Old Content
CNS Group Members.
Consisting of almost 40 Principal Investigators, teams within the ‘CNS group’ are divided equally into basic and clinical researchers.
A key aim of the Cork Neuroscience Group is to promote collaborative research between clinical and basic neuroscience researchers allowing translational discoveries.
Research is carried out in the BioSciences Institute, the Schools of Pharmacy and Clinical Therapies at UCC, and Cork University Hospital.
Current members are listed under relevant sections below.
Committee Members
Secretary
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork.
Webmaster
Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork.
Dr. Seán O' Sullivan
Consultant Neurologist, Cork University Hospital.
Basic Research Chair
Professor, Head of Department and Principal Investigator, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork.
SEFS Representative
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork.
Neuroscience Ireland Liason
College Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, and Principal Investigator Biosciences Institute, University College Cork.
College of Medicine and Health
Representative
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Departement of Anatomy and Neurocience, University College Cork.
Dr Gerard O'Keeffe
Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork.
Dr Martina Scallan
College Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork.
Dr Suzanne Timmons
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, University College Cork.
Dr Yvonne Nolan
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Departement of Anatomy and Neurocience, University College Cork.
Professor Rosemary O'Connor
Professor, Head of Department and Principal Investigator, Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork.
Professor John F Cryan
Professor, Head of Department and Principal Investigator, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork.
Dr. Paul Young
College Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, and Principal Investigator Biosciences Institute, University College Cork.
Dr Siobhain O'Mahony
Lecturer and Prinicpal Investigator, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Principal Investigator Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC), University College Cork.
Dr Gordon Reid
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Physiology, University College Cork.
Professor Nollaig Parfrey
Professor of Pathology and Consultant Histopathologist, Department of Pathology, Cork University Hospital.
Dr Justin McCarthy
Lecturer and SFI Principal Investigator, Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork.
Dr Aideen Sullivan
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork.
Dr Kieran McDermott
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork.
Dr Thomas F Moore
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork.
Dr Niall Hyland
Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork.
Dr Cora O'Neill
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork.
Professor Mary McCaffrey
Associate Professor and Principal Investigator, Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork.
Dr Mark Rae
Principal Investigator and Lecturer in Physiology, Department of Physiology, University College Cork.
Dr André Toulouse
Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork.
Professor Tom Cotter
Professor, Head of Department and Principal Investigator, Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork.
Dr Patrick Harrison
Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Department of Physiology, University College Cork.
Dr Anne Moore
Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, and Principal Investigator Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork.
Clinical Research Members
Mr Charlie Marks
Consultant Neuro-Surgeon, Cork University Hospital.
Research Profile
Dr Brian Sweeney
Consultant Neurologist, Cork University Hospital. Clinical Senior Lecturer in Neurology, University College Cork.
Dr Hugh Harrington
Consultant Neurologist, Mercy University Hospital Cork.
Research Profile
Dr Helena Moore
Consultant Neurologist
Research Profile
Professor George Shorten
Consultant Anaesthetist, Cork University Hospital.
Dr Eugene Cassidy
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Cork University Hospital.
Research profile
Brian McNamara
Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology, Cork University Hospital. Lecturer, Medicine Department, Universtiy College Cork.
Dr Aisling Ryan
Consultant Neurologist, Cork University Hospital.
Dr Catharine Pettigrew
Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy, University College Cork.
Professor Ted Dinan
Professor of Psychiatry, University College Cork.
Dr. Margaret O'Rourke
Senior Lecturer School of Medicine and Director of Behavioural Science, University College Cork.
Dr Catherine Keohane
Consultant Neuropathologist, Cork University Hospital.
Dr Niamh Bermingham
Consultant Neuropathologist, Cork University Hospital. Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department of Pathology, University College Cork..
Research profile
Dr Geraldine Boylan
Senior Lecturer and Clinical Scientist, School of Medicine, University College Cork.
Clinical Research Chair
Consultant Neurologist, Cork University Hospital and Clinical Senior Lecturer University College Cork.
Dr Gabriella Iohom
Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Cork University Hospital. Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia, University College Cork.
Dr Edward O' Sullivan
Director of the Headache/Migraine Clinic, Cork University Hospital.
Research Profile
Dr Roderick Galvin
Research Profile
Mr Michael O' Sullivan
Consultant Neuro-Surgeon, Cork University Hospital.
Research Profile
Professor William Molloy
Consultant in Geriatric Medicine,South Infirmary–Victoria University Hospital, Cork. Professor of Gerontology and Rehabilitation, University College Cork.
Undergraduate BSc Courses
BSc. Neuroscience
The BSc Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary degree. The course is organised by the Department of Anatomy with significant contributions from a number of other Departments.
The course covers the structural organisation, structure function relationships and development of the nervous system in the context of the human body as a whole.
It is a rapidly expanding field of study and this course is intended to provide graduates with a thorough basic training in this area of ever increasing importance.
For further information contact Dr Aideen Sullivan Department of Anatomy UCC
Postgraduate Ph.D. Courses
Postgraduate and postdoctoral research opportunities are available in Neuroscience in UCC, in other third level institutions, in hospitals and in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
For information on the application process for postgraduate courses in UCC see the Postgraduate Prospectus
Postgraduate MSc Courses
MSc. in Biotechnology
For further information click on the links below or contact Dr. Justin V McCarthy, Department of Biochemistry UCC
Click here for
MSc Biotechnology Brochure
Click here for
Neuroscience BSc Brochure
Click here for
Neuroscience Research Brochure
Aging and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are associated with inflammatory changes in the midbrain and hippocampus, respectively. Injury, exposure to environmental toxins or endogenous disease proteins, infection or age may induce prolonged activation of microglia, the resident immune cells of the brain. Consequently, microglial-derived pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1b and TNFa are thought to be deleterious to the function and survival of neurons. Current research aims to decipher the role of inflammation in (a) degeneration of midbrain dopaminergic neurons pertinent to PD, and in (b) prevention of hippocampal neurogenesis relevant to AD pathology. Dr Yvonne Nolan
CNS Group Members
Consisting of almost 40 Principal Investigators, teams within the ‘CNS group’ are divided equally into basic and clinical researchers.
A key aim of the Cork Neuroscience Group is to promote collaborative research between clinical and basic neuroscience researchers allowing translational discoveries.
Research is carried out in the BioSciences Institute, the Schools of Pharmacy and Clinical Therapies at UCC, and Cork University Hospital.