RCSI MyHealth Expert Directory

RCSI is home to healthcare experts who are driving scientific breakthroughs and insights which address key health challenges. They recognise their responsibility to share their knowledge and discoveries to empower people with information that leads them to better health.

This directory has been developed to provide the media with access to RCSI experts across a range of healthcare issues and concerns. Our experts are willing to engage with the media in their area of expertise.

To speak with a member of the RCSI MyHealth Expert Directory, please contact the RCSI Communications Department on +353 1 402 2218 or communications@rcsi.ie.

Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine

Prof. Sally Ann Cryan

Professor, Drug Delivery and Research Lead, Pharmacy

Drug delivery
Advanced materials
Respiratory drug delivery
Bioengineering of advanced medical materials
Tuberculosis
Cystic fibrosis
Acute lung injury
Inflammatory disease
Cancer
Regenerative medicine
Delivery of biotherapeutics including proteins, genes and cells

Dr Helena Kelly

Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, School of Pharmacy

Hydrogel platform technologies for drug/gene/stem cell delivery (with a particular focus on diabetes and oncology applications)
Micro and nanoparticulate delivery systems
Regenerative medicine

Dr Oran Kennedy

Research Lecturer, Anatomy

Bone and cartilage interactions in osteoporosis
Osteoarthritis
Joint injuries including fracture or soft tissue injury

Prof. Fergal O'Brien

Professor of Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine, RCSI Department of Anatomy; Head of the Tissue Engineering Research Group and Deputy Director, AMBER

Regenerative medicine
Biomaterials
Tissue engineering
Gene therapy
Drug delivery
Medical devices
Stem cells
Strategies to repair tissue including bone, cartilage, heart, neural and corneal tissues
Spin out companies
Clinical and commercial translation

Prof. John O'Byrne

Professor, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, RCSI

Orthopaedic surgery

Cancer

Prof. Sally Ann Cryan

Professor, Drug Delivery and Research Lead, Pharmacy

Drug delivery
Advanced materials
Respiratory drug delivery
Bioengineering of advanced medical materials
Tuberculosis
Cystic fibrosis
Acute lung injury
Inflammatory disease
Cancer
Regenerative medicine
Delivery of biotherapeutics including proteins, genes and cells

Prof. Siobhan Glavey

Chair of Pathology

Cancer genomics
Blood cancers
Multiple myeloma
Personalised cancer medicine
Plasma cell disorders

Prof. Bryan Hennessy

Consultant Oncologist and Physician Scientist

Cancer/oncology
Cancer clinical trials
ICORG (All Ireland Clinical Oncology Research Group)
Translational research

Prof. Jarushka Naidoo

Professor of Medical Oncology

Lung cancer
Medical oncology

Prof. Darran O'Connor

Associate Professor, Molecular Oncology

Cancer biology
Molecular therapeutics
Functional genomics
Genomics
Translational pathology
Breast cancer
Colon cancer

Prof. James Paul O'Neill

Professor, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Head and neck cancer
Oral cavity cancer
HPV disease
Sino-nasal and skull base surgery
Craniofacial surgery
Parotid surgery
Thyroid and parathyroid disease
Benign conditions of the head and neck

Prof. Jochen Prehn

Professor, Physiology; Director, Centre for Systems Medicine

Motor Neuron Disease (ALS)
Diabetes – maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
Colon cancer

Prof. Patrick Redmond

Associate Professor, Department of General Practice

Cancer care in the community

Prof. Tracy Robson

Professor and Head, Departmental of Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics

Cancer biology
Obesity

Prof. Leonie Young

Professor and Scientific Director, Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre

Breast cancer
New therapeutics for breast cancer
Clinical trials in cancer

Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Prof. Sally Ann Cryan

Professor, Drug Delivery and Research Lead, Pharmacy

Drug delivery
Advanced materials
Respiratory drug delivery
Bioengineering of advanced medical materials
Tuberculosis
Cystic fibrosis
Acute lung injury
Inflammatory disease
Cancer
Regenerative medicine
Delivery of biotherapeutics including proteins, genes and cells

Dr Helena Kelly

Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator, School of Pharmacy

Hydrogel platform technologies for drug/gene/stem cell delivery (with a particular focus on diabetes and oncology applications)
Micro and nanoparticulate delivery systems
Regenerative medicine

Prof. Dermot Kenny

Professor, Cardiovascular Biology

Clinical trials
Thrombosis
Basic cellular mechanisms
Development of advanced diagnostics for platelet biology in patients with ischaemic heart disease

Prof. David Williams

Consultant Stroke Physician

Clinical pharmacology
Stroke medicine
Inappropriate prescribing
Patient safety

Child Health

Ms Niamh Arthurs

Registered Dietitian and Researcher, School of Physiotherapy

Childhood obesity

Dr Susan Byrne

Senior Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics and FutureNeuro

Paediatric neurology
Neurological disorders of childhood
Neurogenetic conditions
Child development in relation to COVID-19

Prof. Afif El-Khuffash

Honorary Clinical Professor in Paediatrics

Infant health
Breastfeeding

Prof. Jonathan Hourihane

Head of Paediatrics

Childhood allergies
Paediatric health

Prof. Naomi McCallion

Honorary Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics

Neonatal health

Prof. Paul McNally

Associate Professor of Paediatrics

Childhood respiratory health

Dr Grace O’Malley

Senior Lecturer, School of Physiotherapy and School of Population Health

Childhood obesity

COVID-19

Prof. Ruairi Brugha

Professor Emeritus, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Global health workforce research
Doctor emigration

Prof. Gerry McElvaney

Head of the Department of Medicine

Cystic fibrosis
Hereditary emphysema
Alpha-1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Prof. Ciaran O'Boyle

Director, RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences

Leadership
Stress management
Positive psychology
Positive organisations

Dr Deborah Stanistreet

Interim Head, Public Health And Epidemiology Div Phs

Epidemiology
Public health medicine

Dr Padraic Dunne

Lecturer, RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences

Psychology
Meditation
Stress and immunology

General Practice

Prof. Patrick Redmond

Associate Professor, General Practice

General practice

Genetics

Prof. Gianpiero Cavalleri

Professor, Human Genetics

Human genetics
Population genetics
Complex disease genetics
Genetics of epilepsy
Genetics of renal transplantation
Pharmacogenomics
Biobanking
GDPR
Genomics

Prof. Sally Ann Cryan

Professor, Drug Delivery and Research Lead, Pharmacy

Drug delivery
Advanced materials
Respiratory drug delivery
Bioengineering of advanced medical materials
Tuberculosis
Cystic fibrosis
Acute lung injury
Inflammatory disease
Cancer
Regenerative medicine
Delivery of biotherapeutics including proteins, genes and cells

Prof. Darran O'Connor

Associate Professor, Molecular Oncology

Cancer biology
Molecular therapeutics
Functional genomics
Genomics
Translational pathology
Breast cancer
Colon cancer

Global Health Inequalities

Dr Jakub Gajewski

Programme Director (Research), Institute of Global Surgery, School of Population Health

Health sociology
Access to surgical care in low and middle-income countries
Sustainable surgical systems in Africa

Prof. Kevin McGuigan

Professor, Physiology and Medical Physics

Access to clean water in healthcare

Mr Eric O’Flynn

Programme Director (Education, training and advocacy), Institute of Global Surgery, School of Population Health

Surgical training in Africa

Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Perinatal Health

Prof. Fergal Malone

Master/CEO, Rotunda Hospital Dublin; Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RCSI; Consultant Obstetrician/Subspecialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Obstetrics and gynaecology
Maternal foetal medicine (high-risk pregnancy)
Multiple births
Obstetric ultrasound
Prenatal diagnosis (CVS, amniocentesis, foetal blood sampling)
Prenatal screening for foetal abnormalities

Dr Edgar Mocanu

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Subspecialist, Reproductive Medicine and Surgery

Reproductive medicine and surgery
IVF
Male and female infertility
Oncofertility
Teaching in reproductive medicine
Endometriosis
Ethical issues in reproduction

Healthcare Management

Dr Claudine Kearney

Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Strategy and Programme Director for the MSc in Leadership and Innovation in Healthcare

Innovation in healthcare
Entrepreneurship in healthcare
Healthcare global perspectives

Healthcare Workforce

Prof. Eva Doherty

Associate Professor

Mental health and burnout in health professionals
Human factors in healthcare
Communication skills
Patient safety

Prof. Denis Harkin

Chair of Medical Professionalism

Medical professionalism

Dr Niamh Humphries

Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Healthcare Management

Doctor migration and retention
Doctor motivation

Health Professions Education

Prof. Tom Fahey

Professor, General Practice

General practice

Prof. Zena Moore

Professor of Nursing; Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery; Director of the Skin Wounds and Trauma (SWaT) Research Centre

Nursing postgraduate education
Pressure ulcer prevention and management
Wound prevention and management

Prof. Ciaran O'Boyle

Professor, Psychology; Director, RCSI Institute of Leadership

Leadership
Stress management
Positive psychology
Positive organisations

Prof. Susan Smith

Professor, Primary Care Medicine

General practice
Chronic disease management
Primary care for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and multimorbidity (multiple chronic conditions)

Heart health

Prof. Robert Byrne

Professor of Cardiovascular Research

Cardiovascular health

Immunity, Infection and Inflammation

Prof. Gerard Curley

Professor, Critical Care and Anaesthesia; Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia

Sepsis
Traumatic brain injury
Respiratory failure
Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Prof. Annie Curtis

Lecturer, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics

Immune system
Body clocks
Metabolism
Chronic inflammatory disease

Dr Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes

Lecturer, Molecular Microbiology

Hospital-associated infection
Antibiotic-resistant infections
New alternatives to antibiotics
Global problem of antibiotic resistance

Dr Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Consultant Microbiologist, Beaumont Hospital and Senior Lecturer, RCSI

Antibiotic use
Antibiotic resistance
Superbugs (MRSA CPE VRE ESBL etc)
Clostridium difficile infection ‘c diff’
Prevention of hospital infection
Prevention and management of influenza in hospitals
Hand hygiene
Sepsis

Prof. Hilary Humphreys

Professor Emeritus, Clinical Microbiology, RCSI and Consultant Microbiologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Clinical microbiology
Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI)
CPE
Hospital hygiene
New approaches to surface decontamination

Dr Stephen Keely

Associate Director, Molecular Medicine

Intestinal diseases and their treatment

Prof. Steve Kerrigan

Associate Professor, Pharmacology

Sepsis and septic shock
Infection in the cardiovascular system, heart and bloodstream
Infection in bones and skeletal system

Prof. Sam McConkey

Deputy Dean, RCSI; Head of Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine, RCSI; Consultant in Infectious Disease, Tropical Medicine and General Medicine, Beaumont and OLOL Drogheda; Clinical lead for Sexual Health, RCSI Hospitals

International health and tropical medicine - infectious disease
HIV
Malaria
Vaccine development
Ebola virus
Sexual health
Development studies
Vaccination
Clinical trials

Prof. Kevin McGuigan

Associate Professor, Medical Physics

SODIS - Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water

Prof. Conor Murphy

Professor and Chair, Ophthalmology

Corneal disease
Ocular inflammation and uveitis
Cataract surgery
Sjogren's syndrome
Dry eye disease
Corneal transplantation

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Prof. Gianpiero Cavalleri

Professor, Human Genetics

Human genetics
Population genetics
Complex disease genetics
Genetics of epilepsy
Genetics of renal transplantation
Pharmacogenomics
Biobanking
GDPR
Genomics

Dr Frank Doyle

Senior Lecturer, Psychology

Depression
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Cardiac rehabilitation
Health behaviours such as smoking
Medication adherence
Physical activity
Quality of life
Pain
Stress

Prof. David Henshall

Professor, Molecular Physiology and Neuroscience

Epilepsy research – causes of epilepsy, new treatments and diagnosis

Prof. Jochen Prehn

Professor, Physiology; Director, Centre for Systems Medicine

Motor Neuron Disease (ALS)
Diabetes - maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
Colon cancer

Dr Jennifer Ryan

StAR Research Lecturer, Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine

Chronic disease risk
Physical activity and exercise among people with disability
Cerebral palsy

Nursing and Midwifery

Prof. Zena Moore

Professor of Nursing; Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery; Director of the Skin Wounds and Trauma (SWaT) Research Centre

Nursing postgraduate education
Pressure ulcer prevention and management
Wound prevention and management

Physiotherapy

Dr Helen French

Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy

Non-pharmacological management of osteoarthritis
Movement dysfunction
Pain
Conservative treatment of hip and groin pathology

Dr Grace O'Malley

Research Lecturer, Division of Population Health Sciences

Paediatric obesity
Physiotherapy
Physical activity
Behavioural economics

Dr Jennifer Ryan

StAR Research Lecturer, Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine

Chronic disease risk
Physical activity and exercise among people with disability
Cerebral palsy

Planetary Health

Prof. Kevin McGuigan

Professor, Physiology and Medical Physics

Water for health

Prof. Deborah Stanistreet

Interim Head of Department of Public Health and Epidemiology

Climate change and health
Air pollution

Population Health and Health Services

Prof. Ruairi Brugha

Head, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Global health workforce research
Doctor emigration

Prof. Ronan Conroy

Professor Emeritus, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology

Interpreting results and statistics in research
Research ethics

Dr Barbara Clyne

Research Lecturer, Department of General Practice

Multi-morbidity
Evidence for policy

Dr Frank Doyle

Senior Lecturer, Psychology

Depression
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Cardiac rehabilitation
Health behaviours such as smoking
Medication adherence
Physical activity
Quality of life
Pain
Stress

Prof. Tom Fahey

Professor, General Practice

General practice

Dr Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes

Lecturer, Molecular Microbiology

Hospital-associated infection
Antibiotic- resistant infections
New alternatives to antibiotics
Global problem of antibiotic resistance

Dr Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Consultant Microbiologist, Beaumont Hospital and Senior Lecturer, RCSI

Antibiotic use
Antibiotic resistance
Superbugs (MRSA CPE VRE ESBL etc)
Clostridium difficile infection ‘c diff’
Prevention of hospital infection
Prevention and management of influenza in hospitals
Hand hygiene
Sepsis

Prof. Hilary Humphreys

Professor Emeritus, Clinical Microbiology, RCSI and Consultant Microbiologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Clinical microbiology
Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI)
CPE
Hospital hygiene
New approaches to surface decontamination

Prof. Ciaran O'Boyle

Professor, Psychology; Director, RCSI Institute of Leadership

Leadership
Stress management
Positive psychology
Positive organisations

Dr Grace O'Malley

Research Lecturer, Division of Population Health Sciences

Paediatric obesity
Physiotherapy
Physical activity
Behavioural economics

Prof. Susan Smith

Professor, Primary Care Medicine

General practice
Chronic disease management
Primary care for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and multimorbidity (multiple chronic conditions)

Prof. David Williams

Consultant Stroke Physician

Clinical pharmacology
Stroke medicine
Inappropriate prescribing
Patient safety

Positive Psychology and Health

Dr Jolanta Burke

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences

Positive psychology
New psychological tools for enhancing well-being
Research-based tools for living a good life
Psycho-genetic profiling to maximise the impact of psychological tools on well-being
Genetically-predisposed environmental sensitivity as a factor impacting the effectiveness of well-being tools
Well-being at work and school