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

Professor Agnes Higgins

Professor in Mental Health, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Agnes leads a research team that focuses on service-user and family engagement in the development and reform of the mental health service. Central themes in her research are recovery, co-production, peer and rights based models

Dr. Eleanor Hollywood

Assistant 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