Ciência sem Fronteiras (Science Without Borders)
PhD Project Template:
PI name & contact details:
Department
Prof Walter Cullen, Professor of General Practice, 3-014, GEMS
Building, UL, Limerick. Walter.cullen@ul.ie
Collaborators / Supervisors:
Prof David Meagher, Professor of Psychiatry, GEMS, UL, Limerick
Prof Colum Dunne, Director of Research, GEMS, UL, Limerick
Graduate Entry Medical School
Has project been agreed with
head (or nominee) of
proposed registration school?
Research Centre / group
affiliation:
Yes
Research group / centre
website:
www.4i.ie
PI website / link to CV:
http://www.ul.ie/4i/content/prof-walter-cullen
Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i)
(www.4i.ie)
Brief summary of PI research / research group / centre activity (2 or 3 lines max):
The Mental Health in Primary Care Research Group are engaged in a programme of research that
examines the role of primary care in addressing mental and substance use disorders and develops /
evaluates interventions to address these issues. With a special focus on deprived urban areas, our
programme has active collaborations with other academic institutions and agencies involved in the
delivery of primary care / mental health in Limerick and Dublin.
Title & brief description of PhD project (suitable for publication on web):
Towards optimum care of mental and substance use disorders in deprived urban settings:
A comparative cross sectional study of prevalence and treatment of common mental and substance
use disorders in deprived urban settings in Ireland (Limerick and Dublin) and Brazil (Sao Paolo).
Unique selling points of PhD project in UL:
The study will a) provide valuable data on prevalence of mental and substance use disorders in
primary care in two urban settings and how these are treated; b) provide the PhD student with an
opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary research team at UL and c) consolidate the
emerging links between Limerick and Sao Paolo.
Name & contact details for project queries, if different from PI named above:
Please indicate the graduates of which disciplines that should apply:
Medicine; Psychology
Please indicate whether students can apply for:
Sandwich programme only
Full PhD programme only
Either of the above
Ciência sem Fronteiras / Science Without Borders Priority Area:
Please indicate the specific programme priority area under which the proposed PhD project fitschoose only one (tick box):
Engineering and other technological areas
Pure and Natural Sciences (e.g. mathematics, physics, chemistry)
Health and Biomedical Sciences
X
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Aerospace
Pharmaceuticals
Oil, Gas and Coal
Renewable Energy
Minerals
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology and New Materials
Technology of prevention and remediation of natural disasters
Biodiversity and Bioprospection
Marine Sciences
Creative Industry
New technologies in constructive engineering