Academic Staff

- Name: Dr Lisa Kerr
- Position: Lecturer
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- Department: Nursing & Healthcare
- Room Location: J2019
- Email: lkerr@ait.ie

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Dr. Andy Fogarty
- Position:Lecturer / Research Supervisor
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- Department:Life and Physical Sciences, AIT.
- Room Location:D2286
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- Ext. No.:1861
- Teaching:Microbiology, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Toxicology
- Research Interests:Multi-Trophic Ecotoxicity Assessments of Chemicals/Effluents, Microbial Degradation of Xenobiotics, Histopathological Changes in Trout Exposed to EDCs, Environmental Assessments of Chemicals, Environmental Auditing and Management
- Expertise:Aquatic Ecotoxicity-Bioassays, Histopathological Analyses of Fish Gonads, Picine Cell Lines, Enrichment cultures.
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Dr Ann Marie O’Brien
- Position:Lecturer
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Dr. Ann O’Malley
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr. Anne Friel
- Position:Lecturer / Research Supervisor
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- Department:Life and Physical Sciences, AIT.
- Room Location:E2310
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- Ext. No.:842 (090-6471842)
- Teaching:Molecular Biology, Genetics & Molecular Biology, AdvancedTechniques in Molecular Biology, Bioprocess Technology, Validation, ClinicalPharmacology & Therapeutics, Biochemistry, Human Biochemistry.
- Research Interests:Cancer genetics, therapeutic oncology, novel biologic testing,tumour development and metastasis, cancer stem cells, genetics of disease.
- Expertise:Xenograft modeldevelopment, small rodent surgical procedures & manipulation, primarytissue processing, primary cell culture, cell surface marker profiling/isolation/depletion, IHC (FFPE, frozen), FISH, IF, FACs, qPCR, in vivo & in vitro chemotherapeutic assays, cellular self-renewal studies.

- Name:
Dr. Anne Mulvihill
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2321
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- Ext. No.:8074
- Teaching:Toxicology, Biochemical Toxicology
- Research Interests:Cell Biology, Nanotoxicology, Toxicity Testing.
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- Name:
Dr. Antoinette Sweeney
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2316
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- Ext. No.:2544
- Teaching:Toxicology
- Research Interests:Reproductive Toxicology, Toxicity testing
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- Name:
Ms Beatrice Moran
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Nursing & Health Science
- Room Location:J2021
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- Ext. No.:8061
- Teaching:General Nursing & Psychiatric Nursing and Gerontology.
- Research Interests:Older People. Ethical Challenges in Nursing Care. Legal Aspects of Caring.
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Dr.Brian Murphy
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr. Carmel Kealey
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2306
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- Ext. No.:8082
- Teaching:Molecular Biology
- Research Interests:Pharmacogenomics, Complex Disease Genetics
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- Name:
Dr.Carmel Donoghue
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2310
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- Ext. No.:0906468089
- Teaching:Pharmacy Technician
- Research Interests:Pharmaceutical Science
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- Name:
Dr. Carol O’Donnell
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:J2316
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- Ext. No.:8056
- Teaching:Clinical Microbiology, EMP
- Research Interests:Molecular Microbiology, Diagnositcs
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Dr Chris McCormack
- Position:Lecturer
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Dr. Concepta Brougham
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr. Damien Brady
- Position:Associate Director of BRI and Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2306
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- Ext. No.:8080
- Teaching:Microbiology, Biotechnology, Environmental Science
- Research Interests:Appled bioscience, Microbiology, Infection Control
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- Name:
Ms. Denise Lord
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr Des Cawley
- Position:Lecturer / Research Supervisor
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- Department:Department of Nursing and Health Science
- Room Location:J1019
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- Ext. No.:(090 647) 1865
- Teaching:General Nursing, Research and Applied Physiology.
- Research Interests:Men’s Health, Cardiovascular Health
- Expertise:Mixed Methods Research

- Name:
Ms. Diane Cooper
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2323
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- Ext. No.:3092
- Teaching:Exercise Physiology
- Research Interests:Lifestyle intervention, Obesity, Type II Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Weight Loss
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- Name:
Diane Patterson MPSI
- Position:Lecturer/Researcher
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2320
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- Ext. No.:8057
- Teaching:Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy
- Research Interests:Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Care
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- Name:
Dr. Donal Eardly
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr. Don Faller
- Position:Head of Department
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2316
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- Ext. No.:8144
- Teaching:Pharmacology, Toxicology
- Research Interests:Pharmacology, Cell Biology
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- Name:
Dr. Edel McNeena
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:J2310
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- Teaching:Biochemistry
- Research Interests:Immunology, Vaccine Development, Infection Control.
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- Name:
Dr. Edwin McCullagh
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr. Eileen Lane
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:J2020
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- Ext. No.:8093
- Teaching:Toxicology, Audiology, Dental Nursing
- Research Interests:Toxicology
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- Name:
Ms. Gillian Coughlan
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2323
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- Ext. No.:3091
- Teaching:Veterinary Nursing
- Research Interests:animal Production
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- Name:
Dr Clodagh Maloney
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Nursing & Health Science
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- Teaching:Dental Nursing
- Research Interests:Paediatric Dentistry
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- Name:
Dr. Jean Russell
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Mr. Jim Maguire
- Position:Lecturer / Research Supervisor
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- Department:Nursing & Health Science
- Room Location:J1017
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- Ext. No.:1863
- Teaching:Psychiatric Nursing
- Research Interests:Agression and Violence, research methods, personality disorders.
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- Name:
Mr Jim Roche
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Mr. John Larkin
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Nursing & Health Science
- Room Location:J1018
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- Ext. No.:1852
- Teaching:General Nursing
- Research Interests:Leadership & Management, Health behaviours in young men.
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- Name:
Ms. Lisa Geraghty
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2323
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- Ext. No.:8084
- Teaching:Veterinary Anaesthesia, Companion Animal Husbandry, Small animal medical Nursing, Clinical Vetinary nursing.
- Research Interests:Clinical Vetinary Microbiology
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- Name:
Ms. Lorraine Gaffney
- Position:Lecturer/Researcher
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- Department:Nursing & Health Science
- Room Location:J2021
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- Ext. No.:2510
- Teaching:Sociology, Nursing Practice Studies in General Nursing
- Research Interests:Sociology of Health and Illness, Sociology of the Older Person
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- Name:
Ms. Marva Fitzpatrick
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr. Mary Booth
- Position:Lecturer / Research Scientist
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2316
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- Ext. No.:2543
- Teaching:Microbiology, Immunology, Biotechnology
- Research Interests:Vetinary, Clinical Microbiology, Infection control, Antibiotic resistance
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- Name:
Ms. Mary McDonnell/ Naughton
- Position:Lecturer/Researcher
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- Department:Nursing & Health Science
- Room Location:J1021
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- Ext. No.:1867
- Teaching:General Nursing, Midwifery, Child health and protection, The Elderly, End of Life, Behaviours that Challenge.
- Research Interests:Nursing, Paediatrics, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Child Health, End of Life, The Older Person, Intellectual Disability, Behaviours that Challenge
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- Name:
Ms. Miriam O’Connor
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
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- Ext. No.:8078
- Teaching:Dental Nursing, and Audiology
- Research Interests:Placements and Work experience
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- Name:
Dr. Neasa Kinsella
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Prof Neil J Rowan
- Position:Director Bioscience Research Institute, Lecturer in Health Science
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- Department:Nursing & Health Science
- Room Location:J2022
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- Ext. No.:1838
- Teaching:Health Science
- Research Interests:Biomedical, Food & Water Microbiology; Bioprocessing
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- Name:
Ms. Niamh Ní Chéilleachair
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2323
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- Ext. No.:3092
- Teaching:Physiology & Biomechanics
- Research Interests:Applied Sports Physiology, Applied sports biomechanics, Physiological testing of the elite athlete, Training methods for endurance atheletes
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- Name:
Dr. Noreen Morris
- Position:Organic Chemistry Lecturer / Research Supervisor
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- Department:Life & Physical Sciences, AIT
- Room Location:E2320
- Email:
- Ext. No.:1838
- Teaching:Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Pharmaceutical Materials, Pharmaceutical Spectroscopy & Analytical Chemistry
- Research Interests:Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Development of Analytical Techniques in Sports Science & Development of Polymer Materials for agricultural use.
- Expertise:IR, UV, IR & NMR Spectroscopy , GC and HPLC Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, DSC, DTA and TG. Modern methods in synthetic organic chemistry. Photochemistry

- Name:
Ms. Olivia Corcoran
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Ms. Olivia Cregg
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2321
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- Ext. No.:090 646 8076
- Teaching:Veterinary Nursing
- Research Interests:Large animal Husbandry, Veterinary Nutrition, Veterinary Diagnostics
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- Name:
Dr Patricia Heavey
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr. Pearse Murphy
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Mr. Sean Reidy
- Position:Lecturer / Research Supervisor
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- Department:Life & Physical Science
- Room Location:E3216
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- Ext. No.:1842 (090-6471842)
- Teaching:Organic Chemistry, Analytical Techniques, Forensic Science, Environmental Science, Health and Safety, Risk Management, Polymer Analysis, and Pharmacognosy
- Research Interests:Natural Product Chemistry, Herbal Medicines, Enzyme Inhibitors synthesis and testing
- Expertise:NMR, MS, GLC, HPLC, TLC, AA, SEM, Microscopy, Fluorescence.

- Name:
Mr. Sean Russell
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:D2310
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- Ext. No.:1861
- Teaching:Veterinary Nursing, Animal Husbandry
- Research Interests:Veterinary
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- Name:
Dr. Síle O’ Flaherty
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:E2323
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- Ext. No.:8085
- Teaching:Environmental Science, Land Use, Soil Science, Biology
- Research Interests:Soil science, Appled bioscience, Ecology
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- Name:
Ms. Sinead Bracken
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr. Sinead Devery
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Ms. Siobhan O’Connor
- Position:Lecturer
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- Department:Life and Physical Science
- Room Location:D2323
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- Teaching:SportsTherapy with Rehabilitation, Sports Science with Exercise Physiology
- Research Interests:Epidemology of Injuries, risk factors for injuries especially Gaelic football and hurling.
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- Name:
Dr. Susan Neenan
- Position:Lecturer
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- Name:
Dr. Therese Montgomery
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