Dr Aisling Heeran, Lecturer
Biography
Dr Aisling Heeran obtained a B.Sc. in Pharmacy and M.Pharm from RCSI. Following this she completed an M.Sc. in Translational Oncology from Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Aisling was awarded an Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship to complete a Ph.D. on radiation bystander events in gastrointestinal cancers in TCD. After completing her Ph.D., Aisling continued her research in gastrointestinal cancers, specifically examining the role of FKBPL across the Barrett’s oesophagus to oesophageal adenocarcinoma disease progression. Aisling is now a Lecturer in Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences in RCSI and the International College for Pharmaceutical Innovation, SUDA, Suzhou, China.
Research interests
Aisling’s research interests include treatment response in cancer, radiation resistance, gastrointestinal cancers, cancer metabolism and Barrett’s oesophagus.
