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University Life
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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
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Meet the CDP-CDP consortium
Professor Molly Byrne
CDP-CDP Programme Director
Professor of Health Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Galway
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Professor Molly Byrne is the Programme Director of the CDP-CDP. She is Professor of Health Psychology at the School of Psychology in University of Galway.
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Dr Sheena McHugh
CDP-CDP Core Partner/Interim Co-Director
Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, University College Cork
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Dr Sheena McHugh is a Senior Lecturer and health services researcher at the School of Public Health. Her primary areas of interest are implementation science, quality improvement and chronic disease management.
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Professor Patricia Kearney
CDP-CDP Programme Co-Director
Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University College Cork
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Patricia is Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University College Cork.
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Ms Valerie Parker
CDP-CDP Programme Manager
University of Galway
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Valerie Parker is Programme Manager for the CDP-CDP.
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Dr Claire Buckley
Dr Claire Buckley is a Consultant in Public Health Medicine on the National Integrated Care Programme for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease within the HSE and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health in UCC.
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Professor Seán F. Dinneen
Professor Seán F. Dinneen, MD, MSc, FRCPI is the National Lead for the Diabetes Clinical Programme; HSE Consultant Endocrinologist, Galway University Hospitals; and Professor of Diabetic Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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Dr Grainne Donoghue
Dr Grainne Donoghue's research interests lie in exercise promotion and prescription for clinical populations, determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour and ‘real life’ interventions to address inactivity and excess sitting time in preclinical and clinical groups (obesity, pre-diabetes, chronic low back pain).
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Dr Vera McCarthy
Dr Vera Mc Carthy is a Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC, and holds a PhD in Occupational Epidemiology, where the focus of her doctoral work was on psychosocial and physiological job characteristics and negative health outcomes including chronic illness (cardiovascular disease).
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Professor Bill McEvoy
Dr. J. William ("Bill") McEvoy MB BCh BAO, MEd, MHS, FRCPI is Professor of Preventive Cardiology at the National University of Ireland, Galway campus, and a Consultant Cardiologist at University College Hospital Galway. He also serves as Medical and Research Director of the National Institute for Preventive Cardiology (NIPC).
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Dr Jenny Mc Sharry
Dr Jenny Mc Sharry is a chartered Health Psychologist and lecturer in the School of Psychology at NUI Galway.
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Dr Oonagh Meade
Dr. Oonagh Meade is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Honorary Research Lecturer working within the Health Behaviour Change Research Group at the School of Psychology at NUI Galway.
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Professor Andrew Murphy
Professor Andrew W Murphy has been foundation Professor of General Practice since 1997 and has been responsible, with many others notably Maureen Kelly, Noirin Fitzgerald and Peter Cantillon, for developing under-graduate education in general practice and post graduate education in primary care in the University and region. He is also a general practitioner principal, with Drs Brendan Day, Eamon Twomey and Liam O’Reilly, in a semi-rural practice in Turloughmore, County Galway.
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Dr Sharleen O'Reilly
Dr. Sharleen O'Reilly (BSc, PhD, RD) is a CORU Registered Dietitian and Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Science at UCD.
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Professor John Browne
Professor John Browne is a senior health researcher at UCC, and is co-director for the HRB SPHeRE Programme.
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Dr Susan Connolly
Dr. Susan Connolly serves as a a consultant cardiologist with the Western Health and Social Care Trust, N. Ireland.
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Dr Sarah Cotterill
Dr Sarah Cotterill is a senior researcher at the School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.
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Ms Noeleen Fallon
Ms Noeleen Fallon is a Clinical Nurse Manager & Specialist in Cardiac Rehab. She is a former president of the Irish Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (IACR).
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Dr Kate Gajewska
Dr Kate Gajewska is Clinical Manager for Advocacy and Research with Diabetes Ireland.
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Ms Margaret Humphreys
Ms Margaret Humphreys is National Lead of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, Office of the National Clinical Advisor, and Group Lead for Chronic Disease, HSE.
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Mr Neil Johnson
CEO, CROI Heart and Stroke Charity, and National Institute for Prevention & Cardiovascular Health (NIPC)
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Dr Aine Merwick
Dr Aine Merwick is a Consultant Neurologist at Cork University Hospital (CUH).
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Dr Carmel Mullaney
Dr Carmel Mullaney is a HSE Director of Public Health in the South-east, and is currently serving as clinical lead for Self-management and Support for Chronic Disease.
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Dr Orlaith O'Reilly
Dr Orlaith O’Reilly is the Clinical Lead for the Integrated Care Programme for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease.
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Professor Jonathan Purtle
Professor Jonathan Purtle is a senior researcher and assistant professor in Health Management and Policy at the School of Public Health, Drexel University, USA.
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Professor Falko Sniehotta
Falko Sniehotta is Professor of Health Psychology & Behavioural Medicine at the Universities of Newcastle (UK) and Twente (The Netherlands), and Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science (UK).
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