by michelle | Oct 6, 2014 | Fundraising
A huge message of thanks once again to Jo & Seamus Meade for their outstanding commitment and dedication in raising funds to help in our quest towards a better understanding of MND. A presentation of the cheque took place on the 4th October 2014, with Jo and...
by michelle | Sep 24, 2014 | Fundraising
Did you take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge? If so, you were one of the 500,000 people across Ireland to deliberately drench yourself to raise funds for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research. Over €1.4 million has been raised to date, and 25% of the final figure will...
by michelle | Sep 16, 2014 | Research
On September 11th 2014, the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor Mary McCarron welcomed colleagues, family & friends to the opening of the Academic Unit of Neurology, in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Professor Orla...
by michelle | Sep 3, 2014 | Research
A Health Research Board Research Training Fellowship of €251,449 has been awarded to Dr James Rooney and Prof. Orla Hardiman (Prinicipal investigator). The three year project titled “Environmental and genetic epidemiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis” aims to...
by michelle | Sep 3, 2014 | Fundraising
Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, the Head of Trinity’s School of Medicine, Professor Paul Browne, and the Chief Executive of the Health Research Board, Dr Graham Love all braved the MND/ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in Front Square, Trinity College yesterday. The Trinity...