Meet The Teams
Children’s Health Ireland – Tallaght
MD – Site PI
Basil Elnazir
Basil is a consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine and Clinical Associate Professor in paediatrics at Trinity College Dublin. Basil’s main research interest is difficult/severe asthma and Cystic Fibrosis.
Radiologist
Thara Persuad
Thara trained in Radiology in Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin. She completed a Fellowship in Paediatric Radiology in The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa Canada, before taking up a consultant post in Great Ormond St Hospital in London and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. She returned to Ireland to take up the post of Paediatric Radiologist initially in CHI at Temple Street and more recently CHI at Tallaght.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Matilda Dunne-Cronin
Matilda joined the CF team in July 2022 as a clinical research coordinator working in CHI at Crumlin and CHI at Tallaght. Matilda graduated from National University of Ireland, Galway with an honours BSc in physiology in 2022. Matilda works on both clinical trials and RECOVER, with duties including conducting study visits and maintenance of data.