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:

NAME

YEAR

TITLE

Dr Paul Hynes

2007

Functional and molecular studies of the pregnancy associated pathologies, PET and IUGR

Dr Audrey Moynihan

2007

Molecular and functionals aspects of the large conductance calcium- activated potassium CHannel (Maxi-k)

Dr Deirdre Mongan

2007

The epidemiology of cerebral palsy in the west of Ireland 1990-1999

Dr Sara Sedano

2007

Investigation of the molecular basis of activated protein C resistance in pregnancy.

Dr Michael Curley

2003

Potassium channel function and human myometrial contractility

Dr Anne Friel

2002

Molecular and physiological aspects of human myometrial contractility

MD’s

NAME 

YEAR

TITLE

Dr Mark Hehir

2013

Metabolic factors and pharmacological regulation of human myometrium in pregnancy

Dr Donal Sexton

2012

The pharmacological modulation of endogenous regulatory pathways in human myometrium and placental vasculature in vitro

Dr Nicholas Allen

2009

Protease-activated receptor function in human uterine smooth muscle and umbilical artery

Dr Michael C Dennedy

2007

Beta 3- Adrenoreceptor function in hyman myometrial smooth muscle

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.