Adjunct Staff

Adjunct Professors (Academic Adjuncts) 

NameResearch AreaUniversity
Professor Andrew BoothEvidence Synthesis, Systematic Reviews, Health Services Research and Information ScienceUniversity of Sheffield
Professor Geoffrey CurranNursing and MidwiferyUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Professor Laurence TaggartHealth Sciences, Nursing, Intellectual Disability Research and ImpactQueen's University
Grace ThomasMidwiferyCardiff University 
Professor Carla Aparecida Arena VenturaHuman rights, Mental health and drugs; Health equity; Stigma and human rights; Health law; Global health and development; Human rights education, Social participation and control.University of São Paulo, College of Nursing at Ribeirão Preto 
Professor Karen WatchmanIntellectual disability, ageing, dementiaUniversity of Stirling

 

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor B (Clinical Adjuncts)

First NameEmployerPositionDiscipline
Alan O'GormanHSE Mid WestDirector of NursingNursing Management / Leadership / IPC / Change
Anna Marie KiernanCroom Orthopaedic HospitalRANP Pain Medicine & National HSE Spark Innovation Nursing & Midwifery FellowPain management/medicine
Anne Marie SloaneUHLANPMental Health
Ber MurphyHSE Mid WestChief Director of Nursing and Midwifery HSE Midwest acutes and older persons.General and corporate 
Breda FallonUHLDirector of Nursing: PaediatricsNursing Management / Paediatrics Directorate
Carol DesmondUMHLAssistant Director of Midwifery/ Midwifery Practice Development Co-ordinatorMidwifery
Catherine LillisHSE Mid WestDirector Of Nursing, Older Person ServicesOlder Persons Services
Emma McNamaraUHLANPColorectal Surgery, General Surgery, Oncology (lower gastro intestinal) 
Emma MorrisseySt. James' Hospital, DublinANPCritical care 
Erika ShanleyUHLANPCritical care 
Evelyn PowerUHLANPSkin cancer
Fionnuala KillouryHSE Mid-West Community HealthcareAssistant Director of NursingMental Health
Helen MeagherUHLANPWound care/tissue viability
Irene BeirneUMHLRANPNeonatology
John MoylesHSE, Sligo/LeitrimCommunity Mental Health NurseMental Health
Karmel-Carrie GaravanUHLALERT Coordinator (Senior role within ED UHL CNM2)ED, Disaster Nursing, Advanced Clinical Skills
Katie TierneyUHLNurse Practice Development Co-ordinator 
Maeve PageUMHLRANP NeonatologyNursing/Midwifery
Mairead CowanUHLDirector of Nursing, Limerick Cancer ServicesSenior Nursing Management, Workforce Planning, Leadership
Mairéad O'DonoghueSt. John's HospitalRANPEmergency care
Maria MulqueenCAMHS, HSE West Mental Health
Marion CommaneNational Ambulance ServiceAssistant Director of Nursing Infection Prevention & Control, National Ambulance ServiceInfection prevention & control
Mary RussellMid-West Mental Health ServiceANPMental Health
Niamh KennellyHSE Primary CarePublic Health NursePublic Health, Nursing in the Community, RNT
Nichola McNamaraUHLRANPBreast Care
Noelle PowerUHLANPPaediatrics respiratory 
Patricia O'GormanHSE Mid WestNurse and Midwifery Informatics OfficerDigital health
Pauline WalshPerinatal Mental Health Team, Limerick Mental Health Services, St Joseph's Hospital Perinatal Mental Health
Petra Corr (formally Petrovic)UHLCandidate ANPEmergency care
Rachel KennedyUHLOperational Assistant Director of NursingSenior Nursing Management and Leadership
Rosemarie MurphyUHLRANP Oncology Rapid Access LungCancer 
Sarah DalyRoscommon University HospitalANPRespiratory  
Shirley BakerUHLANPMedical oncology
Tara ByrneGalway University HospitalANPCardiothoracic Surgery/ Respiratory
Triona NeenanUHLRANPMedical oncology
Yvonne MoloneyUHLRANPDiabetes 

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