Fiona Lyons

Affiliation(s):
Trinity College Dublin; St James's Hospital

Department:
Department of Genitourinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases, GUIDE Clinic

Research interests:
Sexual health, HIV, innovative models of care

Biography

Prof. Fiona Lyons is a consultant in Genitourinary Medicine at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin and Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin. Fiona took up her consultant post in 2007. Fiona was appointed as the first national clinical lead in sexual health, working in the HSE National Sexual Health on implementation of Ireland’s national sexual health strategy. She held this role from October 2015 to October 2018 and again from September 2021 until July 2026.

During her time as Clinical Lead she led on the introduction of HIV PrEP in Ireland and the introduction of the first national free home STI testing service in the world. In 2025 she led a group that piloted a menopause service for women living with HIV at the GUIDE Clinic, St. James’s Hospital Dublin with funding provided by the Government of Ireland Women’s Health Fund.

 She supervised a PhD on the impact of an integrated model of care on outcomes in people living with HIV who inject drugs (TCD, 2016). She is currently part of a research group awarded funding by the HRB on behalf of the Department of Health Evidence for Policy call that is evaluating a hybrid in person/online HIV PrEP model of care. This work includes co-supervising a PhD. Her special interests include HIV infection in women, pregnancy, HIV prevention and new models of sexual health care delivery.