) Research & Innovation Grant has been awarded to Dr Kathy Gately. The grant is delivered by the Health Research Board (HRB).

3 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health

Prestigious Wellcome Trust Award for Cathal Walsh and Matthew Chersich

The award valued at €3.3m over three years will enable the team to track the impacts of climate change on maternal and child health

2 Dec 2024

Environment|Health|Research|Science

GBHI welcomes Professor Iracema Leroi as new Site Director

Professor Leroi is a respected faculty member at GBHI and Professor in Geriatric Psychiatry at Trinity. She also serves as a Consultant Psychiatrist at St. James’s Hospital in Dublin

26 Nov 2024

Community|Health|Research

Research programme focuses on early-detection and PREVENT-ion of dementia and Alzheimer’s

The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) recently hosted the PREVENT General Assembly where 50 global experts in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease came together to discuss and present on research findings into the prevention and early-detection of these diseases.

25 Nov 2024

Health|Research

Rising heat exposure threatens maternal and newborn health, requiring urgent interventions

Largest review of evidence shows that heat exposure poses serious and wide-ranging health risks for pregnant women and their babies, including preterm birth, diabetes, hypertension and congenital anomalies

25 Nov 2024

Environment|Health|Society

Professor Seamus Martin awarded 2025 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal

Prof. Martin MRIA, Smurfit Professor of Medical Genetics within Trinity’s School of Genetics and Microbiology, won the Medal in Life and Medical Sciences. He was recognised for making a demonstrable and internationally recognised outstanding scholarly contribution in his field.

22 Nov 2024

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