ProfessorRonan O’Connell
Emeritus Professor (RTA)
School of Medicine
- Emeritus Professor (RTA)School of Medicine
- 01-2215124
- University College Dublin, School of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Elm Park Dublin 4
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Previous Grants: 1) Science Foundation Ireland 2010-2016: 647,750euro (co-investigator Prof D Winter) (09/IN.I/B2606)Colonisation by sulphate reducing bacteria subspecies in normal and inflamed human colon 2) Bowel Disease Research Foundation 2009-2010, 35,000euro Colonisation by sulphate reducing bacteria subspecies in normal and inflamed colon. 3) Science Foundation Ireland 2011 -2015: 156,000euro (co-investigator, Dr James Jones) (11/RFP/3115) The effect of sacral neuromodulation on inputs to the somatosensory cortex My clinical and research interests focus on inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic floor physiology and continence disorders.
GRANTS
- GRANTThe effect of CTGF polymorphisms on surgical recurrence following terminal ileal resection for Crohn’s disease.Health Research Board (HRB)30 Jul 2012 - 21 Sep 2012People funded by this grant:
- O’Connell R
- GRANTReflex and behavioural studies of faecal continence and incontinence in an animal model and optimisation of frequency parameters of sacral neuromodulationMedtronic Inc.22 Jun 2012 - 1 Jan 2015People funded by this grant:
- Jones J,
- O’Connell R
- GRANTColonisation by sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB) subspecies in normal and inflamed colon and colonocyte responses to the SRB metabolite hydrogen sulphideScience Foundation Ireland (SFI)10 Jul 2010 - 10 Jul 2015People funded by this grant:
- O’Connell R,
- Winter D
- GRANTColonisation by sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB) subspecies in normal and inflamed colon and colonocyte responses to the SRB metabolite hydrogen sulphideScience Foundation Ireland (SFI)10 Jul 2010 - 10 Jul 2015People funded by this grant:
- O’Connell R,
- Winter D