Megan Kennedy

Affiliation(s):
Trinity College Dublin

Department:
Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine

Research interests:
Physical activity, cardiometabolic health, menstrual health, menorrhagia, inherited bleeding disorders

ORCID Profile:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9060-8022

Biography

Dr. Megan Kennedy is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Discipline of Physiotherapy at Trinity College Dublin. She also works as a lecturer in the Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences at the Atlantic Technological University Sligo. A qualified physiotherapist, Dr. Kennedy has worked across a range of clinical, research and academic settings in Ireland and internationally throughout her career. Her research interests focus on how menstrual health relates to physical activity, musculoskeletal health, cardiometabolic health and quality of life across the lifespan, with a special interest in women and girls with inherited bleeding disorders. Her current projects include the EMPOWER study which explores access and quality of physiotherapy care for women and girls with inherited bleeding disorders, as well as studies examining physical activity and menstrual health in both the general and bleeding disorder populations of Ireland. Dr. Kennedy also supervises and mentors undergraduate and postgraduate research students on a range of projects related to these areas.

Publications

Kennedy, M. Exploring the Management of Physical Health Issues and physiOtherapy Care for WomEn and giRls With Inherited Bleeding Disorders (EMPOWER) (Haemophilia Chartered Physiotherapists Association Conference, Birmingham, June 2026- Oral presentation).

Kennedy, M. Joint Health in Women and Girls with Bleeding Disorders (EAHAD Congress, Dublin, February 2026- Oral presentation).

Kennedy, M., Loughnane, P, McGowan, M, Quinn, C, Jacob, M, Jaffer, Z, Lavin, M, Gormley, J. (2026) Survey Exploring the Management of Physical Health Issues and physiOtherapy Care for WomEn and giRls With Inherited Bleeding Disorders (EMPOWER). Abstract. Haemophilia, 32: p. 208. 

Kennedy, M, O’Mahony, B, Burbridge, R, Greene, D, Kelly, C, Lavin, M, Gormley, J. (2024) Physical activity and heavy menstrual bleeding amongst women with inherited bleeding disorders in Ireland. Poster Abstracts. Haemophilia, 2024. 30 (S1): p. 176.