World-leading expert in gut inflammation at APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre and University College Cork receives €5.6 million through SFI Professorship Award

The new AUGMENT project at UCC’s APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre, investigates precision medicine in relation to gut inflammation.

By Danielle Norton January 25, 2022 Updated October 25, 2022 4 min read

€5.6 million in funding has been awarded to Prof Subrata Ghosh, global leader in research into Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. It’s to establish a world-leading research lab at University College Cork (UCC). This is through a prestigious Science Foundation Ireland Research Professorship Programme award.

Prof Ghosh will lead the new AUGMENT project at UCC’s APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre. It is to investigate precision medicine in relation to gut inflammation and the microbiome. This will contribute to furthering research in IBD, Crohn’s Disease in addition to Ulcerative Colitis. They affect 40,000 people in Ireland as well as ten million people globally every year.