Dr Michael Conall Dennedy is a Consultant Endocrinologist at Galway University Hospitaland a Senior Lecturer in Therapeutics at NUI, Galway. He is a Galway graduate, completing a BSc in Pharmacology in 2000, MB, BAO, BCh in 2002, MD in Obstetricsin 2007 and PhD in Medicinein 2013. He trained through the HSEHRB National SpR Academic Fellowship Programme, anintegrated academic clinician scientist programme. Following this he completed a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrookes hospital. He assumed his current post in February 2014.His research interests centre on the pathogenesis and treatment of functional adrenal tumours, both benign and malignant. He is a member of the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumour working Groups forAdrenocortical Carcinoma, Aldosterone Producing Adenomas, Phaeochromocytoma and Non Aldosterone Producing Adrenocortical Adenomas. He retains links with the Institute of Metabolic Science,University of Cambridge and has forgedcollaborations with the Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,University of Birmingham. He is also affiliated with the CURAM programme at NUI, Galway and the Translational Medical Device Laboratory.He is the NUI, Galway director for the WellcomeHRB Irish Clinical AcademicTraining (ICAT)Programme and a co-recepient of this award. He is also the director of the undergraduate MBPhD programme at NUI, Galway. He is the Specialty Director for Endocrinology forthe Royal College of Physicians of Irelands,International Clinical Fellows Programme.

Research interests centre on the diagnosis, pathogenesis and management of functional adrenal tumours, both benign and malignant. NIHSFI Tripartitie Award: The investigation of sub-ablative thermal therapy in primary aldosteronism. LifetimeCDT Award: The development of 3D and organoid cellcultures to investigate non particle uptake for thermal therapy of functioning adrenocortical tumours. Irish Endocrine Society Small Grants AwardIRCPGFOI Award: The role of LXRalpha and lipid metabolism in the therapeutics of adrenocortical carcinoma. Member of the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumour working Groups forAdrenocortical Carcinoma, Aldosterone Producing Adenomas, Phaeochromocytoma and Non Aldosterone Producing Adrenocortical Adenomas. Continued linksInstitute of Metabolic Science,University of Cambridge (Prof Mark Gurnell) Collaborations with the Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,University of Birmingham (Prof Wiebke Arlt), the Dept of Endocrinology at the Mayo Clinic Rochester (Prof Irina Bancos)and Kansas State University (Prof Punit Prakash). CURAM-funded investigatorat NUI, Galway. Partnership on thermal ablation device development with theTranslational Medical Device Laboratory.

Undergraduate Teaching: Therapeutics and Endocrinology to third science, and second,third and final medical years.Director of the integrated Undergraduate MBPhD Programme.Director and co-recepientof WellcomeHRB ICAT programme for NUI, Galway.