Consultant Neurologist / Clinical Professor in Neurology: Prof. McCabe is a Consultant Neurologist/Clinical Professor in Neurology, and Chairperson of The Vascular Neurology Research Foundation (https://www.vnrf.ie/), Department of Neurology/Stroke Service, Tallaght University Hospital (TUH)-AMNCH; and incoming Associate Professor of Vascular Neurology, Academic Unit of Neurology, School of Medicine, TCD. He has been instrumental in Clinical and Academic Neurology/Stroke Medicine development locally, nationally and internationally. He is the PI/Co-PI/Collaborator in several national or international studies/trials, including PI of the ‘Optimal Antiplatelet Therapy in TIA and Ischaemic Stroke-International (OATS-I) study’ which aims to identify individual TIA/ischaemic stroke patients who should benefit from ‘personalised antiplatelet therapy’ to optimise cost-effective secondary prevention against future vascular events and dementia.