Dr. Shona Pfeiffer is a Principal Investigator and Lecturer in the Department of Physiology & Medical Physics. She graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Biochemistry in 2007 from University College Dublin (UCD) and subsequently was awarded a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2011, focusing on the development of novel neuronal differentiation protocols for human amniotic fluid-derived stem cells as a therapeutically relevant stem cell source in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. She continued her interest in translational neuroscience and novel therapies in the treatment of neurological disorders in the Centre for Systems Medicine, RCSI. Dr. Pfeiffer was awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Professions Education in 2016.
Dr. Pfeiffer focuses on translational collaborative research in clinically relevant settings for the development of diagnostic, prognostic and novel protective agents in clinical intervention for neuroprotection in ischaemic stroke and in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Her main research interests are AMPK signalling and gene regulation during energetic stress as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in the treatment of neuronal injury, diabetes mellitus and cancer. Click for her research interests
Contact Details:
Email: shonapfeiffer@rcsi.ie
Phone: +353 1 4025125
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pfeiffershona