Biography
Patrick Kearns, B.Biomed.Sci (Hons.) MPH (Epidemiology and Biostatistics). Patrick Kearns holds an honours degree in Biomedical Science with a focus in Cellular Immunology and Disease Signalling (NUI). In 2024, he was awarded a Master of Public Health with Epidemiology and Biostatistics specialisation from University College Cork, becoming Ireland's youngest graduate in the field of Epidemiology. Patrick's work with UCC examined intra-population differences in Health-Related Quality of Life reporting and the factors which contribute to health-status perception(s). Having spent time working in the education sector, Patrick is now engaged in collaborative research efforts between TCD School of Medicine, the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, and St James' Hospital.
Research Expertise
Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified, Transplantation immunology, Nutritional epidemiology, Digital health, Immunology not elsewhere classified, Major global burdens of disease, Disease surveillance, Systems biology, Occupational epidemiology, Clinical Trials and Interventions, Epidemiological methods, Epidemiological modelling, Public health not elsewhere classified, Behavioural epidemiology, Health services and systems, Social epidemiology, Clinical Science Infrastructure, Tumour immunology, Signal transduction, Epidemiology not elsewhere classified, Immunology, Forensic epidemiology, Clinical sciences research design, methodology, and analysis, Vaccines, Epidemiology, Medical, health and life sciences, Receptors and membrane biology, Environmental epidemiology, Health Sciences, Basic Medicine and Life Sciences, Public health, Cancer,
Recognition
- Royal Society for Public Health (UK and ROI) 2025