Principal Investigators

Dr. Louise Gallagher

Director of Midwifery Programmes & Head of Discipline of Midwifery/Assistant Professor in Midwifery

Louise is an academic and researcher with a diverse portfolio of research interests in midwifery and womens health. She teaches and supervises across the undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes

Ms. Emily Moffatt

Assistant Professor in Midwifery, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Emily teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes. Her specific interests are supporting physiological birth, midwife led care and homebirth.

Ms. Jean Rooney

Assistant Professor in Midwifery, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Jean teaches on both the undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes. Her areas of particular interest include women’s health, maternity care and midwifery education

Mrs. Sinead Thompson

Clinical Skills Tutor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Kathryn Muldoon

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Kathryn teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes and involved in many research projects

Dr. Sunita Panda

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Margaret Dunlea

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Margaret's research/practice interests include ways of advancing meaningful change in the Irish maternity services, particularly advancing community continuity midwife-led services.

Ms. Laura O'Shea

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Laura teaches across undergraduate & postgraduate midwifery programmes. Her professional and research interests include women’s health, maternal health, gender based violence, humanisation of birth, gender equality issues and midwifery education

Dr. Eleanor Hollywood

Associate Professor in Children’s Nursing

Eleanor lectures undergradute and postgraduate students and previously served as Head of Discipline in chrildrens Nursing for 4 years and Course Co-ordinator for Post-Graduate Specialist Nursing programmes for 1 year

Professor Joan Lalor

Professor of Maternal Health, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Professor Lalor has a particular interest in prenatal diagnosis and perinatal palliative care. More broadly her research interests include optimising maternity and health service delivery, health humanities, ethics and law

Dr. Vivienne Brady

Associate Professor in Midwifery, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Vivienne teaches and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes. Her specific research interests are in action research, womens health and maternity care. Vivienne is Postgraduate Course Co-Ordinator on Higher Diploma in Midwifery

Dr. Bridget Johnston

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery