DrMichael Daly

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Postgraduate

 PhD in Cardiovascular Medicine (RCSI, Dublin: 2025 – 30)

Ramses R: Developing a predictive model for TAVI prosthesis selection in Bicuspid Aortic Valve anatomy: A benchtop and computational framework.

 MD in Medical Education (RCSI, Dublin: 2025 – 27)

Jain D: Exploring the pedagogy of ECG learning in medical students.

 Professional Doctorate in Healthcare Sciences (RCSI, Dublin: 2025 – 29)

Garciano C: Beyond Traditional Training: Hybrid Simulation, Wearable AI, and Immersive Storytelling for Next-Level Clinical Competence.

 MSc in Population Health Leadership (RCSI, Dublin; 2024 – 26)

Daly E: The evolving landscape of medical education – arts-based pedagogy to complement traditional biomedical training.

 MSc in Medical Education for Healthcare Professionals (Warwick University, UK: 2022 – 2024)

1. Hassan J: A study of emotional intelligence among university students and lecturers in a medical school.
2. Sathik HBJ: Digital knowledge, attitudes, and practices: a comparison between undergraduate students and faculty in a Malaysian medical school.

 Cardiology Specialist Training projects (Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland: 2024+)

1. Assessing the effects of perspective-taking and point-of-view in narrative on empathy in healthcare: a meta-analysis.
2. Left atrial strain assessment in FAST-positive patients. 
3. A retrospective evaluation of out-patient referrals to a tertiary cardiology department: a service quality improvement project.
4. Evaluation of left atrial strain as a predictor and indicator of response to sacubitril/valsartan therapy in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.

Undergraduate

 BA in Game Design: final-year group project (Technological University Dublin, Ireland: 2023)

Serious Gamification of ECG learning: Rhythm Deck of the USS Einthoven – the RESET pilot initiative.

 RCSI Student Selected Projects (Dublin, Ireland: 2021+)

1. Investigating the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and abnormalities in left atrial strain.
2. Assessing the role of circulating lipoprotein levels on progressive cardiac valvular dysfunction: a scoping review.
3. Associations between Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Takotsubo syndrome in women: a scoping review.
4. Improving our understanding of progressive aortopathy in congenitally bicuspid aortic valve disease through biomechanical data: a systematic review.
5. Investigating the effects of a short narratology education module on empathy and patient-centred communication in early-stage medical students.
6. Exploring the social determinants of cardiovascular health in the Irish Traveller at individual, interpersonal, community, and societal levels: a medical student-led discourse during case-based learning.
7. Gender-based disparities among Irish STEMI patients.
8. A health economics evaluation of patients admitted to hospital with acute decompensation in both COPD and Heart Failure: a retrospective cohort review.
9. Associations between ASCVD risk score and both coronary artery disease on CTCA and future cardiac events: a retrospective case review.
10. Reloading with DAPT in suspected ACS: a retrospective review.
11. Invasive treatment strategy for older patients with myocardial infarction: a retrospective study.
12. Review of patients attending the Community Cardiology Service at Connolly Hospital: one-year outcomes.
13. Assessing the role of instructional videos on pulse assessment accuracy in patients undergoing ambulatory ECG monitoring: the INVESTMENT study.
14. Identification of novel electro- and echocardiographic predictors of response to sacubitril/valsartan therapy in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.
15. Door-to-balloon times in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients presenting to a regional Emergency Department and requiring inter-hospital transfer for coronary revascularisation: a five-year audit.
16. Cataloguing simultaneous auscultation signs and ECG recordings in patients with at least moderate valvular heart disease attending a cardiology outpatient clinic for use in a novel hybrid simulation educational tool.

STUDENT MENTORSHIP + ENGAGEMENT

 Student Engagement and Partnership (StEP) projects (RCSI: 2025)

-        Arts and Medicine: The Creative Pulse of Care (with E. Daly, S. Dolan, and S. Clare)

              Showcased at the RCSI Humanarium (2025)

-        Arts and Medicine: Working Together (with E. Daly and S. Clare)

              Showcased at the RCSI Gold Humanism Honour Society (GHHS) Induction (2025)

 Student Mentorship (2024+)

-        RCSI: DEM Years 1 - 3

-        Stanford: Medical Humanities

 Head Judge for RCSI’s annual and eponymous ‘Daly Prize in Creative Writing’ (RCSI: 2021+)

 RCSI Student Partnership Champion (RCSI: 2021)

 Faculty President: RCSI Students’ Cardiovascular Society (RCSI: 2020+)