Conferring List October 2015 Name Award Discipline Title of thesis Supervisors Extern Examiner Teresa Watkins MSc Nursing and Health Science A Study to Explore the Impact of a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis on Men’s Quality of Life Dr Des Cawley, Mr. John Larkin Dr Michael Connolly. UCD. Theresa O'Connor MSc Nursing and Health Science To examine the challenges facing public health nurses in child protection and welfare. Dr Mary McDonnell/Naughton, Dr. Myra O'Regan, TCD, Ms. Maria Larkin, Children and Family Services, Midlands Region Prof Jonathan Drennan, University of Southampton James (Shay) O'Toole MSc Nursing and Health Science A mixed methods study to explore the effectiveness of an exercise referral scheme as a health promotion intervention for Irish male prisoners with mental health problems. Mr Jim Maguire, Dr Pearse Murphy Prof Denis Ryan, Irish College of Humanities & Applied Sciences, Limerick Kenneth Murphy MSc Nursing and Health Science The role of psychiatric staff nurses working in the community mental health settings in the Dublin Mid-Leinster region. Mr Tommy Healy, Dr Desmond Cawley Dr Vidar Melby, UU Geraldine Kiveney (QQI Approval) MA Humanities Hearing the voice of the social care agency. An exploration of social care agencies’ perspectives of effective practice placement. A grounded theory study using AIT as a case study site. Dr Ashling Jackson, Ms Teresa Brown Mr Joseph Collins, IT Carlow Claire Leyden MSc Toxicology An Investigation into the Developmental Toxicity of Psychoactive Drugs of Abuse in Larval Zebrafish Dr Therese Montgomery, Dr Noreen Morris Dr Maura Grealy, NUIG Zhizhong Ma MSc Software Engineering Mobile Device Attitude Estimation via Multimodal Sensor Fusion. Dr Yuansong Qiao, Dr Brian Lee, Dr Enda Fallon Dr Edward Jones, NUI Galway
Patrick Doran MSc Polymer Engineering Polymer nanocomposite packaging materials for the future Prof Clem Higginbotham, Dr. Luke Geever, Dr Declan Devine, Mr. Gerry McNally, Northern Ireland Polymer Association, Titanic Quarter, Belfast Iska Schimpf MSc Polymer Engineering Development and Toxicity Testing of PEDGMA Based Biomaterials Prof Clem Higginbotham and Dr Anne Mulvihill Dr. Niall Barron, DCU Noel Gately PhD Polymer The development of a polymeric colon targeted therapeutic delivery device to aid in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Dr James Kennedy, Dr. Paul Tomkins Prof Gavin Walker, UL Elaine Kenny PhD Polymer Processing, characterization and optimization of polymers for bone tissue engineering Dr Luke Geever, Dr Declan Devine, Prof Clem Higginbotham Dr Daniel Kelly, TCD
Athlone Institute of Technology Figures for Postgraduate Research Students Summer 2015 MASTERS School of Business School of Humanities School of Engineering School of Science Business Accountancy Social Care Hotel & Cat Languages Art & Design Software Mechanical Plastics/ Polymer Civil Life & Physical Nursing Total Total 1 3 17 32 6 11 70 PhD School of Business School of Humanities School of Engineering School of Science Business Accountancy Social Care Hotel & Cat Languages Art & Design Software Mechanical Plastics/ Polymer Civil Life & Physical Nursing Total Total 2 11 4 17 Total number of Research Students - June 2015 = 87