RESEARCH ADVISORY GROUP

As convenors of the research subgroup, we agreed to create a platform where people from different backgrounds can discuss what questions need to be answered in the area of health inclusion and how they can be answered. We run learning events and research group meet-ups, which will be updated on this website very shortly!

We are also hosting our Health Research Board-funded research prioritisation workshop, which aims to bring together a diverse group of people currently involved in research in the area of inclusion health!

MEET OUR TEAM

Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh
Clinical Lead, Inclusion Health Service
Dr Cheallaigh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine, TCD and a Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine in St James’s Hospital, Dublin. She is the Clinical Lead of the Inclusion Health Service in St James’s Hospital dedicated to improving access to specialist hospital care for socially excluded individuals. Her research seeks to look at the effect of social exclusion on health from a number of perspectives, and includes work on health systems design and evaluation, work funded by the HRB on premature ageing in homeless adults and work on the effect of social exclusion on the immune system funded by the Royal City of Dublin Hospitals Trust.
John P Gilmore
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin
John’s teaching and scholarship broadly centres around a theme of inclusion health; he sees nursing not only as practice of healthcare but also as a praxis of social justice. His PhD explored Irish Gay Men’s experiences of discussing sexuality with healthcare practitioners, and he has contributed internationally to discourse and practice in LGBT+ Health. Prior to coming to UCD in Spring 2020, John worked at Canterbury Christ Church University as a Senior Lecturer in Nursing. In 2019 he was admitted as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) based on a portfolio of inclusive pedagogical interventions. Along with his role at UCD John holds a contract at Saint Vincent’s University Hospital where he continues to practice as an ICU Specialist Nurse.
Rikke Siersbaek
PhD Scholar, Trinity College Dublin
Rikke is a SPHeRE Programme PhD scholar based in the Centre for Health Policy and Management in Trinity College Dublin researching how health systems can make healthcare more accessible for populations experiencing homelessness using a realist approach.
Dr Bridget Kiely
GP and PhD Scholar
Dr Kiely cares deeply about universal high quality primary care for all and in reducing health inequities. Her PhD research is looking at the effectiveness of linkworkers providing social prescribing in deprived urban areas and she is interested in the evaluation of complex interventions. Clinically she has an interest in migrant health and provides care to a large Roma population in a busy inner city GP practice. Previously she worked with Safetynet Primary Care and in Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis and recovery. In her spare time she likes to spend time with family, run, eat and sleep.
Dr. Julie Broderick (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin
Dr Broderick (Ph.D.) is a past Health Research Board Research Fellow (2008-2012) and a Cochrane Fellow (2015-2017). Her previous clinical work as a physiotherapist has guided her research interest at the interface between physical-focussed variables and chronic disease. She has a special interest in the area of Inclusion health and the physical health profile of vulnerable and socially excluded populations such as those experiencing homelessness.
Dr Mary Galvin
Head of Department & Senior Lecturer, Applied Social Studies, Munster Technological University
Dr Calvin's research interests are within psychology, design, patient public involvement and inclusion health. She is always looking for partners to collaborate with in the area of inclusion health, especially those who are eager to try out design methodologies.