Health - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

New early detection programme offers new insights for frailty detection

A newly-launched research programme - FRAILMatics - is discovering new objective signals of frailty that could translate into the next generation of transdisciplinary diagnostics for ageing adults.

29 Nov 2022

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

School of Medicine celebrates six HRB Knowledge Transfer Awards

The School scooped six awards across a range of disciplines in the latest round of funding from the Health Research Board (HRB).

24 Nov 2022

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Uniphar & Friends of Cross Present €110,000 Donation to Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute

A joint fundraising initiative between Uniphar PLC and the cancer charity ‘Friends of Cross’ was marked at Trinity College Dublin with the handover of a cheque amounting to €110,000 to the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute.

24 Nov 2022

Health

Uniphar & Friends of Cross Present €110,000 Donation to Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute

A joint fundraising initiative between Uniphar PLC and the cancer charity ‘Friends of Cross’ was marked at Trinity College on 23rd November with the handover of a cheque amounting to €110,000 to the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute.

24 Nov 2022

Health

Trinity Sport Scholars celebrated at Dining Hall Ceremony

Linda Doyle, Provost, Trinity College Dublin said: “It is impressive to see how the students balance their commitment to sport with their commitment to their studies"

22 Nov 2022

Awards and Funding|Health|Students

Orla Hardiman named 2022 SFI Researcher of the Year

Trinity researchers won three of nine awards at the 2022 SFI Summit event to celebrate the best of Irish research.

22 Nov 2022

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research

Experiences of methadone service users explored in human rights-based study

The study - published in the International Journal of Drug Policy - found that people who want or need to recover often end up feeling more marginalised because of their experiences of methadone services.

17 Nov 2022

Health|Research

New study explores IL-25 as potential target for inflammatory disease

A new study, published recently in the journal Antibody Therapeutics, describes the discovery of a novel antibody which may have therapeutic potential by blocking the progression of inflammation caused by the cytokine interleukin-25 (IL-25).

15 Nov 2022

Health|Innovation|Research

Trinity team unearths potential secret to viral resistance

Researchers worked with women infected by hepatitis C following exposure to contaminated anti-D medication in the 1970s. Some of these women exposed to the virus never showed symptoms and now – over 40 years on – the researchers believe they know why.

4 Nov 2022

Health|Research|Science

Promising results from psilocybin therapy trial for treatment-resistant depression

Trinity researchers have participated in the largest and most rigorous clinical trial to date of psilocybin. Their findings are published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

3 Nov 2022

Health|Research|Science