Primary Department
School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health
Role
Academic Staff - Biosciences; Programme Chair: BSc Health and Society
Phone number: 01 700
7775
Email Address
keith.rochfort@dcu.ie
Academic biography
Dr. Keith Rochfort
is an Assistant Professor of Biosciences based in the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health/National
Institute for Cellular Biotechnology (NICB). He received his BSc. in Analytical
Science (2004) and PhD in Vascular Science (2013) from Dublin City University. Part
of PRTLI Targeted Therapeutics and Theranostics (T3) Program, his PhD focused
on endothelial cell signalling and blood vessel remodeling in response to
health and disease. Upon graduating, he undertook a Science Foundation Ireland-funded
Postdoctoral position with the Conway Institute at University College Dublin
(2013-2016), before returning to DCU as a Senior Research Scientist as part of
a Science Foundation Ireland US-Ireland Research Program developing genomic
therapeutics towards vascular disease (2016-2018). He was hired as Assistant
Professor by the School of Biotechnology in 2018, before moving to the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy, and Community Health (2021-Present), delivering and
coordinating modules for Schools within the Faculty of Science and Health, and
Faculty of Engineering and Computing, whilst also advancing his research as
part of the Endothelial Biology Group at DCU. His research interests include
healthy ageing and sustainability, with an focus on environmental factors which
drive the pathological mechanisms and associated signalling events of vascular
disease states, and developing diagnostic and therapeutic interventions towards
such.
Research interests
Healthy ageing and sustainability, with an focus on environmental factors which drive the pathological mechanisms and associated signaling events of vascular disease states, and developing diagnostic and therapeutic interventions towards such