UL academic awarded grant for prostate research

Research on a medical condition in older men which causes difficulty in passing urine, is to be undertaken at the University of Limerick.

Dr Niall Kelly has been awarded €250,000 by the Health Research Board (HRB) to undertake his PhD research into Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) which affects 50% of men over the age of 50.

Dr Kelly, who works at the Dept of Urology, University Hospital Limerick, said: “BPH is a condition that will affect the majority of all men at some point in their lives. BPH results in the enlargement of the prostate gland which affects the ability to pass urine in a normal way.”