Professor Shane Allwright is the Registrar and has statutory responsibility for the records of both Trinity College Dublin and the University of Dublin. (Trinity College Dublin is the sole constituent College of the University of Dublin, established by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592). For most practical purposes, Trinity College and the University of Dublin may be regarded as one and the same institution. However, degrees are awarded by the University of Dublin, not Trinity College, and this is the main instance when the roles of the two bodies diverge). As such, the Registrar is the only College Officer of both Trinity College Dublin and the University of Dublin. She is custodian of the Statutes and responsible for all graduation ceremonies.  She chairs the Academic Appeals Committee and the Student Disciplinary Committee.  The Registrar also oversees the College’s inter-institutional relationships within Ireland.

Professor Allwright is an Associate Professor/a Professor in Epidemiology in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Medicine. A graduate of TCD, she holds an MSc in Epidemiology from the University of California and a PhD from TCD. She was elected to Fellowship of the College in 2007.  She has acted as Head of Department (1991-1993) and has served two terms on Board.

Her research interests are the health effects of passive smoking and of alcohol misuse; asthma and other respiratory diseases; and bloodborne viruses and prisoner health. She was a Board member of the Office of Tobacco Control and chaired the Scientific Review Group commissioned by the Minister for Health and Children to Report on the health effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in the workplace . This report was critical to the introduction of the Irish legislation banning workplace smoking. She is a Fellow of the UK Faculty of Public Health and in 2011 was admitted as an Honorary Fellow to the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

Schedule of Commencements Ceremonies (PDF)

Schedule of Diploma and Certificate Award Ceremonies (PDF)