Steering Committee Members

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. Eilish Burke

Professor In, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Deirdre Daly

Professor In, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Deirdre teaches across all programmes, she is a lead researcher on the MAMMI study (https://www.tcd.ie/mammi) and a member of National committees on maternal morbidity and mortality.

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.

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

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 Mary Hughes

Professor In, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Mary is an Associate Professor and researcher, with expertise in Health and Wellbeing in Chronic Childhood Illness, adolescent health, asythma and development of mobile health technology

Dr. Bridget Johnston

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ms. Síne Kenny

Communications & Marketing Officer, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr. Ekaterina Kozina

Research Projects Officer, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Ekaterina provides support to academic staff in the identification and development of research opportunities from research applications up to and including contract signature

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. Luciana Lolich

Research Impact Officer, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Luciana has an interdisciplinary background combining business and social sciences. She received her doctorate from UCD and her research and teaching focus is on complex societal challenges at the intersection of public policy and markets.

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. Kathryn Muldoon

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

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

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. Sunita Panda

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

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