Aisling Gough
Biography
I joined the Institute of Child Care Research in January 2013, working on the New Parent Project, developing a manual for an intensive home visiting program. This manual will be delivered to a group on new mothers living in deprived areas and who have a range of social complexities. The desired outcomes for the project are to improve maternal health and emotional wellbeing, improve infant-parent attachment and to improve parental self-efficacy. This project is funded by the Public Health Agency.
I have recently completed my PhD research as part of the Premature Adult Lung Study (PALS) group, a multidisciplinary team currently undertaking research to comprehensively evaluate the impact of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in adult life. My research focused on the respiratory outcome, executive function and health related quality of life of a group of BPD adults aged 18-32. This research was completed under the supervisor of Dr Lorcan McGarvey, Dr Mark Linden and Dr Dale Spence.
Research interests
My research interests include maternal and child health and particularly the long-term follow up of premature infants and those with respiratory difficulty.
Publications
Gough, A., Spence, D., Linden, M., Halliday, H., and McGarvey, L. (2012). General and Respiratory Health Outcomes in adult survivors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A systematic review. Chest, 141 (6), 1554-1567.
Published abstracts
Premature Adult Lung Study (PALS): Respiratory outcomes and impact of neonatal surfactant in adult survivors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. 27th International Workshop on Surfactant Replacement, Lisbon, Portugal, 1-3rd June, 2012. Neonatology 2012, 101, 360-366.
Respiratory symptoms and Health related quality of life in adult survivors of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. American Thoracic Society (ATS), San Francisco, 27th May 2012. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2012, 185, A1830.
General and respiratory health outcomes in adult survivors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A systematic review. British Thoracic Society (BTS), Winter Meeting, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, 1st-3rd December 2010. Thorax 2010, 65, A109.
Attentional modulation of the direction after effect. Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society’s (NIBPS) Annual Conference, Manor House Hotel, Enniskillen, N. Ireland, 24-26th April British Psychological Society, Northern Ireland Branch Annual Conference, Co. Fermanagh, April, 2009.
Conference Presentations
Respiratory symptoms and Health related quality of life in adult survivors of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke (NICHS), Spring Council Meeting, 10th May, 2012.
Premature Adult Lung Study (PALS): Respiratory outcomes and impact of neonatal surfactant in adult survivors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke (NICHS), 8th Scientific Research Conference, Belfast, 29th February 2012. Received the Roger Lowry Medal for Best Research Presentation.
Respiratory function, quality of life and health care utilisation of long-term adult survivors of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Study protocol. Research Forum for the Child Queen's University Belfast Postgraduate Conference, Belfast, 1st June 2010.
