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Dr. Joseph Harbison

Associate Professor (Medical Gerontology)
Associate Professor (Trinity Inst. of Neurosciences (TCIN))
ST JAMESS HOSPITAL
      
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Dr. Joseph Harbison

Associate Professor (Medical Gerontology)
ST JAMESS HOSPITAL

 Joe.Harbison@tcd.ie

 3531 4284108

Associate Professor (Trinity Inst. of Neurosciences (TCIN))


I am Deputy Head of the School of Medicine with responsibility for Academic Affairs. I am also a Consultant Physician working in St James's Hospital Dublin, the largest hospital in the country. I helped establish the Stroke Service in this hospital and still work half time as a clinician there caring for patients and training Junior Doctors. I still participate in on-call medicine and am a Member of the National Clinical Advisory Group for Stroke. In addition I am a teacher and researcher in Trinity College Dublin. I am Clinical Lead for the Irish National Audit of Stroke.
  Age related diseases   Ageing, stroke, dementia   Aging/Gerontology   Anatomy   Anticonvulsants   Brain   Clinical sleep research   Elderly Health   Gerontology   Medical/Diagnostic Imaging   Nervous System   Neurobiology   Neurochemistry and neuropharmacology   Neuroimaging   Neurology   Neuroscience   Pharmacology   Pharmacotherapy   Radiology, tomography and medical imaging   Sleep Disorders   Stroke   Stroke rehabilitation   Telemedicine
Project Title
 EuroHYP-1
From
2013
To
2018
Summary
A randomised controlled trial of therapeutic hypothermia for acute ischaemic stroke.
Funding Agency
European Commission
Programme
FP-7

Details Date
Director of Irish Heart Foundation 2019
Lead National Clinical Programme for Stroke 2011
Lead National Audit of Stroke Care 2019
UK Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, External Reviewer 2018
CROI National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health, Advisory Board Member 2017
Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Medication Safety 2011
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Medium Medium Medium
Details Date From Date To
Fellowship of the European Stroke Organisation 2009
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 2014 date
British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians 2003 date
British Geriatrics Society 1997 date
World Stroke Organisation 2013
Alexandros A Polymeris 1 2, Mattia Branca 3, P N Sylaja 4, Else Charlotte Sandset 5 6, Diana Aguiar de Sousa 7 8, Götz Thomalla 9, Maurizio Paciaroni 10 11, Thomas Gattringer 12, Daniel Strbian 13, Sven Trelle 3, Patrik Michel 14, Krassen Nedeltchev 15, Leo H Bonati 1 16, George Ntaios 17, Masatoshi Koga 18, Zuzana Gdovinova 19, Robin Lemmens 20 21, Natan M Bornstein 22, Peter Kelly 23 24 25, Martina B Goeldlin 26, Stefanie Abend 26, Magdy Selim 2, Mira Katan 1, Thomas Horvath 26, Jesse Dawson 27, Urs Fischer 26; ELAN Investigators, Net Benefit of Early Anticoagulation for Stroke With Atrial Fibrillation: Post Hoc Analysis of the ELAN Randomized Clinical Trial, JAMA Network Open, 8, (1), 2025, pe2456307 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Joseph Harbison, John Stearne (1624-1669). Founder of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and first Professor of Medicine in Trinity College Dublin, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
McCabe JJ, Cheung Y, Foley M, Brennan SO, Buckley J, Renom PC, Cassidy T, Collins R, Dolan E, Grosse GM, Harbison J, James K, Khadjooi K, Induruwa I, Katan M, Maher S, O'Connor M, O'Donnell M, Purroy F, Synott P, Kelly PJ., Residual Risk of Recurrent Stroke Despite Anticoagulation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis., JAMA neurology, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Kelly M, McCormack J, Brych O, Kelly PJ, Cassidy T, Collins R, Harbison JA., Should octogenarians and people aged 90 years and over be treated separately in studies of stroke? An evaluation of national audit data., Age and Ageing, 54, (6), 2025, pafaf164 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Harbison J, McCormack J, Brych O, Lynch A, O'Connor M, Kelly P, Collins R, Cassidy T., Older Subjects Admitted to Hospital With Stroke From Long-Term Care: A National Cohort and Case Control Study., Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 26, (11), 2025, p105856 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Darragh Nerne, Kirsty Mulligan, Stephen Brennan, Jane Buckley, Alan Cameron, Rónán Collins, Joseph Harbison, Barry Kevane, Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Pádraig Synnott, Peter Kelly, John J McCabe, SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF PERIPROCEDURAL HEPARIN BRIDGING FOR THE PREVENTION OF STROKE AND THROMBO-EMBOLISM IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS, European Stroke Journal, European Stroke Organisation Conference, Helsinki, 21-23 May 2025, 10, (Supplement 2), Sage, 2025, pp96 - 97, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
John McCabe, Yuen Cheung, Marianne Foley, Stephen Brennan, Jane Buckley, Pol Camps Renom, Tim Cassidy, Rónán Collins, Patricia Fearon, Gerrit M. Grosse, Mira Katan, Margaret O"connor, Kayvan Khadjooi, Isuru Induruwa, Joseph Harbison, Peter Kelly., RESIDUAL RECURRENCE RISK AFTER ATRIAL FIBRILLATION-RELATED STROKE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS, European Stroke Journal, European Stroke Conference, Helsinki, 21-23 May 2025, 10, (Supplement 2), Sage, 2025, pp28 - 29, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Catherine Nora Moran, Isabelle Jeffares, Joan McCormack, Niamh Merriman, Joseph Harbison, David Williams, Peter Kelly, Ronan Collins, Eithne Sexton1, Frances Horgan, Mairin Ni Bhreacain, Elaine Byrne, John Thornton, Collette Tully, Anne Hickey, DEVELOPMENT OF A CORE DATASET FOR THE IRISH NATIONAL AUDIT OF STROKE: ENHANCING ACUTE STROKE CARE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING AND DELPHI CONSENSUS, European Stroke Journal, European Stroke Organisation Conference, Helsinki, 21-23 May 2025, 10, (Supplement 2), Sage, 2025, pp246 - 246, Poster, PUBLISHED
Sohail Hafiz, Joan McCormack, Olga Brych, Ronan Collins, Amy Lynch, Tim Cassidy, Joseph Harbison, NO SPACE IN THE STROKE UNIT? WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE NOT ADMITTED TO ORGANIZED STROKE CARE?, European Stroke Journal, European stroke Organisation Conference, Helsinki, 21-23 May 2025, 10, (Supplement 2), Sage, 2025, pp276 - 276, Poster, PUBLISHED
Devin McCabe, Joan McCormack, Olga Brych, Ronan Collins, Tim Cassidy, Joseph Harbison, BETTER THAN BEFORE: ORGANISED STROKE CARE RESULTING IN DECREASED DISABILITY ON DISCHARGE AMONGST STROKE PATIENTS, European Stroke Journal, European Stroke Organisation Conference, Helsinki, 21-23 May 2025, 10, (Supplement 2), Sage, 2025, pp276 - 276, Poster, PUBLISHED
  

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Georgia Richard, Joan McCormack, Olga Brych, Ronan Collins, Tim Cassidy, Joseph Harbison, ORAL ANTICOAGULANT AND ANTIPLATELET USE AND HAEMORRHAGIC STROKE IN AN IRISH POPULATION WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, European Stroke Journal, European Stroke Organisation Conference, Helsinki, 21-23 May 2025, 10, (Supplement 2), Sage, 2025, pp586 - 586, Poster, PUBLISHED
Sarah Gorey, Padraig Synnott, Avela Nkabane, Sarah Coveney, Joseph Harbison, Simon Cronin, David Williams, Eamon Dolan, Tim Cassidy, Mary Barry, Martin O'Connell, Ciaran McDonnell, Karl Mcauley, Rosanna Inzitari, Michael Marnane, John McCabe, Peter Kelly, COMBINED INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS PREDICT RECURRENT IPSILATERAL ISCHAEMIC STROKE, European Stroke Journal, European stroke Organisation Conference, Munich, 24th-26th May 2023, 8, (2s), Sage, 2023, pp160-, Poster, PUBLISHED
Harbison J, Indications and yield of Transthoracic and Transeosophageal Echocardiography., European Stroke Organisation Conference, Barcelona, 9th May, 2016, European Stroke Organisation, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Harbison J, Ward S, McAteer P., The mystery of the mummy from Marsh's library., Archaeology Ireland, 28, (Summer), 2014, p16 - 19, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Harbison J, Sir Patrick Dun's table-an accidental war memorial, History Ireland, 22, (6), 2014, p6-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Joe Harbison, Sleep Disturbances Following Stroke, European Stroke Congress, Barcelona, 27th May, 2010, European Stroke Organisation, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Joseph Harbison, Stroke Mimics, British Association o Stroke Physicians, BGS Cardiovascular Section Joint Conference, Birmingham, July 2009, 2009, British Association o Stroke Physicians, BGS Cardiovascular Section, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
NHS R&D Fellowship 1999
William Stokes Award, St James's Hospital 2015
President TCD Biological Society 2016-2017
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin April 2024
I have diverse interests both within and beyond medicine. I am interested in management of acute stroke and Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances, especially Atrial Fibrillation. I have previously collaborated in and published a number papers on this topic. I am Clinical Lead of The Irish National Audit of Stroke and publish substantially in this role. I am also a member of the large and productive, international 'AF Screen' Collaboration and our most recent publication on Atrial Fibrillation and Cognitive Impairment is in press in Circulation. I am a collaborator with Irish Stroke Clinical Trails Network and am a member of the Network Executive Committee. My service has participated in a number of international trials including the recently published CONVINCE trial of Colchicine and stroke, ELAN trial on timing of Anticoagulation Therapy and AVERT DOSE on rehabilitation following stroke. We have participated in other trails including the DIAS 4 study, which was the first thrombolysis study conducted in Ireland and the ESCAPE trial, the first stroke Thromectomy study conducted here. We are partnering in additional rehabilitation research into use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to predict upper limb function in hemiplegic stroke survivors and assessing the utility of a new upper limb support developed in the unit. I have also participated in research in TILDA particularly in the area of neuroimaging and cerebrovascular disease. I have longstanding interests on white matter disease and fatigue following stroke and on Stroke Service Organisation. I have also previously been involved in health economic research on areas associated with stroke treatment and anticoagulation. I am a member of the FERES ADVISOR consortium which is examining the feasibility of federalising international stroke databases to allow immediate comparison of datasets. Outside of Stroke and Geriatrics I am currently helping to supervise a study into head injury and white matter disease in Homeless people. In the area of Medical education I am supervising a Doctoral candidate studying differential outcomes in medical undergraduates and have interests in student selection, curricular design and assessment. Outside of Medicine I have research interests in Medical History and have published papers on aspects of history related to the School of Medicine in Trinity. I have recently published a paper on the first Hospital in Dublin. In other areas of education I have collaborated in research on mathematical knowledge in undergraduate teachers, and we have recently presented a study enquiring how and if Medical Students use mathematical knowledge.