Helen is a Fellow Emeritus Professor in Pharmacognosy and the former Director of Research at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD).
She is the academic founder and director of the TCD centre for natural product research, NatPro; a recipient of the TCD Provost’s award for teaching excellence and a recipient of the TCD Innovation Award for ‘Societal Impact’.
Helen’s collaborative and interdisciplinary research interests are in Natural Product (NP) chemistry; Traditional Medicine (TM); ethnopharmacology; global health and bioeconomy.
During her career she identified a lead molecule from TM which her team advanced from discovery to human clinical trials. Helen co-founded the TCD Campus company, Trino Therapeutics Ltd, where she was co-PI on funding of approximately 13 million.
Helen has become involved in global ethnopharmacology, investigating quality, safety and efficacy of TMs, and the link between the established use of TM and its role in international development.
Amla, also known as Phyllanthus emblica Linn (Euphorbiaceae family) or the Indian gooseberry, is referred to as balakka, kimalaka, kemlaka, kemloko, or malaka in Indonesia. The plant has thirteen synonyms listed in the World Flora Online database. This plant has been revered for centuries in the traditional medicine systems of Southern Asia, such as Ayurveda,…
