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Professor Lorcan McGarvey

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Professor Lorcan McGarvey

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

His research focuses on clinical and scientific aspects of airways disease.

In collaboration with Lundy (QUB) his research group is exploring the potential of human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived sensory neuronal models to study neuro-inflammatory mechanisms associated with chronic cough and COPD.  He has extensive clinical trial experience working as Principal Investigator on a number of early phase ‘proof of concept' studies of novel cough therapies.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 6377

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Neuroinflammation and airways disease
  • Early life influences on adult respiratory health
  • Cohort studies in Early COPD
  • Phase II/III Clinical trials in cough, asthma and COPD

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Co-Lead for the European Respiratory Society NEUROCOUGH (NEw Understanding of the tReatment Of COUGH) Clinical Research Consortium, a multidisciplinary pan-European partnership of clinicians from 8 countries, scientists and industry together with patient involvement with an ambition to transform current understanding and management of cough.
  • Lead Clinician and Co-Principal Investigator for the Border REgions And Training
  • Hub (BREATH) a 7.7M Euro funded EU INTERREG 5-year program (2017-2022) involving 3
  • Institutions (QUB, Dundalk Institute of Technology, & University of West of Scotland) working in
  • partnership to establish a cross region research hub for the development of innovative approaches
  • to tackle Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
  • Co-Lead for Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network for Respiratory Health
  • Academic Lead representing QUB on NIHR Translational Research Partnership (Inflammatory Respiratory Disease)

Research students

PhD Title Mechanisms of Microbial-induced Airway Neural Dysregulation in COPD
Country Ireland
   
PhD Title  TRP Channels, neuronal inflammation and chronic cough
Country  Ireland 
   
PhD Title  Airway irritant induced modulation of neural pathways in COPD
Country  N. Ireland

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Respiratory Function, Quality of Life and Health Care Utilisation of Long-Term Adult Survivors of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Country N Ireland
Current Position  Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Public Health, QUB
   

 

 


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