Biography
Catríona received a BSc (education) and a research MSc in animal physiology at the University of Limerick. In 2012, Catríona secured a scholarship from the Irish Cancer Society to pursue a PhD in cancer biology at the University of Limerick. During this time, Catríona received an international mobility grant from the Irish Cancer Society to carry out a research in University of California San Diego. Following her PhD, Catríona undertook post-doctoral work at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, during which time she secured independent fellowships from the Irish Research Council and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Global Fellowship. Subsequently, Catríona spent two years at the Perlmutter Cancer Centre at the NYU Langone Health in New York. In 2020, Catríona joined the School of Medicine as a Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences. Catríona's current research interests are focused around manipulating the intrinsic metabolic rewiring in lung cancer cells to enhance anti-tumor immunity.Academic Qualifications: BSc, MSc, PhD