Clinical Interest Groups
The DCCR Network Management Team has received submissions from a wide range of groups seeking to become a DCCR Clinical Interest group. The Network Management Team has developed criteria for establishing these groups (DCCR Disease Group Formation Policy) and to date the following groups are in place:
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Name of Group |
Main Areas of Research Interest |
Chair of Group |
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| Diabetes |
Type 2 Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome |
Professor John Nolan | ||
| Gastroenterology |
Celiac Disease, Barret's Oesophagus |
Dr Ross McManus | ||
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HIV/TB |
Latent TB, HIV patients with TB |
Professor Colm Bergin | ||
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Inflammatory Skin Disease |
Eczema, Psoriasis |
Dr Brian Kirby | ||
| Molecular Neuropsychiatry |
Genetics of Affective Disorders |
Professor Michael Gill | ||
| Neurodegeneration | Characterisation of Young Onset Neurodenerative Diseases |
Professor Orla Hardiman |
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| Chronic Kidney Disease | Chronic Kidney Disease | Dr Denise Sadlier | ||
| Prostrate Cancer Research Consortium |
Prostrate Cancer |
Professor Mark Lawlor | ||
| Pulmonary Medicine |
IPF and Sarcoidosis, Asthma inhaler treatment compliance |
Professor Michael Keane | ||
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Groups in Planning and Formation Stage |
| Ophthalmology | Gene therapies of eye conditions | Mr. David Keegan |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | Rheumatoid Arthritis | Professor Doug Veale |
