RCSI TO HOST PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENT AT RCSI, DUBLIN FOR BRAIN TUMOUR AWARENESS WEEK 2023

GLIORESOLVE coordinator Prof Annette Byrne (Head of the RCSI Precision Cancer Medicine [PCM] Group), in collaboration with Irish charity Brain Tumour Ireland (BTI), are hosting a research update event on 1st November 2023 for Brain Tumour Awareness Week.

The event, which takes place annually, will be held at RCSI, Dublin and is entitled ‘An evening to review and discuss ongoing advancements in brain tumour studies in Ireland’. The video from the 2022 event can be viewed here:

Prof Byrne comments: ‘This year we are delighted to welcome two external speakers, from Trinity College Dublin, Prof Clair Gardiner and Dr Kate Connor. Prof Gardiner (Head of the NK cell research group in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology) will talk about her ongoing projects looking into improving immunotherapy options for brain tumour patients. Dr Connor (Trinity College Dublin Research Fellow, RCSI Honorary Lecturer and PCM Group Radiomics Collaborator) will discuss her project seeking to find new approaches to treat brain tumour related epilepsy”.

Also talking at the event is Dr Kieron White who is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the RCSI PCM Group. Kieron will talk about his research into finding new ways to treat glioblastoma, the most common adult brain tumour. Finally, Mr Kieron Sweeney, Consultant Neurosurgeon at the National Neurosurgery Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin will explain his project which seeks to improve drug delivery to brain tumours using an intercranial system.

At the end of the evening Ms Fiona Keegan, CEO of Brain Tumour Ireland, will present the Ronnie Fehily Medal. BTI was established in 2012 by the Fehily family following the death of their mother Ronnie six months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. This will be the inaugural award, and BTI will be awarding the Ronnie Fehily Medal on an annual basis.

We encourage brain tumour patients, friends and families, and members of the wider public to attend this free event. To register, please visit the following link: RCSI Research Event - Ongoing advancements in Brain Tumour studies Tickets, Wed 1 Nov 2023 at 18:30 | Eventbrite .