Galway researchers get EU funding to tackle health challenges

Four researchers at the University of Galway have received awards under the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions-Doctoral Network programme (MSCA DN), which is a part of Horizon Europe 2020. Three of the awardees are leading projects that aim to make medical treatments safer, faster and more effective.

Dr Mihai Lomora will lead a €4.2m project which uses advanced 3D brain models to test tiny machines being developed to bring medicine “exactly where it is needed”. The project is called ‘CerebroMachinesTrain’, and it avoids animal testing, making research faster, more ethical and accurate. The project involves 14 partners from eight countries. Four PhD students are also set to receive support for this project.

A €2.71m project medical devices project will be led by Dr Willian Ronan. The project called ‘Medalloy’ will focus on making minimally invasive medical devices, such as stents and heart valve supports, stronger and longer lasting. The project includes partners from six countries and will train nine PhD students.

While Dr Eimear Morrissey is leading the €4.4m ‘Edict’ research project. It is a research and training network led by the Health Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network based at the University of Galway, which seeks to include older adults, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities or those from lower-income backgrounds in clinical trials.

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