Prof Brian Kirby
Email: bkirby@rcsi.com
Tel: 01-4025121
Add: 123 St Stephens Green Dublin 2
Biography
Prof Brian Kirby is Deputy Head of School (Programmes Innovation) and Associate Professor of Pharmacology in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. Prof Kirby is a pharmacy graduate and scholar of Trinity College, Dublin and went on to complete a PhD in neuropharmacology with Prof G Shaw in TCD. Following this he undertook post-doctoral research in the University of Oxford, investigating novel treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases with Prof JNP Rawlins (Experimental Psychology) and Prof S Greenfield (Pharmacology). Prof Kirby joined the RCSI School of Pharmacy in 2003 and established the pharmacology teaching within the School. Subsequently, Prof Kirby was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007 and Associate Professor in 2016. From 2011-2014, Prof Kirby was seconded to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the foundation Lead in Clinical Pharmacology in the new RCSI Medical School at Perdana University. While in Malaysia Prof Kirby contributed to the establishment of the new medical school and developed collaborative research with institutes in Malaysia. In 2017, Prof Kirby was appointed as Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), where he has significant research collaboration.
Research Interests
Behavioural neuropharmacology relating to neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric conditions Neural basis of memory function. The neuropathological mechanism involved in cerebral ischaemia Central drug delivery The neuropharmacology of the polyamines
Recent Publications
1. Effect of aflatoxin B1 exposure on the progression of depressive-like behavior in rats. [Journal Article] Subramaniam S, Sabran M-R, Stanslas J, Kirby B Published 17 Nov 2022
2. Edible bird nest protects the kidney from gentamicin induced acute tubular necrosis. [Journal Article] Lim CTS, Norhafizah M, Sani D, Tan SN, Lim CW, Kirby B, Ideris A, Stanslas J Published 29 Sep 2021
3. Educating pharmacy students through a pandemic: reflecting on our COVID-19 experience. [Journal Article] Strawbridge J, Hayden J, Robson T, Flood M, Cullinan S, Lynch M, Morgan A-T, O'Brien F, Reynolds R, Kerrigan S, Cavalleri G, Kirby B, Tighe O, Maher A, Barlow J Published 17 Aug 2021
4. Novel polyurethane based particulate formulations of infliximab reduce inflammation in DSS induced murine model of colitis – A Preliminary study. [Journal Article] Pabari RM, Tambuwala MM, Lajczak-McGinley N, Aljabali A, Kirby B, Keely S, Ramtoola Z Published 1 May 2021
5. p53 upregulated mediator of apoptosis (Puma) deficiency increases survival of adult neural stem cells generated physiologically in the hippocampus, but does not protect stem cells generated in surplus after an excitotoxic lesion. [Journal Article] Bunk EC, König H-G, Prehn J, Kirby B Published 9 Nov 2020
6. Evaluation of the effect of insulin sensitivity-enhancing lifestyle- and dietary-related adjuncts on antidepressant treatment response: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [Journal Article] Jeremiah O, Cousins G, Boland F, Kirby B, Ryan B Published 15 Sep 2020
7. Ethologically based behavioural and neurochemical characterisation of mice with isoform-specific loss of dysbindin-1A in the context of schizophrenia. [Journal Article] O'Tuathaigh CMP, Desbonnet L, Payne C, Petit E, Cox R, Loftus S, Clarke G, Cryan JF, Tighe O, Wilson S, Kirby B, Dinan TG, Waddington J Published 29 Jun 2020
8. Pharmacology through play: using Lego® to revise core concepts for undergraduates. [Journal Article] Kirby B, Pawlikowska T Published 14 Nov 2019
9. The complexities of behavioural assessment in neurodegenerative disorders: A focus on Alzheimer's disease. [Journal Article] Commins S, Kirby B Published 30 Jul 2019
10. Modulatory Effect of a Standardised Andrographis Paniculata Aqueous Extract on Urine Metabolomics in a Rat Model of Neuroinflammation. [Journal Article] Sani D, Kirby BP, Basri H, Stanslas J Published 1 Apr 2019
11. Evaluation of the effect of insulin sensitivity-enhancing lifestyle- and dietary-related adjuncts on antidepressant treatment response: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.. [Journal Article] Jeremiah OJ, Cousins G, Leacy FP, Kirby B, Ryan B Published 25 Feb 201
