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Professor Deirdre Murray announced as Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy

6 Oct 2023
Pictured (l-r): Rachel Byrne, Executive Director, Cerebral Palsy Foundation; Professor Deirdre Murray, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation Chair, UCC; and Lily Collison, Board Member and Advocate, Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Image credit: Fennell Photography.
  • Professor Murray will lead research in brain injury and cerebral palsy at INFANT.
  • Research initiative is made possible thanks to funding of €1.6 million under the Cerebral Palsy Foundation’s Programme of Excellence
  • An estimated 150 babies receive a CP diagnosis in Ireland each year, and an estimated 3,000 children and young people and 9,500 adults are living with CP in Ireland.

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