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Dr Mícheál Ó Breasail joined the School of Clinical Sciences as a Research Fellow in the Bone and Muscle Research Group in July 2023.
Mícheál has background in clinical nutrition having received a BSc in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from Trinity College Dublin. During this time he completed a research exchange at the University of Gothenburg as part of the Erasmus Programme which ignited his interest in bone health. In 2019, he was awarded a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Cambridge for research undertaken at MRC Human Nutrition Research Unit investigating whether pregnancy-related changes occur in the maternal skeleton.
Upon completion, he continued as a postdoc with the MRC Nutrition and Bone Health Research Group hosted by the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. This involved musculoskeletal research in rural and urban areas of The Gambia, West Africa. Further, collaborations involved projects exploring the impact of HIV and menopause on bone in South African and Zimbabwean women.
Subsequently, he moved to Bristol to join the department of Population Health Sciences at Bristol Medical School. Here he worked with the Ageing and Movement Research Group, incorporating musculoskeletal and nutritional assessments into a large RCT of people living with Parkinson’s. During this time he also received funding to conduct feasibility work into the use of digital technologies such as GPS to monitor mobility in older adults.
Mícheál’s primary research interests are in bone imaging, lifecourse epidemiology, nutrition, and global health.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Biological Sciences, PhD, The quantification of pregnancy-induced bone mineral mobilisation in the maternal appendicular skeleton with novel peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) techniques., University of Cambridge
Award Date: 26 Oct 2019
Human Nutrition and Dietetics, BSc, Trinity College Dublin
Honorary Senior Research Fellow , University of Bristol
Jun 2023 → …
Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol
Jan 2021 → Jun 2023
Investigator Scientist, MRC Elsie Widdowson Laboratory
Jan 2018 → Dec 2020
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
O Breasail, Micheal (Recipient), 21 Oct 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Ayse Zengin (Supervisor) & Micheal O Breasail (Supervisor)
Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
Micheal O Breasail (Supervisor)
Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
Ayse Zengin (Supervisor) & Micheal O Breasail (Supervisor)
Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions