10 November 2026
Still Open for Abstract Posters
Please deliver your poster on a TUH template to The Meath Foundation Office, The Atrium, Tallaght University Hospital by Tuesday 3rd November at 4pm
Programme
| 8.30am | Registration |
| 9.00am | Welcome Ger Prendergast CEO The Meath Foundation |
| 9.05am | Chairperson Address Sibéal Carolan |
| 9.15am | Keynote Speaker: Professor Patricia Maguire ‘AI in Health, Biochemistry and Interdisciplinary Research’. |
| 9.35am | Q&A |
| 9.45am | Session 1 : Scientific Programme Chaired by Professor Sean Kennelly |
| Presentation No. 1 Professor Dominick McCabe ‘Analysis of CYP2C19 genotypes and relationship with on-treatment platelet reactivity on clopidogrel in a TIA/ischaemic stroke patient population in Ireland’ | |
| Presentation No.2 Dr. Adam Dyer ‘Translating Inflammatory Biomarkers to Predict Disease Progression in Alzheimer’s Disease (TIDE-AD)’ | |
| Presentation No. 3 Dr. Aoife Garrahy ‘Routine radiological imaging in patients with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (SIAD) and all-cause hyponatraemia reveals a high rate of pathology; results from an initial retrospective review.‘ | |
| Lightning Abstract Presentation No.1 | |
| Lightning Abstract Presentation No.2 | |
| Q&A | |
| 11.00 am | COFFEE BREAK & Moderated Posters Sir. Robert Graves Room |
| 11.30 am | Session 2: Scientific Program Chaired by Professor Catherine Wall |
| Presentation No. 4 Prof. Mark Little ‘Translational vasculitis research and the Meath Foundation: from discoveryscience to clinical innovation’. | |
| Presentation No.5 Dr. Shane O’Brien ‘Non-invasive anti-inflammatory neuromodulation using splenic ultrasound in sarcoidosis.‘ | |
| Lightning Abstract Presentation No. 3 | |
| Lightning Abstract Presentation No. 4 | |
| Q&A | |
| 12.45 pm | The Meath Foundation Award Presentations |
| Presented by Sibéal Carolan Chairperson, The Meath Foundation • Prof Brian Keogh Award, Nephrology Medal 2026 • Mary O’Connor Award Research Medal for Nursing Excellence in Emergency Medicine 2026 • Mairead Shields Award, QI Project 2026 | |
| Presented by Professor Catherine Wall • Best Research Project Oral Presentation • Best Abstract Oral Presentation • Best Abstract Poster in Original Research • Best Abstract Poster in Quality Improvement • Best Abstract Poster in Nephrology | |
| The Meath Foundation 2026 Research Grant Awards & John Barragry Award Presented by Ger Prendergast CEO, The Meath Foundation | |
| 1.15 pm | LUNCH & Poster Review Sir Robert Graves Room |