Teaching
Current
Admin Academic Lead for Anatomy and Human Biology Degree Course Course Coordinator Clinical, Anatomical and Cellular Basis of Neurological Dysfunction Member of Life Science Curriculum Review Board Teaching - Clinical, Anatomical and Cellular Basis of Neurological Dysfunction (3rd Year) - Advanced Skills and Contemporary Themes in Anatomical Science (3rd Year) - Evolution (1st Year) - Essential Skills for life (1st Year) - Undergraduate Research Project (3rd Year) - Biomedical Science Masters
Previously
Admin Course Modulator in Neuroscience (2nd Year) Course Coordinator Research Practical in Human Anatomy and Cell Biology (1st Year) Course Modulator in Integrative Experimental Human Biology (1st Year) Teaching - Integrative experimental human biology - Fundamental themes in human biology neuroscience - Modern techniques in physiology - Integrative & pathophysiology - Data handling - Perspectives in systems physiology
External
External Examiner for the University of Aberdeen for both Molecular Biology and Genetics 2009-2013 External Examiner for the University of Cork for Genetics 2015-2018
Modules for 2023-24
Advanced Skills and Contemporary Themes in Anatomical Science
Module code: LIFE347
Role: Teaching
Clinical, Anatomical and Cellular Basis of Neurological Dysfunction
Module code: LIFE334
Role: Module Co-ordinator
EVOLUTION
Module code: LIFE103
Role: Teaching
Supervised Theses
- DNA signatures as a predictor of breast cancer risk
- Regulation at the schizophrenia-associated MIR137 locus and repetitive DNA in the regulation and evolution of brain-related pathway
- Retrotransposons in chronic pain: focusing on roles in gene regulation and neuroinflammation
- Role of Variable Number Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) on gene expression in the CNS
- The role of endogenous retrotransposable elements in Parkinson’s disease.
- The role of non-coding tandem repeat DNA and non-LTR retrotransposons in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis risk loci