PPI Ignite Network at MU
Partner University
Maynooth University
THE TEAM
Who to talk to at MU
Nicola Mountford
Academic Co-Lead
Dr Mountford is Associate Professor in Healthcare Management at Maynooth University’s School of Business, and a faculty member in the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute. Dr Mountford’s research investigates the institutional dynamics that shape healthcare systems, with a particular focus on how individuals, organisations, and governments interact in contexts of uncertainty and change.
This work generates new insights into how decision-makers adapt to emerging challenges, and how patient voices, activism, and cross-sectoral collaboration can transform policy and practice.
Dr Mark Robinson
Academic Co-Lead
Dr Robinson obtained his PhD in Immunology from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He was awarded an HRB Emerging Investigator Award and in 2018, Dr Mark Robinson moved to Maynooth University, where he is a faculty member in the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research and the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute. Dr Robinson’s research group studies the immunology of chronic disease. His group focuses on understanding the role of systemic inflammation on the progression of liver disease and its impact on immune responses.