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Biography
Laura O'Shea is an Assistant Professor in Midwifery in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. She has teaching responsibilities across both undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes within the School. She also contributes to teaching on the general nursing programmes and the children's nursing programmes. She is a registered midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and has experience practicing in various clinical settings. Laura has experience teaching midwifery students in both the academic and clinical settings. Her previous roles include Clinical Tutor in Midwifery, where she worked with students in both clinical practice and academic settings. Laura obtained an MA in Globalisation, Gender and Human Rights from University of Galway. As part of this MA, she conducted qualitative research with young women in the Midwest of Ireland, exploring their experiences of diet culture and representations of the female body on social media. Her professional and research interests include gender-based violence and intimate partner violence in pregnancy, women's health, maternal health, humanisation of birth, gender equality issues and innovative midwifery teaching methodologies and education. Laura is currently undertaking doctoral research exploring the experiences of maternity care professionals who screen for and respond to disclosures of domestic violence in the peripartum period. She is highly interested in gender equality issues and their intersection with maternal and women's health. She is a member of the Athena Swan self-assessment team, who recently obtained the Bronze Award for the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
- O"Shea L, Corbally M, Daly D, Maternity care professionals' preparedness for and experiences of screening and responding to disclosures of domestic violence in the peripartum period: A protocol for a qualitative evidence synthesis, PLOS One, 20, (7), 2025, p1 - 9Journal Article, 2025, DOI
- Sunita Panda, Ashamole Clive, Jessica Eustace-Cook, Laura O'Shea, Louise Gallagher, Midwives' experiences of caring for women with language barrier: A qualitative evidence synthesis, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 4th-6th March 2025, 2025Oral Presentation, 2025
- O'Shea, Laura , Diet Culture and Instagram: A Feminist Exploration of Perceptions and Experiences Among Young Women in the Midwest of Ireland., Dearcadh: Graduate Journal of Gender, Globalisation and Rights, Vol 1, 2020, p65 - 76Journal Article
- Laura O'Shea, Ciara Kirwan, Elizabeth Greene, Narratives of a Pandemic: An Innovation in Facilitating CTG Workshops in the Virtual Space, All Ireland Maternity & Midwifery Festival, Online, April 2022, 2022Oral Presentation
- Laura O'Shea, Ciara Kirwan, Elizabeth Greene, Narratives of a Pandemic: An Innovation in Facilitating CTG Workshops in the Virtual Space, Trinity Health & Education International Research Conference, Virtual/Online, March 2021, 2021Poster
Research Expertise
Health services and systems, Sociology and related studies, Education, Medical, health and life sciences,
Recognition
- Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
- Member of the Midwives Association of Ireland
- Member of the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation
- Journal Reviewer for the European Journal of Midwifery 2024-2025
- Member of Athena Swan Self Assessment Team, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin 2022
- Reviewer of abstracts for The Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2022-Current