DrGerald Barry

I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland and I act as Deputy Director of the UCD One Health Centre (www.ucd.ie/onehealth). I teach across Veterinary medicine (pre-clinical), while also contributing to some MSc programmes, as well as science and medicine teaching.

I manage a research group that is engaged in work on viruses that have the ability to cause disease in animals or humans, and in some cases, both. We study the molecular interactions of a virus with its hosts cellular environment and it's innate immune system, while also engaging in research on a macro level outside of the body, touching on areas such as virus persistence, virus transmission and biosecurity. I am also passionate about science communication and try, where possible, to explain our research and information about virus infections in general, in an effective and understandable way.

With all of our work, we try to take a One Health approach by engaging with multiple disciplines and learning from others. 

I am always interested in talking to people interested in carrying out research in this area and if you would like to do a PhD or postdoc with my group please drop me an email. On the other hand, if you are just generally interested in viruses and have a question about them or about studying in UCD, please feel free to email.

e-mail: gerald.barry@ucd.ie

Career profile:

2024 - Present Day: Deputy Director of the UCD One Health Centre 
2015 - Present Day: Assistant Professor of virology, University College Dublin, Ireland
2012 - 2014: Wellcome Trust funded postdoctoral fellow - CVR, University of Glasgow, UK
2009 - 2012: EU 7th Framework Programme funded postdoctoral fellow - University of Edinburgh, UK
2004 - 2008: PhD, Virology - University of Edinburgh, UK
2003 - 2004: Masters in Biological sciences - University of Edinburgh, UK1999 - 2003: Undergraduate in Human Genetics - Trinity College, Dublin