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Dr Deirdre Gilpin

School of Pharmacy
Deirdre Gilpin

Dr Deirdre Gilpin

School of Pharmacy

Our research team is focussed on investigating infection in chronic lung disease. We are currently focussed on determining the contribution of the many microbes present in the lung, to development of disease and exacerbation in cystic fibrosis, COPD and bronchiectasis. Projects currently ongoing in our lab range from determining the effect of cigarette smoke and electronic cigarette vapour on the key lung pathogens, investigating the significance of MRSA infection in the lungs of people with CF and developing novel outcome measures for assessing antimicrobial efficacy in the CF lung.

Contact info

  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Respiratory microbiology and molecular biology
  • Antimicrobial discovery and repurposing.

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Investigating the impact of electronic cigarette vapour on respiratory microbiota and inflammation.
  • Monitoring antimicrobial resistance in wastewater in Northern Ireland.

Public outreach & key achievements

  • CI in Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI) Inhaled Antibiotics in Bronchiectasis and Cystic Fibrosis
  • CI in TRiSTaR project, funded by CF Foundation in collaboration with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, investigating chronic MRSA infection in CF.

 


Research students

PhD Title Infectious Diseases, Drug-Nutrient Interactions, Cardiovascular Diseases, GI Diseases or Diabetes Mellitus
Name Ahmad Alsayed
Country Jordan
Year of Study  2015-2018
   
PhD Title  Effect of antibiotic treatment on airway microbial community composition in patients with bronchiectasis
Name Clodagh McGettigan
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study  2015-2018
   
PhD Title  Elucidating the effects of Cigarette smoke extract (CSE) and Ecigarette vapour extract (ECVE) on host and bacterial cells
Name Kevin Gallagher
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study 2016-2019

 


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