Speciality: Infectious Diseases
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Dr Townsend graduated from Medicine at Trinity College Dublin in 2013. He became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2015, commenced Higher Specialist Training in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine in 2016 and was awarded a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Specialist Training in 2023.
Dr Townsend was awarded a PhD in 2021 for his work examining the variation in clinical outcomes and immune consequences of viral infection, as part of the Health Research Board (HRB) and Wellcome Trust-funded Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme. He is currently the Principle Investigator for the PRECISE Study.
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MB BAO BCh PhD MRCPI
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Variation in the immune response to viral infection, in particular, SARS-CoV-2 and HIV.
The measurement and modification of biological ageing in chronic infection and post-infectious states.
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- Principle Investigator for the PRECISE study.
- Member of the St James's Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital, Trinity Alliance for Research (STTAR) Bioresource team.
- Member of the COVID-19 Viral Resistance Project at Trinity College Dublin
- Member of the COVID Human Genomic Effort International Consortium