The Department of Paediatrics & Child Health works collaboratively with the INFANT Centre and HRB Clinical Research Facility to drive innovative research integrating medicine and technology to address the evolving health needs and priorities of children in Ireland.

Paediatrics is inherently multidisciplinary, and we place strong emphasis on collaboration—with fellow researchers, clinicians, and allied health professionals to deliver impactful, patient-centered research.

Our research themes are deeply interconnected. Currently, we are combining expertise in areas such as:

• Quality of life and health interventions
• Social and economic impacts of childhood illness
• Prevention, detection and treatment of early brain injury and cerebral palsy
• Allergic disorders
• Prematurity
• Epilepsy and diabetes
• Other common paediatric conditions

Through this integrated approach, we aim to generate meaningful insights that improve outcomes for children and their families.