DrJulie Worrell

I completed my undergraduate degree in Pharmacology in 2011 at University College Dublin, Ireland. In 2011 I was accepted into the Molecular Medicine Ireland Clinical and Translational Research Scholars program a unique cross-institutional PhD program. This PhD program included both taught and research components in addition to an industry placement at UCB pharma in Slough, UK.

I obtained my PhD from UCD in 2016, where I investigated the role of the chemokine receptor CXCR3 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the research group of Prof. Michael Keane. My postdoctoral research has focused on understanding the contributions of stromal-immune cell interactions to tissue homeostasis, injury, and repair. This work has spanned multiple projects and diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, systemic sclerosis (NFRG, Newcastle, UK) and influenza virus infection induced lung injury (LIVE, University of Glasgow, UK). I am currently based in the Conway Institute at UCD.