Contact Information
- Address: Neural Engineering, Trinity Centre for Bioengineeing, Printing House, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2
- Email: killani@tcd.ie
Biographical Information
MSc (Bioengineering), Trinity College Dublin (2003) BA, BAI (Mechanical Engineering), Trinity College Dublin (2002) , Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics, Trinity College Dublin (2011)
Isabelle Killane is currently a PhD student researching neurological disease/neurodegeneration and Locomotion, see below for more detail. She is involved in Aging and Parkinsons Disease research projects with The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (http://www.tilda.ie/) and the Dublin Neurological Institute (http://www.neurologicalinstitute.ie/)
Previous to this Isabelle worked as a Quality and Validation Engineer at Christ Water Technology as part of their Design team which took her to projects all over Ireland and also to Sweden and Norway and previous to that she worked as a Validation Engineer for Abbott Diagnostics in Longford.
Isabelle Killane came to TCD from UCD under the eBIOTECH remote monitoring research project. Her main role was in the commercialisation of Asthma , Schizophrenia, Multiple Sclerosis and Vocal Palsy products and services arising out of this project. Isabelle Killane was also involved in the commercialisation of projects dealing with archiving of radio broadcasts (The RAPID Project), Pressure Ulcer prevention and Sleep Bruxism.
Research Interests
- Locomotion and Cognitive Function in Aging Populations (links between measures of gait, cognition and executive function)
- Locomotion and Attention in Aging Populations (division of attention, dual task changes)
- Effect of Age and Cognitive Decline on Variability of Gait
- Higher Control of Gait (Internal Rhythmicity of locomotor system)
- Locomotion and Cognitive Function in Parkinsons Disease, in particular Freezing of Gait
- Movement Disorders (TDT, Parksinsons Disease)
- Gait Analysis, Ambulatory EEG
Publications/Conferences
International Conferences
I. Killane, G.Browett, R.Reilly (2011), Measuring Neural Responses During Mild Exercise. International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (iCAMPAM), Glasgow, Scotland (Shortlisted for Best Student Poster)
R. Whelan, R. Longergan, I. Killane, R. Reilly, M. Hutchinson, N Tubridy (2008), Cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis correlates highly with a delayed P3 component in even related potential testing. World Congress on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis: Joint meeting of ACTRIMS, ECTRIMS and LACTRIMS (the Americas, European and Latin America Committee on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis), Monteal.
National Conferences
I. Killane, G. Browett, R.B. Reilly (2011), Measuring Neural Responses During Sitting, Cycling and Walking. Bioengineering in Ireland Conference, Galway, Ireland
I. Killane, G. Browett, R.B. Reilly (2010), Gait and Cognition. Bioengineering Christmas Symposium Best Poster Presentation Winner
R. Whelan, R. Longergan, I. Killane, R. Reilly, M. Hutchinson, N Tubridy (2008), A delayed P3 event-related potential component correlates highly with cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis. Neuroscience Ireland
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