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Age, sex and blood pressure medications impact brain blood oxygen during standing

Researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College have found differences in the brain blood oxygen response to standing associated with age, sex and blood pressure medications.

9 Sep 2022

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TILDA study to support older family carers receives funding

The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity has been awarded a new grant as part of the Health Research Charities Ireland/Health Research Board Joint Funding Scheme.

6 Sep 2022

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Trinity researchers lead €3.2 million project targeted at degenerative retinal diseases

The project (EYE-D) will target diseases that can result in severe loss of vision and are estimated to affect 224,000 people in Ireland, and 40 million people worldwide.

5 Sep 2022

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Eleven Trinity researchers awarded €4 million to tackle global health challenges

The newly announced Investigator-Led Projects for Health (ILP) 2022 from the Health Research Board (HRB) will drive advancements in treatments and therapies across a broad range of human health and disease including neurodegenerative disease, respiratory disease, bloodstream infection, arthritis, cancer, and depression.

30 Aug 2022

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Reduction in brain tissue oxygenation placing older adults with multiple health conditions at risk of faints and falls

Researchers from Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) and the Department of Medical Physics at St James’s Hospital and Trinity College have discovered that brain tissue oxygenation is lower in frailer older adults with multiple health conditions (multi-morbidity), putting them at risk of faints and falls. Brain oxygenation - the measure of oxygen in brain tissue - reflects the balance between oxygen delivery and consumption and is vital for the maintenance of normal brain function and tissue integrity.

17 Aug 2022

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HRB Emerging Investigator Awards for three Trinity academic researchers

Trinity has won three of nine new Emerging Investigator Awards for Health (EIA) 2022 from the Health Research Board (HRB). All three awardees are from the School of Medicine at Trinity.

28 Jul 2022

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Female and financially stretched students most likely to be affected by Covid-19 stress

A new study examining Covid-19 stress among Irish college students has shown that certain sociodemographic groups were more likely to experience Covid-19-related stress.

28 Jul 2022

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World Head and Neck Cancer Day 2022

For World Head and Neck Cancer Day, we explore this cancer type that makes up 6% of all diagnoses worldwide with Professor Sinead Brennan, Consultant Radiation Oncologist and Clinical Associate Professor in Clinical Medicine at Trinity.

27 Jul 2022

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Trinity study finds up to one in four children in Dublin are vitamin D deficient

Scientists found deficiency was most prevalent in females, older children (aged over 12), children from socio-economically disadvantaged areas and during winter months.

27 Jul 2022

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Rose Anne Kenny appointed Regius Professor of Physic (1637)

Professor Rose Anne Kenny has been appointed Regius Professor of Physic (1637) at Trinity College Dublin. The Regius Professorship of Physic is the oldest professorship in Ireland and one of the oldest Medical Professorships in Europe (the Latin, Physic, referring to the art or practice of healing disease).

18 Jul 2022

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