Hosted by Professor Patrick Murray.
Dr Slamon serves as director of the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centre. He is also chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology and executive vice chair for research for UCLA's Department of Medicine.
The breast cancer drug Herceptin developed from the work of Dr Salmon is the first gene-based drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to fight cancer. It is now a cornerstone in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer. He is now co-ordinating the worldwide NATALEE study in which ribociclib is being tested as a component of the treatment for earlier stage oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer. Between this and HER2 altered breast cancer, approximately 85% of all metastatic breast cancer patients now will receive treatments which derived originally from his work.
A 1975 honours graduate of the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, Dr Slamon has received nearly two dozen research awards including Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and the Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research.
Join Prof Pat Murray and Dr Dennis Slamon for this engaging and insightful chat as we get to learn more about the man behind the pioneering research.
Dr Anne Merriman graduated from UCD Medicine in 1963. Following her graduation from UCD Medicine, Dr Merriman worked for 41 years in Africa.
Founder and Director of Policy and International Programs, Hospice Africa Uganda from 1993, Dr Merriman has been instrumental in introducing and providing palliative care education in Africa. She also introduced palliative care into Singapore in 1985.
Dr Merriman has published three books and speaks with Prof Pat Murray about her desire to always work in a healthcare profession, the importance of treating the person, not just the illness and her remarkable career that has impacted so many lives.
Dr Brendan Kelly graduated from UCD Graduate Entry Medicine in 2015. In 2017, he was appointed as a Specialist Registrar in Radiology at St. Vincent’s University Hospital and in 2020, was appointed as Clinical Instructor at Stanford University California. He was recognised as a "Rising Star" of European Radiology by the ESR and is the Social Media editor for Europe’s flagship radiology journal, European Radiology. Dr Kelly achieved his Fellowship of the Faculty of Radiologists (FFRRCSI) in 2022. In 2024, he took up a Dr Richard Steevens Scholarship in the Clinical Application of Artificial Intelligence to Paediatric Radiology at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, London, UK and at University College London.
Join Dr Kelly and Prof Murray as they discuss Brendan’s passion for science, starting with David Attenborough; how he first developed an interest in radiography research via the Student Summer Research Awards (SSRA); and how walking his dog and playing chess online helps him unwind.
Dr Siobhán Ní Bhriain graduated from UCD Medicine in 1991. She has worked in Tallaght University Hospital/CHO 7 as Consultant in Psychiatry of Later Life since 2006 and was Clinical Director at the Tallaght and St. James’s Mental Health Services for many years. Dr Ní Bhriain took up the post of NCAGL for Mental Health in January 2019 and moved to the role of National Clinical Lead for Integrated Care, Clinical Design and Innovation in February 2020.
Join Prof Pat Murray and Dr Ní Bhriain as they discuss her focus on the systems, processes and patient pathways in geriatric medicine; her role during the height of the pandemic as clinical lead for integrated care; and her desire to write a cook book someday.
Dr Pearse Keane graduated from UCD Medicine in 2002. He is Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and a consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Since 2020, he has been funded by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) as a Future Leaders Fellow, and in 2023 he became a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator.
In 2022, he was listed in the “Top 10” of the “The Power List” by The Ophthalmologist magazine, a ranking of the Top 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology.
Join Prof Pat Murray and Dr Keane as they discuss Pearse's hope that ophthalmology could be at the forefront of AI transforming healthcare, the importance of mentoring other clinical academics and how he was surrounded by family members working in medicine and always saw it as his career path.
Dr Rhona Mahony graduated from UCD Medicine in 1994 and is an obstetrician and specialist in fetal and maternal at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin. She served as Master (CEO) of NMH from 2012 to 2018 and subsequently as Director of the Women’s Clinical Academic Directorate with Ireland East Healthcare until 2020.
Dr Mahony established the National Maternity Hospital Foundation. She is currently chair of a government working group examining the rising cost of healthcare litigation.
Dr Mahony is clinical professor with RCSI, UCD and adjunct professor at Trinity Business School.