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PhD Graduates 2000-2021

2021

Dr. Claire Sweeney (2021) A Precision Medicine Approach to Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Risk Prediction and Treatment: A Retrospective Analysis in the STOP-HF Cohort. (Supervisors Professor Cristin Ryan and Professor Mark Ledwidge)
Dr. Yin Lu (2021) Chemical biology studies on human and mouse secondary bile acids. (Supervisor Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Niamh McNamee (2021) Investigations of extracellular vesicles in triple-negative breast cancer. (Supervisor Professor Lorraine O'Driscoll)
Dr. Jinfan Wang (2021) Best Practice for the Scientific Evaluation of Traditional Herbal Medicines: Houttuynia cordata Thunb Saururaceae - A Case Study. (Supervisors Associate Professor Helen Sheridan and Associate Professor Astrid Sasse)
Dr.Fiona Shannon (2021) Traditional Medicinal Knowledge in post-famine Ireland:An analysis of material from the Schools’ Manuscript Collection, identifying the most common medical practices and plant species used in the 1930s. (Supervisors Associate Professor Helen Sheridan and Associate Professor Astrid Sasse)
Dr. Kate O' Reilly (2021) A study of glial associated changes in the complexity of primary cortical neurons. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)

2020

Dr. Juliette O'Connell (2020) Addressing the complexity of medication use in older people with intellectual disability. (Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)
Dr. Hadiah Almutairi (2020) Factors associated with the use of gastrointestinal medicines among older people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland. (Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)
Dr. Alan McDonagh (2020) The production of crystalline powders by spray drying to improve the mechanical and flow properties of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (Supervisor Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. Ricardo Machado Cruz (2020) New solid forms of itraconazole and their pharmaceutical applications (Supervisor Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)

2019

Dr. Michelle Lowry (2019) Investigating mechanisms of anti-cancer drug resistance in breast cancer cells and extracellular vesicles. (Supervisor Professor Lorraine O'Driscoll)
Dr. Eoin O'Neill (2019) Targeting glial B2-adrenoceptors for immunomododulation & neuroprotection in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Agnieszka Kozyra (2019) The production and characterisation of itraconazole multicomponent systems. (Supervisor Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. Zeeshan Anwar (2019) Synthesis of Tubulin inhibitors with variable molecular hinges for the attachment of aminopeptidase N targeting Moieties. (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Kate McComiskey (2019) The production, characterisation, stabilization and isolation of azole anti-fungal nanoparticles. (Supervisor Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. David Walsh (2019) Preparation of cocrystal-in-excipient systems by advances pharmaceutical methods. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy)
Dr. Mohammed Ali Selo (2019) The Role of Drug Transporters in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. (Supervisor Professor Carsten Ehrhardt)

2018

Dr. Hanah Mesallati (2018) The production and characterization of fluoroquinolone amorphous solid dispersions (Supervisor Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. Caoimhe Clerkin (2018) Characterisation of the functional role of OCTN1 in the pathogenesis of COPD. (Supervisor Professor Carsten Ehrhardt)
Dr. Maria Pigott (2018) Intestinal targeting of small molecule MMP and TGR5 ligands for inflammatory bowel disease. (Supervisor Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Azizah Malebari (2018) The design, synthesis and evaluation of antiproliferative tubulin-targeting B-lactam C A-4 analogues as novel bioactive compounds. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Kit Yee Chan (2018) The impact of the PH46 scaffold modification on inflammatory activity in IBD. (Supervisor Associate Professor Helen Sheridan)
Dr. Denise Ropero (2018) Phytochemical studies on choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl'. (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Gloria Ana (2018) Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel tubulin targeting agents. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Jennifer David (2018) Targeting the NMDA receptor/NO signalling athway following L-alpha aminoadipic acid-induced astrocytic impairment and associated changes in the sructural plasicity of neurons (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Susan O'Dwyer (2018) The role of community pharmacists in disease prevention: A study of the delivery of clinical pharmacy services in community pharmacy in Ireland. (Supervisor Associate Professor Sheila Ryder)
Dr. Elaine Dempsey (2018) The gut brain axis in inflammatory bowel disease: Assessment of the central inflammatory response to dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in rats. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)

2017

Dr. Sadhbh O'Neill (2017) Circulating miRNA Biomarkers in Metabolic Syndrome and Clinical Obesity and their Link with Triple Negative Breast Cancer (Supervisor Professor Lorraine O'Driscoll)
Dr. Grainne Kirwin (2017) Investigation of models of clinical pharmacy to facilitate integrated medication management and reconciliation between primary and secondary care (Supervisor Associate Professor Tamasine Grimes)
Dr. Katherine O'Farrell (2017) The impact of kynurenine pathway activation in glia on neuronal integrity. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Jason Gavin (2017) Chemical biology studies on Ursodeoxycholic acid and azo prodrugs. (Supervisor Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Kieran Gallagher (2017) Understanding the role of low glass transition temperature excipients in the mitigation of amorphisation on mechanical processing. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy)
Dr. Catherine Byrne (2017) An investigation to optimise teicoplanin therapy in patients with haematological malignancy and Gram-positive infection. (Supervisor Associate Professor Sheila Ryder)

2016

Dr. Susan Breslin (2016) Investigations of mechanisms of drug-resistance and associated biomarkers in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer (Supervisor Associate Professor Lorraine O’Driscoll)
Dr. Conor O’Shea (2016) Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrazolyl 1, 4-dihydropyridines, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidines and related compounds as antiproliferative agents. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Francis Quilty (2016) Mechanistic Studies into the effect of Deoxycholic Acid on Oesophageal cancer initiation and progression. (Supervisors Associate Professor John Gilmer & Professor Aideen Long)
Dr. Vilmar Bandero (2016) Design, Development and Biological Evaluation of A Novel Bioactive Indane Scaffold. (Supervisors Associate Professor Helen Sheridan & Associate Professor Neil Frankish)
Dr. Eoin Sherwin (2016) Regional specific modulation of neuronal activation associated with the antidepressant-related properties of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitors. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Eileen O’Toole (2016) The impact of pharmacological modulation of the NMDA-receptor/NO signalling pathway on neuronal complexity in vitro. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Eimear O’Neill (2016) Protective effects of noradrenergic and neurotrophic signalling on neuronal complexity in vitro. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Justin Yssel (2016) Targeting the noradrenergic system for anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective actions in an animal model of Parkinson’s disease. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Andrew Byrne (2016) Design, Synthesis and biochemical evaluation of novel Anthracenes, Ethanoanthracenes and related compounds to target Burkitt’s Lymphoma (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Ronan Grimes (2016) Medicine use in type 2 diabetes in Ireland: an analysis of treatment patterns and prescriptions roots. (Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)
Dr. Bernadette Flood (2016) The specialist pharmacist and quality indicators of medication use in the care of people with intellectual disabilities and behaviour disorders. (Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)
Dr. Nailia Mugheirbi (2016) Engineering of Itraconazole nano- and microparticles with improved pharmaceutical performance. (Supervisor Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)

2015

Dr. Tadgh Cotter (2015) Design, synthesis and evaluation of indazoles of antiproliferative agents. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Keith O’Brien (2015) Triple negative breast cancer-derived extracellular - vesicles as naturally-occurring therapeutic delivery systems. (Supervisor Associate Professor Lorraine O’Driscoll)
Dr. Shane Gormley (2015) Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in animal models of depression. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Mary-Claire Kennedy (2015) Factors affecting the pharmacotherapeutic management of chronic non-malignant pain in ageing and elderly population in Ireland. (Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)
Dr. Maire O’Dwyer (2015) Prevalence, Patterns and Factors Associated with Multiple Medicines Use in an Ageing Population with Intellectual Disability in Ireland. (Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)
Dr. Cicely Roche (2015) Moral reasoning competencies development in community pharmacists in Ireland: a repeated measures crossover study. (Supervisor Professor Marek Radomski)
Dr. Brian William Moran (2015) The design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel multiple targeting anti-cancer agents. (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)

2014

Dr. Shane O’Sullivan (2014) Nitrate-barbiturate compounds inhibit matrix metalloproteinase-9 in in-vitro and in-vivo models of intestinal inflammation. (Supervisor Assistant Professor Carlos Medina Martin)
Dr. Barry McGuinness (2014) Rodent models of immunologically induced depression and anxiety related behaviour and associated biomarkers. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Eimear Fagan (2014) The impact of pro-inflammatory cytokines on the kynurenine pathway, glucocorticoid sensitivity and serotonin transport in microglia: Implications for depression and the anti-inflammatory properties of antidepressants. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Martina Hughes (2014) Inflammation, the stress response system and the kynurenine pathway in the pathogenesis of depression and response to ECT. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Cathal Cadogan (2014) An exploration of the role of community pharmacists in the supply of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in Ireland. (Supervisor Assistant Professor Sheila Ryder)
Dr. Vincent Curtin (2014) Investigations of the potential of crystalline excipients to prevent the process-induced amorphisation of active pharmaceutical ingredients. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy)
Dr. Joanne Crean (2014) The optimisation, characterisation and platelet compatibility of polymeric nanocarriers loaded with NSAIDs. (Supervisor Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)

2013

Dr. Ekatherine Prokopiou (2013) Pre-clinical evaluation of novel tumour vascular disrupting agents. (Supervisors Assistant Professor Sheila Ryder & Assistant Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Rizwan Masood Sheikh (2013) Response and resistance in advanced cancer (Supervisor Associate Professor Lorraine O’Driscoll)
Dr. Marika Doucet (2013) Investigation of the PSD-95/nNOS protein interaction as a target for antidepressant activity. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Aine Abautret-Daly (2013) An investigation of the impact of experimental colitis and inflammatory bowel disease on behaviour and on systemic and central inflammation. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Valentina Gigliucci (2013) Neuronal nitric oxide synthase: a novel target for antidepressant activity. (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Caitriona O’Neill (2013) Treatment Patterns, Costs and Outcomes of Cancer Care among Older Adults: A Population-Based Analysis. (Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)
Dr. Billy Egan (2013) Identification of novel targets for cancer chemotherapeutic agents: Design, synthesis and evaluation of chromene based compounds with affinity for steroid hormone receptors. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Patrick Kelly (2013) Dual acting nuclear receptor targeting conjugates: Design, synthesis and biochemical evaluation. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Brian William Moran (2013) The Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Multiple Targeting Anti-Cancer Agents ( Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Adrian Coogan (2013) Design and Synthesis of Tubulin-Binding Agents, and their Incorporation into Novel Dual-Acting Hybrid Molecules Targeting the Tumour Vasculature (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Gary Stack (2013) Stereoselective Synthesis of Novel Tubulin Inhibitors with Diverse Functionality for Integration into Molecular Conjugates and Designed Multiple Ligands. (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Anita Monika Umerska (2013) Formulation and characterisation of polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles for the delivery of salmon calcitonin (Supervisor Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. Christine Grossjohann (2013) Pharmaceutical cocrystals: a contribution to fundamental studies addressing solubility, dissolution, formation and characterisation (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy, Professor Owen I Corrigan & Assoc. Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. Shu Wang (2013) Investigations of beta-lactams as novel bioactive compounds. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Evelyn O’Shea (2013) Investigation of the solid-state, powder flow and tabletability properties of comminuted active pharmaceutical ingredients. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy, Professor Owen I Corrigan & Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. Kathleen Niamh Buckley (2013) The role of the community pharmacist in optimising patients’ inhaler use in asthma management. (Supervisor Assistant Professor Sheila Ryder)
Dr. Stephany Micallef (2013) Characterisation of Polymorphisms on the Promoter Region of the Human Histamine 4 Receptor. (Supervisor Assistant Professor Astrid Sasse)
Dr. Maria Dul (2013) Engineering a Novel Insulin Delivery System (Supervisors Associate Professor Lidia Tajber & Assistant Professor Astrid Sasse)
Dr. Claire Corcoran (2013) Intracellular and extracellular biomarkers predictive of response to anti-cancer treatments for breast and prostate cancer. (Supervisor Associate Professor Lorraine O’Driscoll)
Dr. Ikarastika Rahayu Abdul Wahab (2013) Chemical and pharmacological studies on Pereskia bleo kunth. (Cactaceae) and Choisya ternata Kunth. (Rutaceae) (Supervisor Assistant Professor Fabio Boylan)
Dr. Stefano Bianco (2013) The effect of processing on the solid state characteristics of selected sulphonamides and their sodium salts, alone and as drug-salt composites. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy, Professor Owen I Corrigan & Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. Ferenc Májer (2013) Synthetic, photophysical and biological studies into new tools for investigating bile acid disposition and toxicity. (Supervisor Associate Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Maria Inës Amaro (2013) Development of salmon calcitonin (sCT) nanoporous/nanoparticulate microparticles for pulmonary delivery. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy, Professor Owen I Corrigan & Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. Elaine Breen (2013) The design, synthesis and preliminary evaluation of prodrugs and hybrid drugs with tubulin polymerisation inhibitory activity and anti-proliferative activity. (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh).
Dr. Maeve E. Malone (2013) A clinical pharmacokinetic evaluation of amphotericin B Lipid Complex in critically ill patients. (Supervisor Assistant Professor Deirdre D’Arcy)

2012

Dr. Jennifer Rouine (2012) Investigation of cerebral perfusion changes following MDMA “Ecstasy” administration in an animal model using bolus-tracking arterial spin labelling MRI. (Supervisor: Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Bozena E. Adamczyk (2012) Development of microemulsions and self-emulsifying systems for oral drug delivery. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy & Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Deirdre Frances Finn (2012) Studies on the design, synthesis and stability of novel anti-allergy agents. (Supervisor Assistant Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Wei Shi (2012) Design and synthesis of 4-(1,3-diaryl-1H-pyrazole-4-yl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine compounds and evaluation as anti-proliferative and multi drug (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Johanna J. Salomon (2012) Drug transport across the human respiratory epithelial barrier (Supervisor Associate Professor Carsten Ehrhardt)
Dr. Alan Michael Gaffney (2012) Blood biocompatibility of polyvinyl, chloride surface-modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes. (Supervisor Professor Marek Radomski)
Dr. Elena Schwagerus (2012) Functional expression of the epithelial sodium channel o-sub unit in human respiratory epithelial cells. (Supervisor Associate Professor Carsten Ehrhardt)
Dr. Bo Liu (2012) Investigation of factors affecting dissolution under biorelevant low velocity hydrodynamic conditions, using in vitro and in-silico methods (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan & Assistant Professor Deirdre D’Arcy)

2011

Dr. Sibylle Endter (2011) Characterisation of drug transporters in human respiratory epithelial cells. (Supervisor Associate Professor Carsten Ehrhardt)
Dr. Eileen Relihan (2011) The design, implementation, and evaluation of a medication safety programme in an acute Irish teaching hospital. (Supervisor Assistant Professor Sheila Ryder)
Dr. Eve Leonie Baginski (2011) Optimisation of pulmonary drug delivery of the model peptide drug, salmon calcitonin (Supervisor Associate Professor Carsten Ehrhardt)
Dr. Bassem I. Yassin (2011) Stability and hydrolysis studies of novel dual acting conjugate drugs with anticancer activity (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Yvonne M. McNamara (2011) Design synthesis and biochemical evaluation of novel antiproliferative agents for the treatment of Burkitt’s Lymphoma (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Krzysztof Jan. Paluch (2011) Solid-state characteristics of pre and post-spray dried active pharmaceutical ingredients, salts and co-crystalline forms. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy, Professor Owen I Corrigan & Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr Janani Swaminathan (2011) Liposomes as carriers for systemic delivery of salmon calcitonin by inhalation. (Supervisor Associate Professor Carsten Ehrhardt)

2010

Dr. Ruchika Sharma (2010) Investigations into bile acid effects on the golgi apparatus, cell viability and glucocorticoid receptor distribution in esophageal cells
(Supervisor Associate Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Niamh O’Boyle (2010) synthesis and biochemical evaluation of novel antiproliferative B-Lactams (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Tao Zhang (2010) The Synthesis of Novel Mast Cell Stabilisers from Benzocycloalkanones. (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Juan Jose Corbalan Penas (2010) Synthetic amorphous silica nanoparticles induce human endothelial cell inflammation and platelet aggregation: role of NF-KB and reactive nitrogen species (Supervisor Assistant Professor Carlos Medina and Professor Marek Radomski)
Dr. Aneta Radziwon (2010) Platelets decrease chemotherapy-induced cancer cell damage by increasing cell survival: Mechanisms and significance (Supervisor Professor Marek Radomski)
Dr. Johannah McCarthy (2010) The pharmacological and toxicological effects of polystyrene and silica nanoparticles on human airway epithelial cells (Supervisor Professor Marek Radomski)
Dr. Lorna Gleeson (2010) Influence of anti-inflammatory interventions in the kainic acid model of hippocampal excitotoxicity (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Natacha Vanattou Saifoudine (2010) Caffeine exacerbates the toxicity of 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA “Ecstasy”): A role for dopamine (Supervisor Associate Professor Andrew Harkin)
Dr. Stephen T. Buckley (2010) Cytokine-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition: mechanisms and implications for fibrotic diseases of respiratory and intestinal epithelia (Supervisor Associate Professor Carsten Ehrhardt & Assistant Professor Carlos Medina)
Dr. Sibylle Endter (2010) Characterisation of drug transporters in human respiratory epithelial cells. (Supervisor Associate Professor Carsten Ehrhardt)
Dr. Orla Woods (2010) Investigations into the anti-allergy properties of novel benzocycloalkanone based compounds . (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Paul Matthew O’Byrne (2010) Pharmaceutical stability and prodrug studies on the antidepressant bupropion (Supervisors Associate Professor John Gilmer and John Walsh)
Dr. Jun Wang (2010) The design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel barbiturate-based MMP inhibitors (Supervisor Associate Professor John Gilmer)

2009

Dr. Jason Horan (2009) Design, synthesis and biochemical evaluation of novel 1,2,3,4, - tetrahydroisoquinolines as anti-proliferative agents in breast cancer cells. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Maria Jose Santos Martinez (2009) A novel method for the measurement of flow-induced platelet activation at nanoscale resolution Level. (Supervisor Professor Marek Radomski)
Dr. Egle Passante (2009) RBL-2H3 and Primary Mast cells and their use in Screening Novel anti-inflammatory compounds (Supervisors Associate Professor Neil Frankish & Associate Professor Helen Sheridan)
Dr. Jenny Coppins (2009) In vitro investigation of the potential anti-inflammatory properties of novel compounds with respect to LFA-1 mediated T cell motility and cytotoxicity profiling (Supervisor Associate Professor Neil Frankish & Associate Professor Carsten Ehrhardt)
Dr. Denise Khan (2009) The pharmacological effects of novel isosorbide-based butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors. (Supervisor Assistant Professor Sheila Ryder)
Dr. Catriona Bradley (2009) Exploration of the role of community pharmacists in health promotion in Ireland (Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)
Dr. Orla Ní Ógáin (2009) Investigations of a spray-drying method for producing nanoporous/nano-particulate microparticles (NPMPs) of proteins and protein-excipient. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy, Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Xue Li (2009) Formulation, production and biointeraction of micro and nano particulates with potential for use in drug delivery (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan & Associate Professor Lidia Tajber)
Dr. Ciaran Carolan (2009) Kinetic and Structural studies of novel isosorbide-based ligand binding to esterase enzymes (Supervisor Associate Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Thomas Greene (2009) The design, synthesis, and evaluation of the Azetidin-2-one ring as a scaffold for novel combreastastatin A4 analogues (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Shadeed Gad (2009) Production and characterisation of spray dried particulate systems for pulmonary drug delivery. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy & Professor Owen I Corrigan)

2008

Dr. Niall Keely (2008) Design, synthesis and biochemical evaluation of dual-acting, estrogen receptor ligand conjugates. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Juan Francisco Marquez Ruiz (2008) The design, synthesis and evaluation of novel steroid prodrugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases
(Supervisor Associate Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Martina White (2008) Endothelium as a target in the design of novel tumour and anti-angiogenic/vascular targeting agents (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Lorraine Nolan (2008) The production and characterisation of spray dried nanoporous microparticles (NPMPs) intended for dry powder inhalation drug delivery systems
(Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy & Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Alecia Rowena Barry (2008) Potential pharmaceutical applications of sepiolite
(Supervisor Professor Pat Deasy)
Dr. Fiona Ní Chearúil (2008) Synthesis, characterisation and drug release from a range of novel "smart"-co-biodegradable systems (Supervisor Professor Owen Corrigan)

2007

Dr. Adam Byrne (2007) Studies on Novel Compounds and Medicinal Plant Extracts as Potential Anti-allergy Agents (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Gillian Hudson (2007) Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel tumour angiogenic/vasculator targeting agents (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Miriam Carr (2007) Development of the b-lactum structure as a scaffold for biologically active compounds (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Gerald Dillon (2007) The synthesis and biological evaluation of a novel class of butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors using isosorbide as a building block
(Supervisor Associate Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Almath Maire Spooner (2007) A pharmacokinetic and clinical evaluation of antimicrobial drugs in critically ill patients during continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) therapy. (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Catherine Ryan (2007) Potential applications of Halloysite for improved topical drug delivery (Supervisor Professor Pat Deasy)
Dr. Deirdre Maria D'Arcy (2007) Use of computational fluid dynamics to investigate the relationship between hydrodynamics and rates of dissolution. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy & Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Désirée Murphy (2007) An investigation into the behavioural effects of polyamines, polyamine antagonists and novel compounds in vivo (Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)
Dr. Brendan McHale (2007) an investigation into the effects of current immunosuppressant’s and novel compounds on animal models of asthma and delayed type hypersensitivity (Supervisor Associate Professor Neil Frankish)

2006

Dr. Andrew S Knox (2006) Development, validation and optimisation of a vHTS protocol for identification of estrogen receptor modulators. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Cora Nestor (2006) Production of quinones by in vitro cultures of Dionaea and Streptocarpus cell cultures (Supervisors Professor Ingrid Hook & Associate Professor Helen Sheridan)
Dr. Lena Visdal-Johnsen (2006) Chemical Morphological variability of Taxus: Needles, seeds and cell cultures (Supervisor Professor Ingrid Hook)
Dr. Brendan McHale (2006) An investigation into the effects of current immunosuppressants and novel compounds on animal models of asthma and delayed type hypersensitivity (Supervisor Associate Professor Neil Frankish)

2005

Dr. Helena M Smith (2005) Flexible estrogen receptor modulators (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Mary O'Sullivan (2005) The synthesis and biochemical evaluation of novel isoquinoline derivatives (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Joanne Gaynor (2005) Synthesis and testing of a novel class of cholinesterase inhibitors. (Supervisors Associate Professor John Gilmer and Dr. Sean Reidy)
Dr. Stephen G Butler (2005) Studies in the design and synthesis of novel selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Lidia Tajber (2005) Investigations of physicochemical properties of spray dried drug-excipient composites directed to inhalable products. (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan & Professor Anne Marie Healy)
Dr. David Coughlan (2005) The influence of drug physicochemical properties on release from thermoresponsive "smart" hydrogels (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Emma Christina Lawless (2005) In vivo and in vitro mechanistic studies on targeting of lipophilic compounds to the intestinal lymphatics using lipid-based vehicles (Supervisor Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll)
Dr. Jun Li (2005) Polyamines and polyamine antagonists in cerebral ischaemia
(Supervisor Associate Professor Martin Henman)

2004

Dr. AnaLuisa Ferreira Simplicio (2004) Characterisation and analysis of beta-aminoketones as potential prodrugs for amines (Supervisors Dr. John Clancy and Associate Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. James Carolan (2004) Molecular systematics and chemical characterisation of Papaver (Poppy) species, hybrids and cultivars (Supervisors Professor Ingrid Hook & Dr. T. Hodkinson)
Dr. Anne Elizabeth Salter (2004) Use of halloysite for agrochemical applications (Supervisor Professor Pat Deasy)
Dr. Anthony McMahon (2004) Amphiphilic cyclodextrins for liver-targeted gene delivery (Supervisor Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll)
Dr. Fergal Seeballuck (2004) The use of the Caco-2 cell culture model to investigate lipid vehicle effects on lipid metabolism and drug permeation (Supervisor Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll)
Dr. Mark Hanlon (2004) Synthesis and evaluation of novel non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug derivatives (Supervisor Dr. Majella Lane & Associate Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Robert Stephen Byrne (2004) Characterisation and use of porous aluminosilicate pellets for extended drug delivery (Supervisor Professor Pat Deasy)
Dr. Martina Ann Geraghty (2004) Investigation of Ibuprofen release from ethylcellulose matrix compacts. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy)

2003

Dr. James Barlow (2003) Synthesis and pharmacological studies on a novel series of mast-cell-stabilising tetraphydronaphthalenes and related compounds (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Richard Shah (2003) The Design & Synthesis of Novel Inhibitors of Tubulin Polymerisation (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Emmet McCormack (2003) Design, synthesis and in vitro evaluation of novel anti-cancer compounds (Supervisor Associate Professor John Walsh)
Dr. Maeve Lally (2003) Studies into the in vitro metabolism and antiplatelet effects of novel aspirin prodrugs (Supervisor Associate Professor John Gilmer).
Dr. Louise Moriarty (2003) Studies in the synthesis and in vitro hydrolysis of novel aspirin prodrugs. (Supervisor Associate Professor John Gilmer)
Dr. Mary Breen (2003) Design and synthesis of novel monoamineoxidase inhibitors (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Karl Levis (2003) Absorption properties of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and their amino acid derivatives. (Supervisor Dr. Majella Lane & Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Deirdre Corrigan (2003) Preparation and characterisation of spray-dried composites of pharmaceutical materials. (Supervisor Professor Anne Marie Healy)
Dr. Fiona Sheena Brennan (2003) Formulation of protein and DNA microparticulate vaccine systems. (Supervisor Dr. Majella Lane & Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Helena Kelly (2003) Novel formulations for use in the oral cavity. (Supervisor Professor Pat Deasy)
Dr. Leonard Gerard McCarthy (2003) Simulations of hydrodynamics in the paddle dissolution apparatus and dissolution from multi-layered compacts. (Supervisors Professor Anne Marie Healy & Professor Owen I Corrigan)

2002

Dr. Brendan Thomas Griffin (2002) Intestinal lymphatic transport of DDT and saquinaver - the role of lipid based formulations and modulators of p-glycoprotein and cytochrome p450 (Supervisor Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll)
Dr. Thomas Ciaran Loughman (2002) Transdermal delivery of somatostatin analogues (Supervisor Professor Pat Deasy)
Dr. Thomas Stephen Byrne (2002) Warfarin therapy in the Republic of Ireland: The potential role of neural networks in optimising therapy (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Sally-Ann Cryan (2002) Development of novel cyclodextrins as non-viral gene delivery vectors and assessment of differentiated cell culture models to predict in vivo gene expression (Supervisor Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll)
Dr. Sandra M Lauhoff (2002) The design,synthesis and biochemical evaluation of analogues of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and novel selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMS) (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. John J Keating (2002) Studies in the synthesis and impurity profiling of methylenedioxy and alkylthioamphetamines. (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Sile O'Connor (2002) Pharmaceutical services for patients in methadone treatment in Ireland and the introduction of the Methadone Protocol Scheme (Supervisor Dr. Desmond Corrigan)

2001

Dr. Richard Maguire (2001) The Development, Validation and Application of Analytical Methods for the Analysis of Drugs of Abuse (Supervisor Dr. Desmond Corrigan)
Dr. Nicole Kavanagh (2001) Mechanistic aspects of the release of drugs from hydrophilic polymer matrices (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Brian Kirby (2001) An investigation of the role of the polyamines in epilepsy and cerebral ischaemia (Supervisor Professor Graham Shaw)
Dr. Karen M. O’Connor (2001) Physiochemical studies of diclofenac salts and the effect of basis excipients on their dissolution (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan)

2000

Dr. Dairine Dempsey (2000) Factors affecting paclitaxel contents in Yew (Supervisor Professor Ingrid Hook)
Dr. Rosario Hughes (2000) The design, synthesis and biochemical evaluation of novel flexible and conformationally restrained antiestrogens (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)
Dr. Denis Noel O'Driscoll (2000) Assessment of the permeability enhancers for salmon calcitonin (SCT) across intestinal cell culture models. (Supervisor Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll)
Dr. Bronagh Una Killen (2000) Characterisation of drug-fatty acid composites and their use in drug delivery systems. (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Karen Margaret O'Connor (2000) Physicochemical studies of diclofenac salts and the effect of basic excipients on their dissolution. (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Ana Rosario Mollo (2000) A study of the release of the amphoteric drug amoxycillin from biodegradable polymers. (Supervisor Professor Owen I Corrigan)
Dr. Carina Coogan (2000) An investigation on the Therapeutic Properties of Novel Compounds in Asthma, Inflammation and Delayed-type sensitivity (Supervisor Associate Professor Neil Frankish)
Dr. Catherine Burke (2000) Synthesis of intermediates for carbapenem antibiotics and synthetic analogues of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) (Supervisor Professor Mary Meegan)

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