DrMéadhbh Brosnan

Lecturer/Assistant Professor

School of Psychology

  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor
    School of Psychology
  • University College Dublin, School of Psychology, Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4

RESEARCH INTERESTS

At University College Dublin, Méadhbh’s work is focused on mechanisms of resilience in the brain. A predominant focus is understanding how the ageing brain supports resilience to cognitive deficits, particularly those occurring with neurodegenerative conditions and following stroke.

Recent papers relevant to this work include: Brosnan et al. (2022) Brain Communications, Shalev et al. (2020) Cerebral Cortex Communications, & Brosnan et al. (2020) Nature Human Behaviour.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Ad Astra fellowship
    University College Dublin1 Sep 2022
  • GRANT
    Continuous force sensors for understanding Alzheimer's disease
    Alzheimer's Research UK1 Nov 2021
  • GRANT
    Cognitive profiles of ageing with online big data
    John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund1 Jul 2021
  • GRANT
    Brain-based markers of resilience against cognitive ageing.
    John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund1 Mar 2021
  • GRANT
    Developing MEG biomarkers of SARS-CoV-2 induced changes in cognitive function
    Medical Sciences Internal Fund: Pump-Priming1 Nov 2020
    Co-investigator with Dr Lauren Atkinson
  • GRANT
    European Commission25 Mar 2020 - 22 Mar 2022
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship
  • GRANT
    Junior Research Fellowship
    Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford1 Jul 2019