Biography
Cathal Cadogan is an Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Cathal completed both his BSc. (Pharm.) and PhD in TCD. He then worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast before being appointed as Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice in the School of Pharmacy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Cathal took up his current post in TCD in 2021. Cathal's main research interest focuses on developing supports to help people make informed decisions about starting and stopping/tapering psychotropic medication. Cathal sits on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices (https://benzoreform.org/) and is an associate member of the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal. He is also an Associate Editor with the Cochrane Collaboration's EPOC Group and a member of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy's Research Committee. Cathal welcomes queries from prospective Masters and Ph.D. students. For more information on tapering projects that Cathal is currently supervising, go to www.tapersafer.org
Publications and Further Research Outputs
- Cadogan C, Ryder S, An audit of prescribing practices for benzodiazepines and Z-Drugs, Irish Medical Journal, 108, (3), 2015, p84-86Journal Article, 2015, URL
- Cadogan CA, Ryder SA, Community pharmacists' role in benzodiazepine supply in Ireland: A questionnaire of pharmacists' views and experiences., International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 23, (6), 2015, p415-22Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL
- Patton D.E, Cadogan C.A, Ryan C, Francis J.J, Gormley G.J, Passmore P, Kerse N, Hughes C.M, Improving adherence to multiple medications in older people in primary care: Selecting intervention components to address patient-reported barriers and facilitators, Health Expectations, 21, (1), 2018, p138 - 148Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
- Rankin A, Cadogan C.A, Ryan C, Clyne B, Smith S.M, Hughes C.M, Core Outcome Set for Trials Aimed at Improving the Appropriateness of Polypharmacy in Older People in Primary Care, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
- Patton D.E, Hughes C.M, Cadogan C.A, Ryan C.A, Theory-Based Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence in Older Adults Prescribed Polypharmacy: A Systematic Review, Drugs and Aging, 34, (2), 2017, p97 - 113Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
- Cadogan C.A, Ryan C, Francis J.J, Gormley G.J, Passmore P, Kerse N, Hughes C.M, Development of an intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary care using a theory-based method, BMC Health Services Research, 16, (1), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
- Hughes C.M, Cadogan C.A, Patton D, Ryan C.A, Pharmaceutical strategies towards optimising polypharmacy in older people, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 512, (2), 2016, p360 - 365Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
- Hughes C.M, Cadogan C.A, Ryan C.A, Development of a pharmacy practice intervention: lessons from the literature, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 38, (3), 2016, p601 - 606Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
- Cadogan C.A, Ryan C, Hughes C.M, Appropriate Polypharmacy and Medicine Safety: When Many is not Too Many, Drug Safety, 39, (2), 2016, p109 - 116Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
- Cadogan C.A, Ryan C, Hughes C, Making the case for change: What researchers need to consider when designing behavior change interventions aimed at improving medication dispensing, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 12, (1), 2016, p149 - 153Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
- Cadogan C.A, Ryan C, Francis J.J, Gormley G.J, Passmore P, Kerse N, Hughes C.M, Improving appropriate polypharmacy for older people in primary care: Selecting components of an evidence-based intervention to target prescribing and dispensing, Implementation Science, 10, (1), 2015Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL
- Cooper J.A, Cadogan C.A, Patterson S.M, Kerse N, Bradley M.C, Ryan C, Hughes C.M, Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy in older people: A Cochrane systematic review, BMJ Open, 5, (12), 2015Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL
- Patterson S.M, Cadogan C.A, Kerse N, Cardwell C.R, Bradley M.C, Ryan C, Hughes C, Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy for older people, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014, (10), 2014Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL
- Derek Stewart · Vibhu Paudyal · Cathal Cadogan· Ankie Hazen · Betul Okuyan · Monika Lutters · Martin Henman · Daniella Fialová, A survey of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy members' research involvement, and associated enablers and barriers, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 42, (4), 2020, p1073 - 1087Journal Article, 2020
- Paudyal V, Cadogan C, Fialová D, Henman MC, Hazen A, Okuyan B, Lutters M, Stewart D, Provision of clinical pharmacy services during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of pharmacists from 16 European countries, Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 17, (8), 2020, p1507 - 1517Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
- Cathal A. Cadogan, Colin P. Bradley, Kathleen Bennett, Impact of changes in controlled drugs legislation on benzodiazepine receptor agonist prescribing in Ireland: a repeated cross-sectional study, European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2021Journal Article, 2021
- Lynch T, Ryan C, Hughes CM, Presseau J, Allen ZM, Bradley CP, Cadogan CA, Brief interventions targeting long"term benzodiazepine and Z"drug use in primary care: a systematic review and meta"analysis, Addiction, 115, (9), 2020, p1618--1639Journal Article, 2020
- Cathal A. Cadogan, Audrey Rankin, Simon Lewin, Carmel M. Hughes, Application of the intervention Complexity Assessment Tool for Systematic Reviews within a Cochrane review: an illustrative case study, HRB Open Research, 3, 2020, p31Journal Article, 2020
- Cadogan, C.A., Dharamshi, R., Fitzgerald, S., Corish, C.A., Castro, P.D., Ryan, C., A systematic scoping review of interventions to improve appropriate prescribing of oral nutritional supplements in primary care, Clinical Nutrition, 39, (3), 2020, p654-663Journal Article, 2020
- Patton, D.E., Francis, J.J., Clark, E., Smith, F., Cadogan, C.A., Ryan, C., Hughes, C.M., A pilot study of the S-MAP (Solutions for Medications Adherence Problems) intervention for older adults prescribed polypharmacy in primary care: Study protocol, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5, (1), 2019Journal Article, 2019
- Cadogan CA, Ryan C, Cahir C, Bradley CP, Bennett K, Benzodiazepine and Z-drug prescribing in Ireland: analysis of national prescribing trends from 2005-2015., British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2018Journal Article, 2018
- Cadogan CA, Ryan C, Gormley GJ, Francis JJ, Passmore P, Kerse N, Hughes CM, A feasibility study of a theory-based intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy for older people in primary care., Pilot and feasibility studies, 2018Journal Article, 2018
- Mixed methods research in pharmacy practice in, Pharmacy Practice Research Methods, 2015, pp107-121 , [Ryan, C., Cadogan, C., Hughes, C.]Book Chapter, 2015
- Cadogan C.A., Hughes C.M., On the frontline against COVID-19: Community pharmacists" contribution during a public health crisis, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 17, (1), 2021, p2032 - 2035, p2032-2035Journal Article, 2021, DOI
- Murphy M., Bennett K., Hughes C.M., Lavan A., Cadogan C.A., Interventions to optimise medication prescribing and adherence in older people with cancer: A systematic scoping review, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 16, (12), 2020, p1627 - 1631, p1627-1631Journal Article, 2020, DOI
- Importance of Mixed Methods Research in Pharmacy Practice in, Pharmacy Practice Research Methods, Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2020, pp137 - 154, [Ryan CristÃ, Cadogan Catha, Hughes Carme]Book Chapter, 2020, DOI , URL
- D. E. Patton, C. J. Pearce, M. Cartwright, F. Smith, C. A. Cadogan, C. Ryan, E. Clark, J. J. Francis, C. M. Hughes, A non-randomised pilot study of the Solutions for Medication Adherence Problems (SMAP) intervention in community pharmacies to support older adults adhere to multiple medications, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, (1), 2021, pDOI:10.1186/s40814-020-00762-3Journal Article, 2021
- Fulone I, Cadogan CA, Cuadrado C, Barberato-Filho S, Bergamaschi CC, Mazzei LG, Silva MT, Lopes LC., Pharmaceutical policies: effects of policies regulating drug marketing, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 11, (CD013780), 2020Journal Article, 2020
- Paudyal V, Cadogan C, Hazen A, Okuyan B, Lutters M, Henman M, Fialová D, Stewart D, Provision of clinical pharmacy services in European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of clinical pharmacists' views and experiences, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2021, pdoi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.11Journal Article, 2021
- Rankin A, Cadogan CA, Patterson SM, Kerse N, Cardwell CR, Bradley MC, Ryan C, Hughes C, Interventions to improve the appropriate use of polypharmacy for older people, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 8, (CD008165), 2018Journal Article, 2018
- Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Elsevier, [Editorial Board member], 2017Editorial Board, 2017
- Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Group , The Cochrane Library, [Associate Editor], 2019Editorial Board, 2019
- Joice Cunningham, Frank Doyle, Jennifer M. Ryan, Barbara Clyne, Cathal Cadogan, Elizabeth Cottrell, Susan M. Smith, Helen P. French, Primary care-based models of care for osteoarthritis: a scoping review protocol, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p48Journal Article, 2021, DOI
- Paudyal V, Fialová D, Henman M C, Hazen A, Okuyan B, Lutters M, Cadogan C, Alves da Costa F, Galfrascoli E, Pudritz YM, Rydant S, Acosta-Gómez J., Pharmacists' involvement in COVID-19 vaccination across Europe: A situational analysis of current practice and policy., International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
- Boland M, Higgins A, Sheaf G, Cadogan C, Mobile phone applications to support psychotropic tapering: a scoping review protocol, HRB Open Res, 5, (18), 2022Journal Article, 2022
- Lynch T, Ryan C, Cadogan CA., 'I just thought that it was such an impossible thing': A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to discontinuing long-term use of benzodiazepine receptor agonists using the Theoretical Domains Framework., Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 25, (1), 2022, p355-365Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Cadogan CA., Pharmacist interventions to deprescribe benzodiazepines in older adults: A missed opportunity?, Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP, 2022, pS1551-7411(22)00176-0Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Rankin A., Gorman A., Cole J., Cadogan C.A., Barry H.E., Agus A., Logan D., McDowell C., Molloy G.J., Ryan C., Leathem C., Maxwell M., Brennan C., Gormley G.J., Ferrett A., McCarthy P., Fahey T., Hughes C.M., Murphy L., Kennedy G., Adams C., Martin L., Thompson J., Toase S., Boyd C., McQuillan R., O'Dwyer M., An external pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a theory-based intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary care (PolyPrime), Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8, (1), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Lynch T., Ryan C., Bradley C., Foster D., Huff C., Hutchinson S., Lamberson N., Lynch L., Cadogan C., Supporting safe and gradual reduction of long-term benzodiazepine receptor agonist use: Development of the SAFEGUARDING-BZRAs toolkit using a codesign approach, Health Expectations, 25, (4), 2022, p1904 - 1918, p1904-1918Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Ni Sheachnasaigh E., Cadogan C., Strawbridge J., Sahm L.J., Ryan C., A scoping review of the methods and processes used by regulatory bodies to determine pharmacists" readiness for practice, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Rankin A., Molloy G.J., Cadogan C.A., Barry H.E., Gorman A., Ryan C., Ferrett A., McCarthy P., Gormley G.J., Fahey T., Hughes C.M., Protocol for a process evaluation of an external pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a theory-based intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary care: the PolyPrime study, Trials, 22, (1), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
- Susan M Patterson, Cathal Cadogan, Heather E Barry, Kathleen E Bennett, Carmel Hughes, Cross-sectional questionnaire study of the experiences of community pharmacists in Northern Ireland during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: preparation, experience and response, BMJ Open, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Susan M Patterson, Cathal A Cadogan, Heather E Barry, Carmel M Hughes, "It stayed there, front and centre": perspectives on community pharmacy"s contribution to front-line healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland, BMJ Open, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Barry A, Lewin S, Cadogan CA, Applying the intervention Complexity Assessment Tool to brief interventions targeting long-term benzodiazepine receptor agonist use in primary care: Lessons learned., BMC primary care, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Cullen M, Cadogan C, George S, Murphy S, Freeney S, Fitzpatrick R, Strawbridge J, Key stakeholders' views, experiences and expectations of patient and public involvement in healthcare professions' education: a qualitative study., BMC medical education, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Melanie Murphy, Kathleen Bennett, Sinéad Ryan, Carmel M. Hughes, Amanda H. Lavan, Cathal A. Cadogan, A systematic scoping review of interventions to optimise medication prescribing and adherence in older adults with cancer, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 18, (3), 2022, p2392--2402Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Boland M, Higgins A, Beecher C, Bracken P, Burn W, Cody A, Framer A, Gronlund TA, Horowitz M, Huff C, Jayacodi S, Keating D, Kessler D, Cadogan C, Priorities for future research on reducing and stopping psychiatric medicines using a James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership: The PROTECT study protocol, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Melanie Murphy, Kathleen Bennett, Marie Wright, Martina O"Reilly, Marian Conroy, Carmel Hughes, Sarah McLean, Cathal A. Cadogan, Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults with cancer receiving specialist palliative care: a retrospective observational study, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Cadogan CA, Murphy M, Boland M, Bennett K, McLean S, Hughes C, Prescribing practices, patterns, and potential harms in patients receiving palliative care: A systematic scoping review., Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
- Cadogan CA, Murphy M, McLean S, Bennett K, Hughes CM, Development of criteria for identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults with cancer receiving palliative care (PIP-CPC)., Journal of geriatric oncology, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
- Guerreiro MP, Strawbridge J, Cavaco AM, Félix IB, Marques MM, Cadogan C, Development of a European competency framework for health and other professionals to support behaviour change in persons self-managing chronic disease., BMC medical education, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
- Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Complex Services/Interventions, and Generating the Evidence in, Encyclopedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy, Springer, 2022, pphttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3- , [Cadogan C]Book Chapter, 2022
- Weidmann AE, Cadogan CA, Fialová D, Hazen A, Henman M, Lutters M, Okuyan B, Paudyal V, Wirth F., How to write a successful grant application: guidance provided by the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy., Intrenational Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 45, (3), 2023, p781 - 786Journal Article, 2023, DOI
- Patterson S, Cadogan C, Barry H, Hughes C, A survey of the community pharmacy workforce"s preparedness for, and response to, the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland, The International journal of pharmacy practice, 2022Journal Article, 2022
- Barry H, Cadogan C, O"Reilly E, Patterson S, Fitzell C, Hughes C, Changes to community pharmacy practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-country documentary analysis, The International journal of pharmacy practice, 2022Journal Article, 2022
Research Expertise
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TitleMedicines optimisation for patients living with cancer and receiving palliative careSummaryFunding AgencyIrish Cancer Society and All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative CareDate From2018Date To2021
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TitleDevelopment of a model of care for osteoarthritis in primary care in Ireland - A mixed methods studySummaryFunding AgencyHealth Research BoardDate From2020Date To2024
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TitleA randomised pilot study of a theory-based intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary care (PolyPrime).SummaryFunding AgencyCross-border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network (CHITIN)Date From2018Date To2021
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TitleA mixed methods study of the community pharmacy workforce's preparedness for, and response to, the COVID-19 pandemicSummaryFunding AgencyHSC R&D Division Northern IrelandDate FromOctober 2020Date ToSeptember 2021
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TitleA pilot study of the S-MAP (Solutions for Medication Adherence Problems) intervention in older adults prescribed polypharmacy in primary careSummaryFunding AgencyDunhill Medical TrustDate From2017Date To2020
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TitleImproving healthcare students' competencies for behaviour change to effectively support self-management in chronic diseases (Train4Health)SummaryFunding AgencyEuropean Commission's Erasmus+ Funding ProgrammeDate From2019Date To2022
Public health, Health services and systems, Clinical and health psychology,
Recognition
- Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Scholar 2018 2018
- RCSI StAR International Academic Engagement Fellowship 2018 2018
- Member of the European Association for Palliative Care Present
- Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Present
- Member of the Cochrane Collaboration Present
- Member of the Palliative Care Research Network Present
- Member of the Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices
- Member of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy Present
- Board of Directors: Alliance for Benzodiazepines Best Practices 2021