School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

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97 Lisburn Road, Whitla Medical Building
BT9 7BL Belfast
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The world-class School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast has been a major cornerstone of the University since its foundation. This proud heritage means that both its work and its graduates have been recognised nationally and internationally.

By providing high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate training in Medicine, Dentistry and a range of Biomedical Science subjects, the School can and has delivered life-changing quality experiences to our students. Most importantly, this University recognises that knowledge knows no boundaries, and Queen’s is competing increasingly strongly in the global higher education market place.

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Eiman Abdel Meguid
- E.Abdel-Meguid@qub.ac.uk
- School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences - Senior Lecturer (Education)
Person: Academic (Education)
19972020
Fatima Abdullahi Sidi
- F.AbdullahiSidi@qub.ac.uk
- School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences - Research Assistant
- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology
Person: Research
20202020
Ghada Abozaid
- School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Person: Doctor of Philosophy

145 Finished
263 Active

R4901CPH: Assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of oral nutritional interventions in malnourished frail older people
McEvoy, C.
28/09/2020 → …
Project: Research
R8483CPH: Exploration of the relationship between poor health and cognitive decline in older adults living in nursing and residential homes
McKenna, G.
07/09/2020 → …
Project: Research
R1176CNR: Individualising Radiotherapy through Mechanistic Models
McMahon, S. & Overton, I.
22/04/2020 → …
Project: Research

African-specific improvement of a polygenic hazard score for age at diagnosis of prostate cancer
UKGPCS collaborators, 01 Jan 2021, In : International Journal of Cancer. 148, 1, p. 99-105 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A glycoengineered antigen exploiting a conserved protein O-glycosylation pathway in the Burkholderia genus for detection of glanders infections.
Wang, G., Glaser, L., Scott, N. E., Fathy Mohamed, Y., Ingram, R., Laroucau, K. & Valvano, M. A., 11 Jan 2021, (Accepted) In : Virulence. KVIR-2020-0294R1.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A mixed methods pilot randomised controlled trial to develop and evaluate the feasibility of a Mediterranean diet and lifestyle education intervention ‘THINKMED’ among people with cognitive impairment
McGrattan, A. M., McEvoy, C. T., Vijayakumar, A., Moore, S. E., Neville, C. E., McGuinness, B., McKinley, M. C. & Woodside, J. V., 04 Jan 2021, In : Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 7, 3
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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ExtractMotifs package - R script designed to analyse data in a bind-n-seq strategy
An, S. (Contributor), Valvano, M. A. (Contributor), Yu, Y. (Contributor), Webb, J. S. (Contributor) & Lopez Campos, G. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, Mar 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8058236, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8058236
Dataset
An exploration of perceptions and experiences of rare diseases among the General Practitioner (GP) population in Northern Ireland
McMullan, J. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 2019
DOI: 10.17034/57e86555-05f4-4e5e-8708-22c01a28c33b
Dataset
Dataset for Microplasma assisted synthesis of gold nanoparticle/graphene oxide nanocomposites and their potential application in SERS sensing
Sun, D. (Owner), Tang, M. (Creator), Zhang, L. (Creator), Falzon, B. (Creator), Padmanaban, D. B. (Creator), Mariotti, D. (Creator), Maguire, P. (Creator), Xu, H. (Creator), Chen, M. (Creator) & Sun, D. (Data Manager), Queen's University Belfast, 04 Jul 2019
DOI: 10.17034/54090971-6f0e-4bd6-86b1-bf84c3d4cde7, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6528/ab2a23
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) Cancer Research UK New Investigator Committee – Research Travel Award.
McShane, Charlene (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1st Place Rapid Fire Presentation
Sweeney, Eva (Recipient), 06 Jun 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1st prize, Poster presentation
Coleman, Helen (Recipient), 09 Oct 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

PhD Viva's Independent Chair - Natasha Green
Miguel A. Valvano (Examiner)
14 Jan 2021
Activity: Examination types › Other examination
7th Annual SPHeRE Network Conference
Gerry McKenna (Member of scientific committee)
2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
BCH/QUB Arts Care Spring Festival. Chair of Organising Committee and Contributor/Performer
Ian Walsh (Chair)
17 May 2021 → 21 May 2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in Festival/Exhibition

Supporting OG Cancer Research at Queen's- OGCancerNI and the NICancer Registry
Richard Turkington
01/10/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Our role in advocating for cancer patients cannot be underestimated
Ethna McFerran & Mark Lawler
07/08/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Coronavirus could lead to thousands more cancer deaths
Ethna McFerran & Mark Lawler
21/07/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other

Changing the International Criteria for the Diagnosis of Diabetes in Pregnancy
David McCance (Participant), Terence Lappin (Participant), H Halliday (Participant), Elizabeth Trimble (Participant) & B Sheridan (Participant)
Impact: Health Impact
Debunking MMR vaccine associated scares
Philip Earle (Participant), Louise Cosby (Participant), William Duprex (Participant) & Bert Rima (Participant)
Impact: Health Impact, Quality of Life Impact
Development and Commercialization of a Technology Platform to Enable Biomarker Discovery and Validation
Richard Kennedy (Participant), Paul Harkin (Participant), Patrick Johnston (Participant), Alison Hosey (Participant), Julia Miskelly (Participant), Margaret Murray (Participant), Jennifer Quinn (Participant), Colin James (Participant), Jude Mulligan (Participant), Peter Daly (Participant), Paul Mullan (Participant), Julie Mussen (Participant), Ultan McDermott (Participant), Richard Wilson (Participant) & Daniel Longley (Participant)
Impact: Health Impact, Quality of Life Impact

A cross border comparative study of the vision related quality of life of urban and rural dwelling people aged 60 years and older who are registrable as vision impaired in Ireland
Author: Gallagher, B., Dec 2009
Supervisor: Jackson, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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A Feasibility Study and a Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of the PAX ‘Good Behaviour Game’ in Disadvantaged Schools
Author: O'Keeffe, J., Jul 2019
Supervisor: Thurston, A. (Supervisor), Kee, F. (Supervisor) & O'Hare, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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An Analysis of the Northern Ireland Beef Supply Chain- Barriers, Opportunities and Recommendations for Optimal Performance
Author: Brooks, S., 2017
Supervisor: Dean, M. (Supervisor), Elliott, C. (Supervisor) & McAneney, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy