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Citations
15219
World Ranking
2699
National Ranking
463

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Holberg Prize, Government of Norway for "her influential role in ethical and political philosophy"
  • 2009 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2003 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Onora O'Neill is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, behavioral neuroscience, and oncology.

Their work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin

O'Neill has published in various scientific venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • eNeuro
  • Annals of Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Activating M1 muscarinic cholinergic receptors induces destabilization of resistant contextual fear memories in rats," 2023, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • "Muscarinic receptor activation promotes destabilization and updating of object location memories in mice," 2024, Behavioural Brain Research
  • "An Open-Source and Highly Adaptable Rodent Limited Bedding and Nesting Apparatus for Chronic Early Life Stress," 2025, eNeuro
  • "2O PD-1 defines a distinct, functional, tissue-adapted state in V-delta-1+ T cells with implications for cancer immunotherapy," 2023, Annals of Oncology
  • "Reactivation-dependent transfer of fear memory between contexts requires M1 muscarinic receptor stimulation in dorsal hippocampus," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Boyer D. Winters
  • Andrew E. Huff
  • Karim H. Abouelnaga
  • Kristen H. Jardine
  • William S. Messer

O'Neill has been recognized with various awards during their career, including being named a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2007 and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2003. They also received the Holberg Prize from the Government of Norway in 2017 for their role in ethical and political philosophy and became a Member of Academia Europaea in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics

    Onora O'Neill

  • A Question of Trust

    Onora O'Neill

  • Towards Justice and Virtue: A Constructive Account of Practical Reasoning

    Onora O'Neill

  • Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics

    Neil C. Manson;Onora O'Neill

  • Constructions of reason : explorations of Kant's practical philosophy

    Onora O'Neill

  • Some limits of informed consent

    O O'Neill

  • Bounds of Justice

    Onora O'Neill

  • The dark side of human rights

    Onora O'neill

  • Agents of Justice

    Onora O'Neill

  • Towards justice and virtue

    Michael Slote;Onora O'Neill

  • Constructions of reason

    Onora O'Neill

  • CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND CHILDREN'S LIVES

    Onora O'neill

  • Linking Trust to Trustworthiness

    Onora O’Neill

  • Intelligent accountability in education

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  • Faces of Hunger: An Essay on Poverty, Justice, and Development

    Onora O'Neill

  • Kant on Duties Regarding Nonrational Nature

    Allen W. Wood;Onora O'neill

  • Paternalism and partial autonomy.

    Onora O'Neill

  • Between consenting adults

    Onora O'Neill

  • Accountability, trust and informed consent in medical practice and research.

    Onora O'Neill

  • Autonomy: The Emperor's New Clothes

    Onora O'Neill

  • Plural and Conflicting Values.

    Onora O'Neill;Michael Stocker

  • Kant's Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals : critical essays

    Paul Guyer;Henry E. Allison;Dieter Henrich;Barbara Herman

  • Constructions of Reason: Explorations of Kant's Practical Philosophy.

    Daniel M. Farrell;Onora O'Neill

  • Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics: Bibliography

    Neil C. Manson;Onora O'Neill

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine M. Korsgaard
Christine M. Korsgaard Harvard University
Allen W. Wood
Allen W. Wood Indiana University
Peter Laslett
Peter Laslett University of Cambridge
Paul Guyer
Paul Guyer Brown University
Effy Vayena
Effy Vayena ETH Zurich
Quentin Skinner
Quentin Skinner Queen Mary University of London

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