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- Professor Frank Barry   frank.barry@universityofgalway.ie 

Cell therapy, stem cells, advanced therapeutics in human medicine, GMP manufacturing of cell products, mesenchymal stromal cells, pluripotent stem cells, arthritic disease, especially osteoarthritis, diseases of bone and joints, gene therapy, clinical trials for cell therapy, and cell therapy in veterinary medicine

- Professor Margaret Barry   margaret.barry@universityofgalway.ie 

Mental health promotion -  promoting positive mental health and wellbeing at a population level

- Dr Manus Biggs   manus.biggs@universityofgalway.ie 

Medical implants, biomedical materials, regenerative medicine, stem cell biology, and tissue engineering

- Professor Molly Byrne   molly.byrne@universityofgalway.ie 

Health psychology, chronic disease prevention and self-management, especially cardiovascular disease and diabetes, health related behaviour, health behaviour change and health promotion, and behavioural aspects of pandemics, such as Covid 19

- Dr Paula Byrne   paula.byrne@universityofgalway.ie  

Evidence synthesis,  medical misinformation, statins for cardiovascular disease, justification of medical exposure to ionising radiation

- Dr Louise Campbell   louise.campbell@universityofgalway.ie 

Clinical ethics consultation/ ethical decision-making in medicine, medical assistance in dying (assisted dying/euthanasia), ethics in mental healthcare, research ethics, and public health ethics

- Professor John Carey   john.carey@universityofgalway.ie 

Osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases, DXA technology, clinical research and epidemiology, value and quality in healthcare

- Professor Máire Connolly   maire.connolly@universityofgalway.ie  

Global health security, emerging infectious diseases, pandemic preparedness and humanitarian response

- Dr Declan Coogan   declanp.coogan@universityofgalway.ie 

Child to parent aggression and violence, child and adolescent mental health, child protection and welfare services, rights of gender and sexual minorities, and  psychotherapy

- Professor Martin Cormican (seconded to the HSE)   martin.cormican@universityofgalway.ie 

Bacteriology, infection control, One Health, antibiotic resistance, and food borne infection

- Professor Eilís Dowd   eilis.dowd@universityofgalway.ie 

Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative diseases, pharmacology, neuropharmacology, and stem cells

- Professor Fidelma Dunne   fidelma.dunne@universityofgalway.ie 

Diabetes, gestational diabetes

- Dr Ciara Egan   ciara.egan@universityofgalway.ie 

Cognitive neuroscience focused on reading and dyslexia, and electroencephalogram (EEG)

- Professor Francis Finucane   francis.finucane@universityofgalway.ie  

Obesity, diabetes, commercial determinants of health, and public health policy

- Dr Una FitzGerald   una.fitzgerald@universityofgalway.ie 

Multiple Sclerosis (basic and translational research), medical devices (MS-focused), and Lab sustainability

- Dr Mairéad Foody   mairead.foody@universityofgalway.ie 

Bullying, cyberbullying and intimate image sharing

- Professor Laoise McNamara   laoise.mcnamara@universityofgalway.ie 

Biomedical engineering, medical devices, biomechanics, mechanobiology, and bone diseases, for example osteoporosis, metastasis

- Dr Bairbre McNicholas   bmcnicholas@universityofgalway.ie 

Clinical trials in critically ill patients, acute kidney injury, dialysis, biobanking and acute respiratory distress syndrome

- Professor Ciaran Morrison   ciaran.morrison@universityofgalway.ie 

DNA repair, cell division, cell cycle, radiation biology, cellular senescence, telomeres, cellular aging, cancer (mechanisms), genome engineering

- Micheál Ó Dálaigh   m.dalaigh1@universityofgalway.ie 

Blood cancer genomics

- Professor James O'Gara   jamesp.ogara@universityofgalway.ie 

Microbiology, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), MRSA, and disease mechanisms of bacterial pathogens including biofilms. Professor O'Gara has also contributed to The Conversation

- Professor Abhay Pandit, Director of CÚRAM   abhay.pandit@universityofgalway.ie 

Medical devices, drug delivery, biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and applications in back pain, cardiovascular, neural, and wound healing