ProfBrian Kirby

Prof Brian Kirby is Deputy Head of School (Programmes Innovation) and Associate Professor of Pharmacology in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. Prof Kirby is a pharmacy graduate and scholar of Trinity College, Dublin and went on to complete a PhD in neuropharmacology with Prof G Shaw in TCD. Following this he undertook post-doctoral research in the University of Oxford, investigating novel treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases with Prof JNP Rawlins (Experimental Psychology) and Prof S Greenfield (Pharmacology).

Prof Kirby joined the RCSI School of Pharmacy in 2003 and established the pharmacology teaching within the School. Subsequently, Prof Kirby was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007 and Associate Professor in 2016.

From 2011-2014, Prof Kirby was seconded to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the foundation Lead in Clinical Pharmacology in the new RCSI Medical School at Perdana University. While in Malaysia Prof Kirby contributed to the establishment of the new medical school and developed collaborative research with institutes in Malaysia. In 2017, Prof Kirby was appointed as Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), where he has significant research collaboration.