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Associate Professor Bar Mosevitsky Lis (2nd left), Department of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Triona McCaffrey (centre), Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and Professor Karen McCreesh (4th left), School of Allied Health holding their medals after being named the Early Career Researcher winners for 2025. Also in the photo are Professor Helena Lenihan (left), chair of the Research Impact Committee and Professor Shane Kilcommins (right) Acting President.
Professor Karen McCreesh
Consolidator Award winner
Karen's research is driven by the goal of transforming care for people with musculoskeletal pain, particularly shoulder pain and chronic pain, by advancing effective, non-surgical treatment options.
Her work has provided new insights into the mechanisms and treatment of shoulder pain, along with deeper insights into the lived experiences of people with pain and she is currently ranked amongst the top shoulder pain researchers worldwide.
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Karen McCreesh
Professor
Associate Professor TrÃona McCaffrey
Starting Award winner
TrÃona has spearheaded interdisciplinary research across Music Therapy, midwifery, psychiatry, obstetrics and Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) through UL’s ‘Music for Parent and Infant Wellbeing’ group.
She is lead supervisor on the country’s first Music Therapy programme in perinatal mental health.
Her mental wellbeing research champions social inclusion and collaboration and aligns with UL's mission-oriented challenges of creating inclusive and healthy societies.
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Triona McCaffrey
Member
Associate Professor Bar Mosevitzky Lis
Starting Award winner
Bar's research career reflects a consistent trajectory of impactful contributions: from advancing alternative fuels research, to paradigm-shifting in situ catalysis studies, to shaping the research community through to mentorship, leadership, and institution building.
Since joining UL, he has established an in-situ surface-sensitive research group focused on catalysis, contributing new insights and technological innovation beneficial to his research field.
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Bar Mosevitzky Lis
Associate Professor
Foundation Building, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
Email: research@ul.ie