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University Life
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About NUI Galway
About NUI Galway
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
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Research
Research
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at NUI Galway
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Alumni, Friends & Supporters
Alumni, Friends & Supporters
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At NUI Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Postgraduate Courses
The Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology has a long track record in postgraduate education, with an extensive range of research themes including: Preterm labour, Myometrial physiology, Placental biology, Fetal disorders, Molecular aspects of parturition, Obstetrics and cerebral palsy. Full details on applying for a PhD are available here
To date six PhD’s and five MD’s have been awarded in the discipline:
PhD’s:
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YEAR |
TITLE |
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Dr Paul Hynes |
2007 |
Functional and molecular studies of the pregnancy associated pathologies, PET and IUGR |
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Dr Audrey Moynihan |
2007 |
Molecular and functionals aspects of the large conductance calcium- activated potassium CHannel (Maxi-k) |
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Dr Deirdre Mongan |
2007 |
The epidemiology of cerebral palsy in the west of Ireland 1990-1999 |
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Dr Sara Sedano |
2007 |
Investigation of the molecular basis of activated protein C resistance in pregnancy. |
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Dr Michael Curley |
2003 |
Potassium channel function and human myometrial contractility |
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Dr Anne Friel |
2002 |
Molecular and physiological aspects of human myometrial contractility |
MD’s
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NAME |
YEAR |
TITLE |
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Dr Mark Hehir |
2013 |
Metabolic factors and pharmacological regulation of human myometrium in pregnancy |
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Dr Donal Sexton |
2012 |
The pharmacological modulation of endogenous regulatory pathways in human myometrium and placental vasculature in vitro |
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Dr Nicholas Allen |
2009 |
Protease-activated receptor function in human uterine smooth muscle and umbilical artery |
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Dr Michael C Dennedy |
2007 |
Beta 3- Adrenoreceptor function in hyman myometrial smooth muscle |
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Dr Michael Slattery |
2007 |
Clinical physiological and pharmacological aspects of preterm labour |
Ms Eva Sweeney is in year 3 of her PhD “Analysis of human myometrium in pregnancy using stereological techniques: Influence of maternal body mass index and age” which is co-supervised by Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Anatomy.
About NUI Galway
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