Claire Potter
Dr Claire Potter is a Specialty Trainee in General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry and ICAT Fellow in Queen’s University Belfast. The Wellcome-Health Research Board Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) Programme is a unique all-Ireland cross-institutional programme for Clinician Scientists based at six Irish universities and their affiliated hospital groups. Currently a second year PhD…
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Andrew Neill is a PhD student in the Botany Department, School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. He holds an M.Sc. in Development Practice from a dual UCD-TCD program and has spent time working on environmental projects in Ireland, Fiji, and Luxembourg. His PhD research is part of the SFI funded BiOrbic bioeconomy research…
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Cathal Ryan is a PhD student in the Department of Biology, Maynooth University. He began his PhD in October 2021 with a John and Pat Hume Scholarship soon after completing his BSc. in Biotechnology in Maynooth. His research investigates how the fundamental process of mRNA translation is altered in the cell during viral infection. As…
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AoibhAn Sheedy is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering and CÚRAM centre for medical devices at National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). Her PhD is funded by the SFI LiFTETIME CDT Programme and investigates advanced immunotherapy and delivery strategies to treat ovarian cancer. This research will investigate the use of modified Natural Killer (NK) cells…
Read MoreCiara Shortiss
Ciara Shortiss is a PhD student in the Anatomy Department and Regenerative Medicine Institute, National University of Ireland Galway. Ciara completed her BSc Biological Sciences- Neuroscience in University College Cork, which included a year abroad in the University California San Diego, before completing a MSc in Regenerative Medicine in NUIG. Her PhD research is funded…
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Rose Higgins is a graduate of University College Dublin, having completed her Bachelor of Civil Law Degree with a minor in politics in 2021. A passionate advocate for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, upon graduation Rose took up a position with the Irish Refugee Council, supporting the organisation’s response to the crisis in…
Read MoreStephanie Joyce
Stephanie is a final year German and Irish language student at Maynooth University. She aspires to become an educator, actively working to improve the Irish education curriculum by making it more inclusive towards marginalized groups. Given Ireland’s increasing diversity, her ultimate goal is to develop training programs that equip primary and secondary school teachers to…
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Ross Malervy is an incoming student to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he will undertake an LLM degree. Originally from Kells, County Meath, Ross studied Law and Political Science in Trinity College Dublin for his undergraduate degree. Ross hopes to focus on comparative constitutional law and US adminstrative Law during his masters…
Read MoreRaphael Onwunali
Raphael holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from University College London and a B.A. (Joint Honours) in Law & International Languages from DCU. He was amongst the inaugural class of the DCU Emerging Alumni Leaders Programme 2020/21 and served as the Chairperson of the FLAC Society during his undergrad. Raphael is a Visual Artist and…
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Aaron Gallagher is a PhD student at Dublin City University’s School of Communications. His PhD investigates the relationship between sporting organisations, athletes and the media. As a Fulbright awardee at the University of Maryland, he will compare sports communications strategies between Europe and the United States, looking at how sport is covered by American journalists…
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