Funding success for the Developmental Biomechanics group through the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme was announced today. The tripartite scheme enables researchers and teams from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the USA to collaborate on ambitious research collaborations.
Our research focusses on how maternal exercise has a positive effect on development of the bones and joints in the unborn baby. We believe that our research could eventually lead to a prenatal intervention for babies at risk of abnormal skeletal development such as for example arthrogryposis or hip dysplasia. More details on the research are available here. The team is led by Niamh, Dr Joel Boerckel in the University of Pennsylvania, USA and Prof Gareth Davison in Ulster University.
The UCD news feature is linked here. We are very grateful to Research Ireland and the HRB for their support of the activities in the Republic of Ireland, and also to our partners’ funders; the NIH in the US and the HSC in Northern Ireland.
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