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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 2009 - Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research, American Academy of Neurology

Overview

Orla Hardiman is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and has a significant body of research focused primarily on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and related neurological disorders. Their scholarly activity spans the fields of medicine, with an emphasis on neurology, genetics, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and physiology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Hardiman has authored and co-authored numerous papers in notable journals and publication venues. Frequent venues for publication include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Among the recent papers associated with their research efforts are:

  • "A proposal for new diagnostic criteria for ALS," 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Emerging insights into the complex genetics and pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • "Improving clinical trial outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "Genome-wide identification of the genetic basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," 2022, Neuron
  • "Genome-wide study of DNA methylation shows alterations in metabolic, inflammatory, and cholesterol pathways in ALS," 2022, Science Translational Medicine

The scientist collaborates with a number of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Peter Bede
  • Russell L. McLaughlin
  • Mark Heverin
  • Ammar Al-Chalabi
  • Pamela J. Shaw

Over the course of their career, Orla Hardiman has been recognized with several awards. These include becoming a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2015 and receiving the Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research from the American Academy of Neurology in 2009.

Best Publications

  • SeminarAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Matthew C Kiernan;Steve Vucic;Benjamin C Cheah;Martin R Turner

  • EFNS guidelines on the Clinical Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (MALS) : revised report of an EFNS task force

    Peter M. Andersen;Sharon Abrahams;Gian D. Borasio;Mamede de Carvalho

  • Prognostic factors in ALS: A critical review

    Adriano Chiò;Giancarlo Logroscino;Orla Hardiman;Robert Swingler

  • Incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Europe

    Giancarlo Logroscino;Bryan J Traynor;Orla Hardiman;Adriano Chiò

  • The epidemiology of ALS: a conspiracy of genes, environment and time

    Ammar Al-Chalabi;Orla Hardiman

  • ANG mutations segregate with familial and 'sporadic' amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Matthew J Greenway;Peter M Andersen;Carsten Russ;Sean Ennis

  • The syndrome of cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a population-based study

    Julie Phukan;Marwa Elamin;Peter Bede;Norah Jordan

  • Clinical diagnosis and management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Orla Hardiman;Leonard H. van den Berg;Matthew C. Kiernan

  • Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

  • Cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Julie Phukan;Niall P Pender;Orla Hardiman

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Wouter van Rheenen;Aleksey Shatunov;Annelot M. Dekker;Russell L. McLaughlin

  • Controversies and priorities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Martin R Turner;Orla Hardiman;Michael Benatar;Benjamin R Brooks

  • Cognitive and clinical characteristics of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying a C9orf72 repeat expansion: a population-based cohort study

    Susan Byrne;Susan Byrne;Marwa Elamin;Marwa Elamin;Peter Bede;Peter Bede;Aleksey Shatunov

  • Effect of a multidisciplinary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinic on ALS survival: a population based study, 1996–2000

    B J Traynor;M Alexander;B Corr;E Frost

  • Descriptive epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: new evidence and unsolved issues

    G. Logroscino;B. J. Traynor;O. Hardiman;A. Chio

  • Clinical features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis according to the El Escorial and Airlie House diagnostic criteria: A population-based study.

    Bryan J. Traynor;Mary B. Codd;Bernadette Corr;Colm Forde

  • ALS phenotypes with mutations in CHMP2B (charged multivesicular body protein 2B)

    N. Parkinson;P. G. Ince;M. O. Smith;R. Highley

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 19p13.3 (UNC13A) and 9p21.2 as susceptibility loci for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Michael A van Es;Jan H Veldink;Christiaan G J Saris;Hylke M Blauw

  • A revision of the El Escorial criteria - 2015.

    Albert Ludolph;Vivian Drory;Orla Hardiman;Imaharu Nakano

  • Rate of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Susan Byrne;Cathal Walsh;Catherine Lynch;Peter Bede

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Bede
Peter Bede Trinity College Dublin
Ammar Al-Chalabi
Ammar Al-Chalabi King's College London
Leonard H. van den Berg
Leonard H. van den Berg Utrecht University
Adriano Chiò
Adriano Chiò University of Turin
Jan H. Veldink
Jan H. Veldink Utrecht University
Pamela J. Shaw
Pamela J. Shaw University of Sheffield
John Landers
John Landers University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Bryan J. Traynor
Bryan J. Traynor National Institutes of Health
Karen E. Morrison
Karen E. Morrison University of Southampton
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London

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