Professor Catherine Comiskey

• O'Toole RF, Jackson S, Hanway A, O'Donnell J, Comiskey CM, Rogers TR, O'Flanagan D, Tuberculosis incidence in the Irish Traveller population in Ireland from 2002 to 2013., Epidemiology and infection, 2015, p1-7Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Sheehan A, Comiskey C, Williamson C, Mgutshini T., Evaluation of the implementation of a PhD capacity-building programme for nurses in South Africa., Nursing Research, 64, (1), 2015, p13-23Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Elizabeth A. Curtis, Catherine Comiskey and Orla Dempsey, Correlational Research: Importance and Use in Nursing and Health Research, Nurse Researcher, 23, (6), 2015, p20 - 25Journal Article, 2015, TARA - Full Text
• Comiskey, C., O'Sullivan, K., Quirke, M., Wynne, C., Hollywood, E., McGilloway, S, An analysis of the first implementation and impact of the World Health Organisation's health promoting school model within disadvantaged city schools in Ireland, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 10, (4), 2015, p281 - 293Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• Wynne C, Comiskey C, McGilloway S. , The role of body mass index, weight change desires and depressive symptoms in the health-related quality of life of children living in urban disadvantage: testing mediation models. , Psychology and Health , 2015, p147 - 165Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• Comiskey, C.M., The Australian Treatment Outcome Study - implications for treatment philosophies, policy, political processes and practice. Invited commentary on Teesson et al (2015). , Addiction, (110), 2015, p994-995Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• Murphy, E & Comiskey, C.M. , Modelling the Impact of Place on Individual Methadone Treatment Outcomes in a National Longitudinal Cohort Study, Substance Use & Misuse, 50, (1 ), 2015, p99-105Journal Article, 2015
• Coyne I, Comiskey C, Lalor J, Higgins A, Elliott N, Begley C., An exploration of clinical practice in sites with and without clinical nurse or midwife specialists or advanced nurse practitioners, in Ireland, BMC Health Services Research, 16, (1), 2016, p151-Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Hyland, J. M., Hyland, P. K., & Comiskey, C. M., Victimisation in urban primary schools of high poverty areas: Associations with health-related quality of life, depression and social support., Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2016, p1-Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• Hanway A, Comiskey C.M, Tobin K, O'Toole R.F, Relating annual migration from high tuberculosis burden country of origin to changes in foreign-born tuberculosis notification rates in low-medium incidence European countries, Tuberculosis, 101, 2016, p67 - 74Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Yvonne Leckey, Lynda Hyland, Gráinne Hickey, Anne Lodge, Paul Kelly,Tracey Bywater, Catherine Comiskey, Michael Donnelly & Sinéad McGilloway , A mixed-methods evaluation of the longer-term implementation and utility of a teacher classroom management training programme in Irish primary schools, Irish Educational Studies, 35, (1), 2016, p35 - 55Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• Comiskey, C. M., Milnes, J and Daly, M, Parents who use drugs: the wellbeing of parent and child dyads among people receiving harm reduction interventions for opiate use. , Journal of Substance Use, 22, (2), 2017, p206-210Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Comiskey, C.M., Hyland, J. and Cummins, P. , Longer term treatment outcomes for parents and non-parents who use drugs and have children in their care , Substance Use and Misuse , 51, (12), 2016, p1600 - 1609Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Smith, E, Comiskey, C.M and Carroll A, Prevalence and risk factors for osteoporosis in adults with acquired brain injury., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 185, (2), 2016, p473 - 481Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• Comiskey C.M, Hyland J, Hyland P, Parenthood, Child Care, and Heroin Use: Outcomes After Three Years, Substance Use and Misuse, 51, (12), 2016, p1600 - 1609Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Curtis E, Comiskey C, Dempsey O, Importance and use of correlational research, Nurse Researcher, 23, (6), 2016, p20 - 25Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Comiskey C.M, Snel A, Using client's routine urinalysis records from multiple treatment systems to model five-year opioid substitution treatment outcomes, Substance Use and Misuse, 51, (4), 2016, p498 - 507Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Gabrielle McKee, Margaret Codd, Orla Dempsey, Paul Gallagher, Catherine Comiskey, Describing the implementation of an innovative intervention and evaluating its effectiveness in increasing research capacity of advanced clinical nurses: Using the consolidated framework for implementation research, BMC Nursing, 16, (1), 2017, p21-Journal Article, 2017, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Wiessing, L., Ferri, M., Běláčková, V., Carrieri P, Friedman S.R, Folch C, Dolan K, Galvin B, Vickerman P, Lazarus J.V, MravÄ Ã­k V, Kretzschmar M, Sypsa V, Sarasa-Renedo A, UuskÃ"la A, Paraskevis D, Mendão L, Rossi D, van Gelder N, Mitcheson L, Paoli L, Gomez C.D, Milhet M, Dascalu N, Knight J, Hay G, Kalamara E, Simon R, Comiskey C, Rossi C, Griffiths P, Molinaro S, Franchini M, Siciliano V, Benedetti E, Perduca M, Ylli A, Anta G.B, Bravo Portela M.J, Indave I, Rácz J, Zábranskỳ T, Å tefunková M, Dávila P.F, Salekesin M, Vorobjov S, Dan M, Fierbinteanu C, Popescu D, Verdes L, Abagiu A.-O, Hatzakis A, Moudatsou M, Antypas T, Cadet-Tairou A, Collins A.M, Liddell D, Monitoring quality and coverage of harm reduction services for people who use drugs: A consensus study, Harm Reduction Journal, 14, (1), 2017, p19-Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Waldron C, Macgiolla Phadraig C, Nunn J, Comiskey C, Donnelly-Swift E, Guerin S, Clarke M.J, Oral hygiene programmes for people with intellectual disabilities, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017, (4), 2017, pCD012628-Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
• Emma Atkin-Brenninkmeyer, Fiona Larkan and Catherine Comiskey , Factors concerning access to a potential drug consumption room in Dublin, Ireland , Cogent Social Sciences, 3, (1), 2017, p1398207-Journal Article, 2017, URL
• Carew, Anne Marie and Comiskey, Catherine , Treatment for opioid use and outcomes in older adults: A systematic literature review, Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 182, (1), 2018, p48 - 57Journal Article, 2018, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Using Implementation Science to Guide Leadership and Determine Readiness for Change in Healthcare in, editor(s)Curtis E. and Cullen, J. , Leadership and Change for the Health Profession, UK, Open University Press, 2017, ppChapter 17 , [Comiskey, C.M and Sheehan, A. ]Book Chapter, 2017
• Banka, P., Tobin, K., De Vries, J. & Comiskey, C. , What is the relationship between childhood depression, obesity and poor school performance among urban disadvantaged children?, 16th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference & Student Colloquium., Trinity College Dublin, November 2015, 2015Oral Presentation, 2015, URL
• Huntley-Moore, S, Curtis, E, Duffy, E, O'Rourke, F. , Critical Preparation and Readiness to support future change, Nursing Management , Volume 25, (Number 2), 2018, p31 - 38Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Carew, Anne Marie and Comiskey, Catherine , Rising incidence of ageing opioid users within the EU wide treatment demand indicator; The Irish opioid epidemic from 1996 to 2014, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, (192), 2018, p329 - 337Journal Article, 2018, URL
• Comiskey, C.M , Take-home naloxone: While good it is far from good enough. , The Lancet, Public Health , 3, (5), 2018, pe205 - e206Journal Article, 2018, URL
• Chapter 3 Commissioning, Procuring and Contracting Evaluations and Research in, editor(s)Suzanne Guerin, Nóirín Hayes, Sinéad McNally , Research and Evaluation in Community, Health and Social Care Settings Experiences from Practice, Oxford United Kingdom, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018, pp45 - 60, [Marian Quinn, Catherine Comiskey & Gail Birkbeck ]Book Chapter, 2018
• Chapter 6 Developing a Detailed Design for Research with Communities. in, editor(s)Suzanne Guerin, Nóirín Hayes, Sinéad McNally , Research and Evaluation in Community, Health and Social Care Settings Experiences from Practice, Oxford, United Kingdom, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018, pp90 - 105, [Suzanne Guerin & Catherine Comiskey ]Book Chapter, 2018
• Chapter 12 Conclusion. in, editor(s)Suzanne Guerin, Nóirín Hayes, Sinéad McNally , Research and Evaluation in Community, Health and Social Care Settings Experiences from Practice, Oxford, United Kingdom, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018, pp170 - 185, [Nóirín Hayes & Catherine Comiskey ]Book Chapter, 2018
• Comiskey, C.M., Ethical challenges within a Healthy Schools Project and lessons learned., Childrens Digest, 4, (3), 2017Journal Article, 2017, URL
• Comiskey, C.M. Banka, P., Hyland, J. and Hyland, P, Leadership, sustainability and extending the learning from the Healthy Schools programme to other national and international contexts, Childrens Research Digest , 5, (3), 2018, p7 - 13Journal Article, 2018, URL
• Galligan, K and Comiskey, C. , Estimating the number of children of parents who misuse substances, including alcohol across the communities of the Tallaght Drug and Alcohol Task Force (TDATF) region, Dublin, Ireland, Tallaght Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force, 2017Report, 2017, URL
• Murphy, E and Comiskey, C.M. , Effectiveness and implementation of the Zoom Boom Kids Programme in a primary school setting. , Ireland, Trinity College/Enterprise Ireland , 2016Report, 2016, URL
• Shimer, J., Comiskey, C.M., Tobin, C. & Banka, P. , The Healthy Schools Programme: Taking a Deeper Look into the Lives of Disadvantaged Children through Visual Content Analysis, University of New Hampshire , 2015Report, 2015
• Prof. Catherine M. Comiskey, Dr Orla Dempsey and Ms Anne Snel , The National Prevalence of Most at Risk Populations (MARP) for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Serbia. , Serbia, 2011Report, 2011
• Comiskey, C.M., O'Sullivan, K and Milnes, J. , A roadmap for future service provision: A Rapid Assessment and Response Study. , South East Regional Drug Task Force, Wexford, Iraland, 2010Report, 2010
• Comiskey, C. Galligan, K., Banka, P., O'Brien Green, S. and McDonagh, D , An evaluation of the gays men's health outreach programme , HSE, Dublin, Ireland, Health Servcie Executive, December, 2018Report, 2018, TARA - Full Text
• Catherine Comiskey, Addiction Debates: Hot Topics from Policy to Practice, United Kingdom, SAGE Swift Series, 2020Book, 2020
• Sarah Jackson, Catherine Comiskey, Zubair Kabir, 'A systematic review on the recent effects of migration from high TB incidence countries on the epidemiology of tuberculosis in low to medium incidence countries. ', Dublin, Ireland, PROSPERO, 2018, -Protocol or guideline, 2018, URL
• Comiskey, C.M., A Hazardous Journey to a Better Place: Modelling the care pathway of opiate using women before, during and after admittance to the Dochas Centre, Mountjoy, Dublin., HSE, Irealnd, 2006Report, 2006, URL
• Carroll, A. Mattison, T. and Comiskey, C. M. , An audit of a new system of self-referral in the management of patients with multiple sclerosis, International Journal of MS Care. [Serial on-line], (4), 2002, p1 - 5Journal Article, 2002, URL
• The Method of back calculation as a means of estimating incidence. in, Modelling drug use: methods to quantify and understand hidden processes. EMCDDA Scientific Monograph Series No.6. , Lisbon, Portugal, EMCDDA Portugal, 2001, pp105 - 117, [Comiskey, C.M. and Hay, G. ]Book Chapter, 2001, URL
• Compartmental modelling and stochastic dynamic systems. in, Modelling drug use: methods to quantify and understand hidden processes. EMCDDA Scientific Monograph Series No.6. , Lisbon, Portugal, EMCDDA Portugal , 2001, pp117 - 133, [Hay, G. and Comiskey, C.M. ]Book Chapter, 2001, URL
• What are dynamic models and how can they be used? in, Modelling drug use: methods to quantify and understand hidden processes. EMCDDA Scientific Monograph Series No.6., Lisbon, Portugal, EMCDDA Portugal, 2001, pp11 - 33, [Godfrey, C., Parrott, S., Sutton, M., Waby, V., Young, P., Comiskey, C., Frisher, M., Hay, G., Hickman, M., Jager, J., Kahan, J., Kraus, L., Mollica, R., Postma, M., Simon, R., Taylor, C., Wiessing, L. ]Book Chapter, 2001, URL
• Comiskey C.M, Review of 'Mathematical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases' , Review of 'Mathematical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases' , by Diekmann and Heesterbeek , Mathematics Today, 36, (5), 2000, p159Review, 2000
• Comiskey, C.M. , Mathematical models for the transmission dynamics of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Ireland. , Proceedings of The Sixth European conference on mathematics in industry., The Sixth European conference on mathematics in industry., Stuttgart, Germany., 1992, (6), ECMI , 1992, pp125 - 128Conference Paper, 1992
• Comiskey, C.M., Glockner, B. and Roydhouse, R. , Modelling the transmission of HIV and its progression to AIDS in Australian heterosexuals, Proceedings of International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Australia, 1993, 4, 1993, pp1766 - 1769Conference Paper, 1993
• Comiskey, C.M., Applied Statistics in Clinical Trials, Proceedings Information Linkage between Industry and Applied Mathematics, Information Linkage between Industry and Applied Mathematics , Dublin, Ireland, 1988, NIHE, Dublin, Ireland, 1988, pp155 - 157Conference Paper, 1988
• Comiskey, C.M., Improvements in integral equation models for estimates of the level of HIV infection in Ireland, The Statistician, Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland, Ireland, 1992, (41), 1992, pp329 - 329Published Abstract, 1992
• Catherine Comiskey, Anne Line Bretteville©\Jensen, Henri Bergeron, Gerhard B"¹hringer, Paul Dargan, Marina Davoli, Fabrizio Faggiano, Gabriele Fischer, Fernando Rodr"ªguez de Fonseca, Henk Garretsen, Matthew Hickman, Dirk J. Korf, Krzysztof Krajewski, Letizia Paoli, Rainer Spanagel., Better data, better policy and better lives: a call for improved drug monitoring and concerted responses, Addiction, 2019Journal Article, 2019, URL
• Comiskey, C.M. Galligan, K, Flanagan, J., Deegan, J, Farnham, J and Hall, A. , Client's views on the importance of a nurse led approach and nurse prescribing in the development of the Healthy Addiction Treatment Recovery Model, Journal of Addictions Nursing , 30, (3), 2019, p169 - 176Journal Article, 2019, URL
• James, P., Comiskey, C. and Smyth, B. , Debt on me head": a qualitative study of the experience of teenage cannabis users in treatment, Journal of Addictions Nursing , 30, (3), 2019, p211 - 218Journal Article, 2019
• Karen Galligan & Catherine M. Comiskey , Hidden Harms and the Number of Children Whose Parents Misuse Substances: A Stepwise Methodological Framework for Estimating Prevalence,, Substance Use & Misuse, , 54, (9), 2019, p1429 - 1437Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Comiskey, C, James, P, Smyth, B, Journeying with fear: Young people's experiences of cannabis use, crime and violence before treatment entry, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing., 33, (2), 2020, p61 - 66Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Comiskey, C. , Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery: a partnership and evidence-informed approach to developing the new Irish health led, National Drug Strategy, Harm Reduction Journal, 17, (3), 2020Journal Article, 2020, URL
• McCarthy Quinn, E. and Comiskey, C., The InBetweeners Report:, Dublin, Ireland , December, 2019Report, 2019, URL
• McGrath, C., Quirke, M., Comiskey, C., Byrne, P., A 10-year retrospective case notes review of paediatric presentations to an Irish psychiatric liaison service in an urban hospital setting, THE 2020, Dublin, 03rd-5th March, 2020, 2020Poster, 2020
• Banka, P., Tobin, K., de Vries, J., Bhattacharya, A. & Comiskey C., Investigating the relationship between depression, obesity and school performance: using causal inference, 17th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference, School of Nursing and Midwifery, 8-10 November, 2016Oral Presentation, 2016, URL
• Comiskey, C.M. Galligan, K, Flanagan, J., Deegan, J, Farnham, J and Hall, A. , The development and implementation of the Healthy Addiction Treatment Recovery Model, Journal of Addictions Nursing , 32, (1), 2021, pE11 - E20Journal Article, 2021
• Carew A. and Comiskey C., Developing a data-driven definition of 'older' to inform future policymaking and service provision for people using opioid drugs., European Addiction Research , 2020Journal Article, 2020
• Comiskey, C., Estimating the Prevalence of Asymptomatic Cases of Covid-19 in Our Communities, Journal of Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020, p129 - 132Journal Article, 2020, URL
• Distributed Leadership Interventions at Advanced Clinical Practitioner Level in, editor(s)Curtis, E., Beirne, M., Cullen, J., Norway, R and Corrigan, S. , Distributed Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare. , United Kingdom., Open University Press, 2021, [Comiskey, C.]Book Chapter, 2021
• Comiskey, C. M., Delaney, S., Galligan, K., Dinsmore, J., Keenan, M., & Cullen, K, The BREATHE Project, a mobile application, video-monitoring system in family homes as an aid to the caring role: Needs, acceptability and concerns of informal carers. , Digital Health, (June), 2018Journal Article, 2018
• Hyland, M., Comiskey, C., Hollywood, E., and Banka, Sonam, Exploring risk and protective factors of alcohol use among young people living in urban disadvantage, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 3 - 5th March 2020, 2020, pp7-Oral Presentation, 2020, URL
• Hollywood, E., Comiskey, C., Lalor, J. and Creaner, M. , What does family mean for the school-aged child who lives in an area of urban disadvantage? , Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2021), Online, 10th and 11th March, 2021, pp8 - 8Oral Presentation, 2021
• Hyland, M., Hollywood, E., Banka, S. and Comiskey, C., Alcohol use and alcohol-related harms: exploring risk and protective factors among young people living in urban disadvantage, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2021), Online, 10th and 11th March , 2021, pp8 - 8Oral Presentation, 2021
• Tewari P, Banka P, Kernan N, Reynolds S, White C, Pilkington L, O'Toole S, Sharp L, D'Arcy T, Murphy C, Comiskey C, Martin CM, O'Leary JJ., Prevalence and concordance of oral HPV infections with cervical HPV infections in women referred to colposcopy with abnormal cytology., Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology, 50, (7), 2021, p692-699Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• O'Neill, D., De Vries, J., & Comiskey, C. M., Leadership and community healthcare reform: a study using the Competing Values Framework (CVF)., Leadership in Health Services, 34, (4), 2021, p485 - 498Journal Article, 2021, URL
• McDonagh, D., Comiskey, C. & de Vries, j, Predictors of treatment outcomes among people attending opiate agonist treatment in methadone maintenance clinics , Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2020): Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 March 2021, Trinity College Dublin, 10/11 March 2021, 2021Oral Presentation, 2021, URL
• Hyland, M., Hollywood, E., Banka, S. and Comiskey, C, The scale and scope of alcohol-related emergency department presentations by children and young people in an urban hospital setting., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2022 (THEconf2022): 'Resilience, Rehabilitation and Reablement' , Online, 8-10 March 2022, 2022, pp7-Oral Presentation, 2022
• Hollywood, E., Lalor, J., Comiskey, C. and Creaner, M, An exploration of the health and well-being related perceptions and experiences of children and families who live in areas of urban disadvantage. , Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2020 (THEconf2020): 'Resilience, Rehabilitation and Reablement' , Dublin, Ireland, 4-5 March 2020, 2020Poster, 2020
• McDonagh, D., de Vries, J. & Comiskey, C., The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on People in Opiate Agonist Treatment: the importance of feeling unloved, European Addiction Journal, 29, 2023, p313 - 322Journal Article, 2023, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Bernard Cazelles, Catherine Comiskey, Benjamin Nguyen Van Yen, Clara Champagne, Benjamin Roche, Identical trends of SARS-Cov-2 transmission and retail and transit mobility during non-lockdown periods, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021Journal Article, 2021
• Catherine Comiskey, Anne Snel, Prakashini Banka, The second wave: estimating the hidden asymptomatic prevalence of COVID-19 in Ireland as we plan for imminent immunisation, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p19Journal Article, 2021
• Comiskey C.M., Snel A., Banka P.S., First back-calculation and infection fatality multiplier estimate of the hidden prevalence of COVID-19 in Ireland, European Journal of Public Health, 31, (4), 2021, p908 - 912, p908-912Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Cazelles B., Nguyen-Van-Yen B., Champagne C., Comiskey C., Dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ireland under mitigation, BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, (1), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Cazelles B., Champagne C., Nguyen-Van-Yen B., Comiskey C., Vergu E., Roche B., A mechanistic and data-driven reconstruction of the time-varying reproduction number: Application to the COVID-19 epidemic, PLoS Computational Biology, 17, (7), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Jackson S., Kabir Z., Comiskey C., Effects of migration on tuberculosis epidemiological indicators in low and medium tuberculosis incidence countries: A systematic review, Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 23, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Cazelles B., Comiskey C., Nguyen-Van-Yen B., Champagne C., Roche B., Parallel trends in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and retail/recreation and public transport mobility during non-lockdown periods, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 104, 2021, p693 - 695, p693-695Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Jackson, Sarah, Kabir, Zubair, Comiskey, Catherine, Divergence in pace of decline in tuberculosis rates among migrants versus non-migrants in Ireland from 2011 to 2020, The Lancet, 400, 2022, pS52Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Schakelaar, Michael Y., Bassat, Quique, Comiskey, Catherine M., Felvinczi, Katalin, Haarhuis, Jan C. M., Bovenschen, Niels, Linked research hubs train students to tackle societal challenges, Nature, 611, (7936), 2022, p449-449Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Curtis, Elizabeth, O"Rourke, Frank, Comiskey, Catherine, Banka-Cullen, Sonam Prakashini, Increasing awareness of bullying through small-scale initiatives in higher education, Nursing Management, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Banka-Cullen, S.P., Comiskey, C., Kelly, P., Zeni, M.B., Gutierrez, A., & Menon, U., Nurse prescribing practices across the globe for Medication-Assisted Treatment of the Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD): A Scoping Review, Harm Reduction Journal, 20, (1), 2023, p1 - 10Journal Article, 2023, URL
• Marie Hyland, Dr. Sonam Prakishini Banka-Cullen, Dr. Eleanor Hollywood and Prof. Catherine Comiskey, Alcohol use among young people living in urban disadvantage: A sociocultural perspective on the protective shield provided by positive school environment, Drugs Education, Prevention and Policy , 2023Journal Article, 2023
• Marie Hyland, Dr. Sonam Prakishini Banka-Cullen, Dr. Eleanor Hollywood and Prof. Catherine Comiskey, Urgent attention required: Retrospective analysis of alcohol-related emergency department presentations by children and young people from a tertiary hospital in Ireland, ALCOHOL, 2023Journal Article, 2023
• Comiskey, C., 'Responses to the needs of children of parents who use drugs ', European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2022, -Protocol or guideline, 2022, URL
• Comiskey, C., Banka, S. and Curtis, E., Using Cohort Designs in Nursing and Healthcare Research, Nurse Researcher, 2024Journal Article, 2024
• Evaluating Treatment Outcomes from Drug Policies and Practices in, editor(s)Carla Rossi and Susanna Conti , Evaluating the impact of Laws Regulating Illicit Drugs on Health and Society, Singapore, Bentham Science Publishers, 2023, pp116 - 134, [Catherine M. Comiskey, Elizabeth M. McCarthy, Zoe Swithenbank and Gordon Hay]Book Chapter, 2023
• Sarah Jackson, Zubair Kabir, Catherine Comiskey, Impact of universal tuberculosis vaccination cessation on the epidemiology of paediatric tuberculosis cases in Ireland from 2011 to 2021., The Lancet, 400, (Supplement 1), 2022, pS53 - S53Journal Article, 2022
• Hollywood E and Comiskey C, Keeping kids safe these days: a case study of the health and well-being related perceptions and experiences of school-aged children who live in areas of urban disadvantage in Ireland., Lisbon Addictions 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, 23rd - 25th November, 2022Conference Paper, 2022, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Hollywood, E., Banka Cullen, S., Murphy, M and Comiskey, C, An Evaluation of the Barnardos Ballybeg Playground Service, https://doi.org/10.25546/104143, Trinity College Dublin, October, 2023, p1 - 73Report, 2023, TARA - Full Text
• Hollywood, E., Banka Cullen, S.,Comiskey, C. and Basa, M., An Evaluation of the `Where I"m At" Project at Meath Women"s Refuge and Support Services (MWRSS)., Trinity College Dublin, November, 2013, p1 - 90Report, 2013, TARA - Full Text
• Hollywood, E., Banka Cullen, S. and Comiskey, C., Supporting women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2023), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 7-9 March 2023, 2023, pp7-Conference Paper, 2023, URL
• Hyland, M., Hollywood, E., Banka Cullen, S. and Comiskey, C., Using an eleven year retrospective analysis of alcohol-related emergency department presentations by children and young people to inform appropriately targeted prevention programmes., 14th EUSPR Conference, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4-6th October 2023, 2023Poster, 2023
• Sadie Lavelle Cafferkey, Peter Kelly, Catherine Comiskey, `Selling their souls? Nurses' understanding of addiction and recovery in acute hospital settings, British Journal of Nursing, 2024, phttps://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.Journal Article, 2024, URL
• Basa, Muluken, de Vries, Jan, McDonagh, David, Comiskey, Catherine, The impact of COVID-19 on non-communicable disease patients in sub-Saharan African countries: systematic review, PLOS ONE, 2024, p15Journal Article, 2024, URL
• Comiskey C.M., Lost lives and opportunities for the legacy of harm reduction in Scotland, UK, The Lancet Public Health, 8, (7), 2023, pe474 - e475, pe474-e475Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Sarah Jackson, Zubair Kabir, Catherine Comiskey, Retrospective cohort study exploring the impact of universal Tuberculosis (TB) vaccination cessation on the epidemiology of paediatric TB in Ireland, 2011"2021, Vaccine, 42, (8), 2024, p2099-2105Journal Article, 2024
• Grainne Clarke, Pauline Hyland, Catherine Comiskey, Women over 50 who use alcohol and their engagement with primary and preventative health services: a narrative review using a systematic approach, Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2023, p1-15Journal Article, 2023
• Muluken Basa, Catherine Comiskey, Prevalence and associated factors of khat chewing among pregnant women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• James, P.D., Comiskey, C., Smyth, B.P., "Debt on Me Head": A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Teenage Cannabis Users in Treatment, Journal of Addictions Nursing, 30, (3), 2019, p211-218Journal Article, 2019
• Waldron, C., Nunn, J., Phadraig, C.M.G., Comiskey, C., Guerin, S., van Harten, M.T., Donnelly-Swift, E., Clarke, M.J., Oral hygiene interventions for people with intellectual disabilities, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019, (5), 2019Journal Article, 2019
• Hickey, G., McGilloway, S., Hyland, L., Leckey, Y., Kelly, P., Bywater, T., Comiskey, C., Lodge, A., Donnelly, M., O"Neill, D., Exploring the effects of a universal classroom management training programme on teacher and child behaviour: A group randomised controlled trial and cost analysis, Journal of Early Childhood Research, 15, (2), 2017, p174-194Journal Article, 2017
• Comiskey, C.M., The Australian Treatment Outcome Study - implications for treatment philosophies, policy, political processes and practice, Addiction, 110, (6), 2015, p994-995Journal Article, 2015
• Comiskey, C.M., A 3year national longitudinal study comparing drug treatment outcomes for opioid users with and without children in their custodial care at intake, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 44, (1), 2013, p90-96Journal Article, 2013
• Comiskey, C.M., Stapleton, R., Longitudinal outcomes for treated opiate use and the use of ancillary medical and social services, Substance Use and Misuse, 45, (4), 2010, p628-641Journal Article, 2010
• Comiskey, C., Saris, J., Pugh, J., A response from Comiskey et al, Probation Journal, 54, (3), 2007, p309-310Journal Article, 2007
• Breslin, N., Brennan, D., Hollywood, E., Comiskey, C. and Sheerin, F., The role of Path Dependency Theory in the reproduced structures, systems and practices of the Irish Mental Health System over the last 200 years., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5-7th March, 2024Conference Paper, 2024
• James, PD, Nash, M, Comiskey, C,, Barriers and Enablers for Adolescents Accessing Substance-Use Treatment: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis., International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Catherine Comiskey, Henri Bergeron, Thomas Clausen, Charlotte Colman, Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Gabriele Fischer, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Jo-Hanna Ivers, Marie Jauffret-Roustide, Marieke Liem, Tomi Lintonen, Kim Moeller, Ilkka Ojanperä, Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca, Marta Torrens Mèlich, The importance of co-produced, multi-method, independent scientific evidence in times of alternative truths and global policy debates, International Journal of Drug Policy, 129, 2024Journal Article, 2024, URL
• S Lavelle-Cafferkey and C Comiskey, Role of the addiction clinical nurse specialist in acute hospital settings., Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987), 39, (6), 2024, p70 - 76Journal Article, 2024, URL
• Marder, I., McCormack, P., Finnegan-Kessie, T., Schweppe, J. Black, L., Brennan, F., Kenny, T., Kurz, K., Le Prince, E., Quinn, M., Weiner, R., Daly, Y., McCashin, D., Wozniak, K., Barry, C., Brandon, A., Carey, S., Cleary, M., Cleere, G., Coughlan, M., Comiskey, C., Cusack, A., Ducque, K., Flanagan, N., Garrihy, J., Guiney, C., Hall, H., Haynes, A., Healy, D., Hughes, D., Humphreys, F., Kelly, E., Kenny, D., Lacey, N., McCarthy, A., McCormack, N., Michael, L., Morrison, J., O"Connell, C., O"Connell, L., O" Shea, J., Prendergast, K., Rice, O., Ryan, P., Scott, S., Toland, M., Vaugh, T., Walsh, F. and Winright, T., Embedding a culture of interdisciplinary open research in criminal justice: a new partnership for Ireland, Irish Probation Journal., 2024Journal Article, 2024
• S Jackson, Z Kabir, C Comiskey, Social and biological factors associated with unsuccessful TB treatment outcome in Ireland 2011-2021, European Journal of Public Health, 33, (S2), 2023, pckad160.557Journal Article, 2023, URL
• Lucas Wiessing, Prakashini Banka-Cullen, M Gabriela Barbaglia, Vendula Belackova, Saed AS Belbaisi, Peter Blanken, Patrizia Carrieri, Catherine Comiskey, Daniel Dacosta-Sánchez, Geert Dom, Venus Fabricius, Hugo Faria, Liljana Ignjatova, Nemanja Ini", Britta Jacobsen, Jana D Javakhishvili, Zuzana Kamendy, Máté Kapitány-Fövény, Anna Kiss, Evi Kyprianou, Kirsten Marchand, Tim Millar, Viktor Mravcik, Naser JY Mustafa, Carlos Nordt, Markus Partanen, Mads Uffe Pedersen, Hanna Putkonen, Mariam Razmadze, Perrine Roux, Bernd Schulte, Paulo Seabra, Luis Sordo, Lisa Strada, Emilis Subata, Esmeralda Thoma, Marta Torrens, Alexander Y Walley, Ioanna Yiasemi, Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment Outcomes"The OPTIMUS International Consensus Towards Evidence-Based and Patient-Centred Care, an Interim Report., International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, (December), 2023Journal Article, 2023, URL
• Muluken Bafa Basa, Catherine Comiskey, Jan De Vries, David McDonagh, 'The Impact of COVID-19 on Non-Communicable Disease Patients in Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Systematic Review', NIHR PROSPERO, 2023, -Protocol or guideline, 2023, URL
• Comiskey, C., Addiction Research and Evaluation: Addressing Key Challenges for Policy and Practice, New York, Springer, 2024Book, 2024, URL
• Teymuroglu, Z. and Comiskey, C., Breaking the chain of intergenerational problem drug use: A novel modelling approach to guide public health interventions., Mathematical Biosciences, 2024Journal Article, 2024
• Philip James and Catherine Comiskey, Informing the cannabis policy debate: a cross-sectional study of current and former cannabis users in Ireland, Journal of Substance Use, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Philip James, Michael Nash, Catherine Comiskey, "Won"t somebody please think of the children": Are we ignoring 15-17 year olds in health research and health care?, 2nd International Research Conference: Empowering Care: Innovations in Healthcare for a Sustainable Future, Dublin, 22-23 August 2024, 2024Oral Presentation, 2024, URL
• Philip James, Catherine Comiskey, The experiences and wellbeing of adults who use cannabis, Inclusion Health Nurses Section Conference, Dublin, 13 September 2024, 2024Poster, 2024, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Philip James, Catherine Comiskey, An online survey of cannabis users and ex-users in Ireland, Lisbon Addictions 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, 23-25 October 2024, 2024Oral Presentation, 2024, URL
• Aine Carroll, Mike Barnes, Catherine Comiskey, A prospective randomized controlled study of the role of botulinum toxin in whiplash-associated disorder., Clinical Rehabilitation, 22, (6), 2008, p513 - 519Journal Article, 2008, DOI
• Comiskey, C.M., Kelly, P., Stapleton, R. , ROSIE Findings 7.A summary of outcomes for the per-protocol population, , Dublin, National Advisory Committee on Drugs, 2008Report, 2008, URL
• Comiskey, C.M., Kelly, P., Stapleton, R. , ROSIE Findings 6. .A summary of 3-year outcomes. , Dublin, National Advisory Committee on Drugs, 2008Report, 2008, URL
• Cox, G, Kelly, P. and Comiskey, C.M.(, ROSIE Findings 5. Gender similarities and differences in outcomes at 1-year., Dublin, National Advisory Committee on Drugs, 2008Report, 2008, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Comiskey, C. M., Saris, A.J. and Pugh, J. , Estimating the prevalence of opiate use in Ireland and the implications for the criminal justice system., Probation Journal: The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice, 54, (1), 2007, p22 - 35Journal Article, 2007, URL
• Cox, G. and Comiskey, C, Characteristics of opiate users presenting for a new treatment episode: Baseline data from the national treatment outcome study in Ireland (ROSIE) , Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 11, (3), 2007, p217 - 230Journal Article, 2007, TARA - Full Text
• E Smith, C Comiskey, N Ryall , Prevalence and patterns of back pain and residual limb pain in lower limb amputees at the National Rehabilitation Hospital., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 177, 2008, p53 - 57Journal Article, 2008
• White, E. and Comiskey, C.M, Modelling treatment pathways and the drug using career, Mathematical Biosciences, 208, (1), 2007, p312 - 324Journal Article, 2007, URL
• Cox, G., Comiskey, C. and Kelly, P, ROSIE Findings 2: Summary of 1-year outcomes: Detoxification Modality., Dublin, National Advisory Committee on Drugs. , 2007Report, 2007, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Cox, G., Comiskey, C. and Kelly, P., ROSIE Findings 3: Summary of 1-year outcomes: Abstinence Modality, Dublin, National Advisory Committee on Drugs, 2007Report, 2007, TARA - Full Text
• Cox, G., Comiskey, C. and Kelly, P, ROSIE Findings 4: Summary of 1-year outcomes: Methadone Modality, Dublin, National Advisory Committee on Drugs, 2007Report, 2007, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Comiskey, C. M., and Cox, G. , ROSIE (Research Outcome Study, Evaluating Drug Treatment Effectiveness) Baseline Data Report . , Dublin, National Advisory Committee on Drugs, Nov, 2007Report, 2007, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Prof C.M. Comiskey, Mr P. Kelly, Mrs Y. Leckey, Mrs L. McCulloch, Mr B. O'Duill, Dr R.D. Stapleton & Dr E. White, The ROSIE Study Drug Treatment Outcomes in Ireland, Dublin, The Stationery Office, Government Publications., June, 2009Report, 2009, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Barron, C., Comiskey, C.M. and Saris, J., Prevalence rates and comparisons of obesity levels in Ireland, British Journal of Nursing, 18, (13), 2009, p799 - 803Journal Article, 2009
• Comiskey, C.M. and Stapleton, R, Longitudinal Outcomes for Treated Opiate Use and the Use of Ancillary Medical and Social Services, Substance Use and Misuse, 45, (4), 2010, p628 - 641Journal Article, 2010, DOI
• Stapleton, R. and Comiskey, C.M., Alcohol usage and associated treatment outcomes for opiate users entering treatment in Ireland., Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 107, (1), 2010, p56 - 61Journal Article, 2010, URL
• Smith E., Comiskey C. & Carroll, A., A Study of Bone Mineral Density in Adults With Disability., Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 90, 2009, p1127 - 1135Journal Article, 2009, DOI
• McGilloway, S., Bywater, T., Ni Mhaille, G., Furlong, M., O'Neill, D., Comiskey, C., Leckey, Y., Kelly, P., & Donnelly, M. , Proving the Power of Positive Parenting: A Randomised Controlled Trial to Investigate the Effectiveness of the Incredible Years BASIC Parenting training programme in an Irish Context (Short-term Outcomes), Dublin, Ireland, Archways, Aug, 2009Report, 2009
• Comiskey, C.M. and Cox, G., Analysis of the impact of treatment setting on outcomes from methadone treatment, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment,, 39, (3), 2010, p195 - 201Journal Article, 2010, DOI
• Comiskey, C.M. and Stapleton, R., Treatment pathways and longitudinal outcomes for opiate users: Implications for treatment policy and planning, Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 17, (6), 2010, p707 - 717Journal Article, 2010, DOI
• C. Comiskey, F. Larkan, A national cross-sectional survey of diagnosed sufferers of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: pathways to diagnosis, changes in quality of life and service priorities, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 179, 2010, p501 - 505Journal Article, 2010, DOI
• Hollywood, E., Comiskey, C., McGilloway, S., O'Sullivan, K., Quirke, M., & Wynne, C. , BMI Measurement in Primary School Based Longitudinal Research, The 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Transforming Healthcare through Research and Education, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 4th & 5th November, , 2010, pp61-Meeting Abstract, 2010
• Comiskey, C., McGilloway, S., Quirke, M., Wynne, C., Hollywood, E., & O'Sullivan, K. , Primary School Based Longitudinal Research: baseline results from a study evaluating a healthy schools intervention among 500 children, The 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Transforming Healthcare through Research and Education, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 4th & 5th November, , 2010, pp33-Meeting Abstract, 2010
• O'Sullivan, K., Comiskey, C., McGilloway, S., Quirke, M., Hollywood, E., & Wynne, C. , Process Evaluation in Primary Based Longitudinal Research, The 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Transforming Healthcare through Research and Education, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 4th & 5th November, , 2010, pp98-Meeting Abstract, 2010
• Wynne, C., Comiskey, C., McGilloway, S., Hollywood, E., Quirke, M., & O'Sullivan, K. , The Practicalities of Surveying Children in Primary School Based Longitudinal Research. , The 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Transforming Healthcare through Research and Education, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 4th & 5th November, , 2010, pp135-Oral Presentation, 2010
• Quirke, M., McGilloway, S., Comiskey, C., Wynne, C., O'Sullivan, K. & Hollywood, E. , A Framework for Navigating the Ethical Considerations Involved in Primary School Based Longitudinal Research, The 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Transforming Healthcare through Research and Education, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, 4th & 5th November, , 2010, pp106-Conference Paper, 2010
• Hollywood, E. and Comiskey, C. , BMI Data from School-aged Children in the Republic of Ireland, Taking Action on Childhood Obesity, Queens University, Belfast, 11th November 2010, 2010, pp6-Poster, 2010
• Wynne, C. and Comiskey, C.M., The health outcomes of children living with parental substance use, Psychology and Health, Pyschological Society of Ireland, Ireland, October 2010, 25, (6), 2010Poster, 2010
• Quirke, M., McGilloway, S., O'Sullivan, K., Wynne, C., & Comiskey, C. , An evaluation of the impact of a whole school approach to health promotion on the psychological well being of primary school children living in a disadvantaged area of Ireland: Baseline findings. , Psychology and Health, Psychological Society of Ireland, Ireland, October 2010, 25, (6), 2010Poster, 2010
• Smith, E., Comiskey, C.M, Carroll, A and Ryall N, A study of bone mineral density in lower limb amputees at a National Prosthetics Centre, Journal of Prosthetics & Orthotics., 23, (1), 2011, p14 - 20Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Sinéad McGilloway, Lynda Hyland, Gráinne Ní Mháille, Anne Lodge, Donal O'Neill, Paul Kelly, Yvonne Leckey, Tracey Bywater, Catherine Comiskey and Michael Donnelly , Positive classrooms, Positive Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial to investigate the effectiveness of the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management programme in an Irish context (Short-Term Outcomes) , Dublin, Ireland, Archways, Ireland, 2010Report, 2010, URL
• Cox, Gemma, M. and Comiskey, C.M., Does Concurrent Cocaine Use Compromise 1-Year Treatment Outcomes for Opiate Users. , Substance Use and Misuse, 46, (9), 2011, p1206 - 1216Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Stapleton, R. and Comiskey, C.M., Anxiety and depression among opiate users who misuse substances during treatment. , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 28, (1), 2011, p6 - 12Journal Article, 2011, URL
• Begley C, Murphy K, Higgins A, Elliott N, LALOR J, Sheerin F, Coyne I, Comiskey C, Normand C, Casey C, Dowling M, Devane D, Cooney A, Farrelly F, Brennan M, Meskell P, MacNeela P, An Evaluation of Clinical Nurse and Midwife Specialist and Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioner Roles in Ireland (SCAPE), Dublin, National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery, 2010, 1-497Report, 2010, URL
• Begley C, Murphy K, Higgins A, Elliott N, Lalor J, Sheerin F, Coyne I, Comiskey C, Normand C, Casey C, Dowling M, Devane D, Cooney A, Farrelly F, Brennan M, Meskell P, MacNeela P. , An Evaluation of Clinical Nurse and Midwife Specialist and Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioner Roles in Ireland (SCAPE), Dublin, National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery in Ireland, December, 2010, 1-467Report, 2010, TARA - Full Text
• Dempsey, O. and Comiskey, C.M. , Estimating the incidence of hidden untreated opiate use, Mathematical Population Studies: An International Journal of Mathematical Demography , 18, (3), 2011, p172 - 188Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Quirke, M., McGilloway, S., Comiskey, C., Wynne, C., O'Sullivan, K., and Hollywood, E. , A framework for Navigating the Ethical considerations Involved in Primary School based Longitudinal Research., 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Transforming Healthcare through Research & Education., School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Nov 2011, edited by School of Nursing and Midwifery , School of Nursing and Midwifery, 2010Meeting Abstract, 2010
• Professor Catherine M. Comiskey, Dr Orla Dempsey and Ms Anne Snel , The National Prevalence of Most at Risk Populations (MARP) for HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Serbia 2010, The Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Health, the Republic of Serbia, August, 2011Report, 2011
• O'Rourke M., Comiskey C., Nicholl H., Elliot N.& Sheehan M., The challenges of undertaking family focused research , 31st Annual International Nursing& Midwifery Research & education Conference , RCSI Dublin, 22/23 February , 2012, pp69-Meeting Abstract, 2012
• Catherine M. Comiskey, Robert Stapleton and Paul A. Kelly , Ongoing cocaine and benzodiazepine use: Effects on acquisitive crime committal rates amongst opiate users in treatment ., Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 19, (5), 2012, p406-414Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Hollywood, E., Comiskey, C., Begley, T., Snel, A., O'Sullivan, K., Quirke, M. And Wynne, C. , Measuring and modelling body mass index among a cohort of urban children living with disadvantage. , Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69, (4), 2013, p851 - 861Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Comiskey, C., O'Sullivan, K., Quirke, M., Wynne, C., & Hollywood, E., Baseline results of the first healthy schools evaluation among a community of young, Irish, urban disadvantaged children and a comparison of outcomes with international norms., Journal of School Health, 82, (11), 2012, p508 - 513Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• Begley C., Elliott N., Lalor J., Coyne I., Higgins A. & Comiskey C.M. , Differences between clinical specialist and advanced practitioner clinical practice, leadership, and research roles, responsibilities, and perceived outcomes (the SCAPE study), Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69, (6), 2013, p1323 - 1337Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL
• Coyne I, Dempsey O & Comiskey C, Life as a child and young person in Ireland: Report of a National Consultation. , Dublin , Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Government Publications,, November, 2012, p1 - 98Report, 2012, URL , TARA - Full Text
• McGilloway, Sinead; Mhaille, Grainne Ni; Bywater, Tracey; Furlong, Mairead; Leckey, Yvonne; Kelly, Paul; Comiskey, Catherine; Donnelly, Michael, A parenting intervention for childhood behavioral problems: A randomized controlled trial in disadvantaged community-based settings., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80, (1), 2012, p116 - 127Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Gabrielle McKee, Catherine Comiskey,Orla Dempsey, Paul Gallagher , Margaret Codd, Lucy Kielty, Catherine Deegan , Evaluating an initiative to develop and enhanse the research capacity of nurses in practice , CARN/IPDC Conference 2012: Towards Creative Action : Transformations and Collaborations in Practice, AShton , Kent., 23-25 November 2012, 2012Meeting Abstract, 2012
• Lalor, J Casey, D Elliott, N Coyne, I Comiskey, C Higgins, A Coyne I, Murphy K, Devane D, Begley C, Using case study within a sequential explanatory design to evaluate the impact of specialist and advanced practice roles on clinical outcomes: The SCAPE Study, BMC Medical Research Methodology , 2013, p13:55-Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Comiskey, C., Dempsey, O., Simic, D. & Baros, S., Injecting drug users, sex workers and men who have sex with men: a national cross-sectional study to develop a framework and prevalence estimates for national HIV/AIDS programmes in the Republic of Serbia, BMJ Open, 3, (5), 2013Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Dempsey, O. & Comiskey, C.M., Estimating the prevalence of problem drug use, Mathematical Population Studies: An International Journal of Mathematical Demography, 21, (2), 2014, p65 - 77Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Dempsey O, Comiskey, C., McKee, G., Gallagher, P., Codd M., Deegan, C., O'Grady, J., Nestor, G. & Roche, M, Developing and evaluating an innovation to enhance nurse led practice based research, 32nd Annual International Nursing and Midwifery Research and Education: Nursing in times of Austerity, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, 20th-21st Feb, 2013Oral Presentation, 2013
• Analysing Data from Small and large samples and Non-normal and normal distributions in, editor(s)Elizabeth A. Curtis & Jonathan Drennan , Quantitative Health Research: Issues and Methods, UK, Open University Press, 2013, [Catherine Comiskey & Orla Dempsey]Book Chapter, 2013
• Quirke,M.B., McGilloway, S., Comiskey, C., Wynne, C., O'Sullivan, K., Hollywood, E. , Bicycle Helmet Wearing in a Sample of Urban Disadvantaged Primary School Children., Irish Medical Journal, 106, (4), 2013, p102-4Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Comiskey, C.M. , A 3 year national longitudinal study comparing drug treatment outcomes for opioid users with and without children in their custodial care at intake. , Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 44, (1), 2013, p90 - 96Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Comiskey, C.M., O'Sullivan, K., Quirke, M.B., Wynne, C., Kelly, P. and McGilloway, S, Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Childhood Development Initiative's Healthy Schools Programme, Dublin, Ireland, Childhood Development Initiative (CDI). , 2012, 1, 166Report, 2012, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Comiskey C, Coyne I, Lalor J, Begley C., A national cross-sectional study measuring predictors for improved service user outcomes across clinical nurse or midwife specialist, advanced nurse practitioner and control sites, Journal of Advanced Nursing , 70, (5), 2014, p1128-37Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL
• McGilloway, S., Ni Mhaille, G., Bywater, T., Leckey, Y., Kelly, P., Furlong, M., Comiskey, C., O'Neill, D. and Donnelly, M. , Reducing child conduct disordered behaviour and improving parent mental health in disadvantaged families: A 12-month follow-up and cost analysis of a parenting intervention. , European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , (1), 2014, p783-794Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Wynne C., Comiskey CM, McGilloway S, Quirke MB, O'Sullivan K, Hollywood E. , The relationship between body mass index and health related quality of life in urban disadvantaged children, Quality of Life Research, 2014, p1895-1905Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Tobin, K. and Comiskey, C.M. , A novel application of a classical method for calculating the basic reproductive number, R0 for a gender and risk structured transmission dynamic model of Human Papilloma virus infection., International Journal of Biomathematics, 6, (6), 2013, p1350046-Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Emma L. Murphy, Catherine M. Comiskey , Using chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) modelling to identify groups of methadone treatment clients experiencing significantly poorer treatment outcomes., Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 45, (4), 2013, p343 - 349Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Smith, E., Brosnan, M., Comiskey, C., Synnott, K. , Road collisions as a cause of traumatic spinal cord injury in Ireland, 2001-2010, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 20, (2), 2014, p158-165Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Farrell, G, Comiskey, C, Dualities of Living With HIV/HCV Co-Infection: Patients' Perspectives From Those who are Ineligible for or Nonresponsive to Treatment, JANAC-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NURSES IN AIDS CARE, 25, (1), 2014, p9-22Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Comiskey, CM, O'Sullivan, K, Milnes, J, Regional Drug User Services in Times of Scarce Financial Resources: Using a Rapid Assessment Response Approach to Evaluate, Plan, and Prioritize Essential Services, SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE, 47, (3), 2012, p254-264Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• Pugh, Julian and Comiskey, Catherine, Drug treatment programmes in prison: longitudinal outcome evaluation, policy development and planning interventions., Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 23, (25), 2006, p63-67.Journal Article, 2006, URL , TARA - Full Text
• White, E, Comiskey, C, Heroin epidemics, treatment and ODE modelling, Mathematical Biosciences, 208, (1), 2007, p312-324Journal Article, 2007, DOI
• Choi, Y.H., Comiskey, C.M., Methods for providing the first prevalence estimates of opiate use in Western Australia , International Journal of Drug Policy, 14, (4), 2003, p297-305Journal Article, 2003, DOI
• Comiskey, C.M., Young people, drug use and early school leaving: Estimating the prevalence, assessing the impact and assisting policy and planning, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 10, (2), 2003, p159-168Journal Article, 2003, DOI
• Choi YH, Comiskey C, Lindsay MD, Cross JA, Anderson M, Modelling the transmission dynamics of Ross River virus in Southwestern Australia., IMA journal of mathematics applied in medicine and biology, 19, (1), 2002, p61-74Journal Article, 2002
• Comiskey CM, Barry JM, A capture-recapture study of the prevalence and implications of opiate use in Dublin., European journal of public health, 11, (2), 2001, p198-200Journal Article, 2001, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Comiskey, CM, Methods for estimating prevalence of opiate use as an aid to policy and planning, SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE, 36, (1-2), 2001, p131-150Journal Article, 2001
• Comiskey, CM, Integral equations and estimating the incidence of HIV infection, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANGEWANDTE MATHEMATIK UND MECHANIK, 76, 1996, p505-506Journal Article, 1996
• Comiskey CM, Ruskin HJ, AIDS in Ireland: the reporting delay distribution and the implementation of integral equation models., Computer applications in the biosciences : CABIOS, 8, (6), 1992, p579-81Journal Article, 1992
• Comiskey CM, Measles vaccination--what percentage uptake must we aim for?, Irish medical journal, 83, (4), 1990, p155-7Journal Article, 1990
• Prof. Catherine Maria Comiskey, Scaling up nurse education: An evaluation of a national PhD capacity development programme in South Africa, in the context of the global shortage of nursing graduates, Nurse Education Today, 35, (5), 2015, p647-652Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text

• Cullen K., Dinsmore J, Comiskey C, Mills J, Delaney S. , The Spectrum of Family Caring: A Description and Analysis of Cross-Cutting and Condition Specific Dimensions of Caregiving, The Carers Association, 2013Report
• Dinsmore J, Comiskey C and Mills J. , Gridsta Teen Health Promotional Report. , 2012Report
• Comiskey, C.M., O'Sullivan, K. and Quirke, M.B, Blossom Ireland: An evaluation of current programme quality and readiness for service upscaling, Dublin, Ireland, 2016Report, URL
• Curtis E.A, Duffy E,Comiskey C, O'Rourke F, Griffiths C, Sheerin F., Nursing and Midwifery Career Guide: A guide for newly qualified nurses and midwives in the Republic of Ireland., Dublin., 2018, p1 - 43Report, URL
• Comiskey C and O'Sullivan, K. , An evaluation of Clinishift, a communication platform and smart phone application for hospital managers. , Dublin, Ireland, Trinity College for Enterprise Irealnd , 2018Report
• Banka, P. and Comiskey, C., The incubation period of COVID-19: A scoping review and meta-analysis to aid modelling and planning. , MedRxiv , 2020Journal Article, URL
• Banka Cullen, S., Lavelle, S. McDonagh, D., Walsh, R. and Comiskey, C. , In Plain Sight: A Rapid Review of the International Literature and a National Estimate of the Prevalence of Women Who Use Substances and Experience Domestic Violence in Ireland., European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, SAOL , Dublin, Ireland, 2022Report, URL
• Comiskey, C., Banka, S., McDonagh, D and Galligan, K., An evaluation of the co-design and roll out of an anti-stigma training programme.. , European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, CityWide, Dublin, Ireland., 2021Report, URL
• Marie Hyland, Caitriona Dennehy and Catherine Comiskey , The InBetweeners Hospital Study: Nurses experience and training needs in relation to caring for children"s mental health in a children"s hospital setting. , European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Practice Development Office, NCH Tallaght., 2021Report
• Comiskey C., Kelly P., Hennessy A., Hyland M., O Neill D.,Prakashani Banka-Cullen S., Lavelle Cafferkey S.,, A Consulation to inform the delivery of new integrated alcohol services., November 2023, 2023Report
• Comiskey C, Snel A and Banka P, The second wave: estimating the hidden asymptomatic prevalence of COVID-19 in Ireland as we plan for imminent immunisation, HRB Open Research, 4, (19), 2022Journal Article, URL

My role as a leader in addiction research has been recognised internationally and nationally by all of the relevant leading addiction bodies. I use my training in epidemiology and bio-mathematics to address research questions in addiction epidemiology across the lifespan, from prevalence estimation of children living with parental drug use to ageing and substance use, to modelling treatment outcomes. A summary of my external indicators of esteem and impact can be seen in my appointments as an academic expert to the United Nations, The EU Drugs Agency, the Irish National Oversight Committee for the implementation of the national drug strategy and to the Board of the Ana Liffey Drug Project. A summary of my research inputs is also provided below. September 2024, invited by the United Nations to join as an expert contributor to the writing of the World Drug Report. Appointed June 2024 until June 2028 to the Inaugural Scientific Committee of the new European Union Drugs Agency EUDA In October 2022 invited to address the EU's Working Party on Drugs in Brussels on Drug Research Priorities for the European Union. In 2020 - 2022 inclusive, elected by my EU peers as Chairperson on the Scientific Committee of the European Union's European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. She has been invited to be nominated for this role again from 2023-2024 inclusive. In 2020 appointed by the United Nations as their external consultant for the International Narcotics Control Board. In 2020 invited to address United Nations in Vienna on my consultancy on ageing and substance use globally. In 2019 appointed by the European Union's European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) as an external consultant to advise on children of parents who use drugs. From 2019-present served on the International Review Board of Xchange, the international registry of drug prevention programmes. From 2017-2020 inclusive elected by my scientific peers to serve as the Vice Chair of the EU's EMCDDA Scientific Committee From 2014 to Present selected to serve on the Scientific Committee of the EMCDDA from an international competition From 2017 to Present nominated by Minister Catherine Byrne as the academic expert on the Implementation Committee of the National Drug Strategy. I continue to be the current Ministers appointed Academic Expert to the National Implementation Committee. From 2015-2017 nominated by then Minister of Health, Leo Varadkar to serve on the National Drug Strategy Team From 2012 to 2016 nominated by Ministers Alex White and Aodan O'Riordan to serve as the Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol From 2017 to Present I have served voluntarily on the Board of the Ana Liffey Drug Project Charity. From 2006-2008 I was appointed by Minister of Education, Mary Hannafin to serve on the Board of the Irish Research Council. From 2023 to 2024 I obtained €515,000 in national and international research grants. From 2020 to 2024 I obtained approximately €1,066,566 in competitive research funding as Principal Investigator In total I have personally obtained over €7m in competitive funding as PI or or as Leading Quantitative Investigator. In addition, I currently have approximately €985,000 in grant funding submitted and awaiting outcome from the Special EU Programme Body (€895,000) and the Clondalkin Prevention Hub(€90,000).

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  Estimating the prevalence of asymptomatic Covid-19 cases in Ireland
  Summary

  The aim of this research is to model using back calculation and incubation period distribution the prevalence of asymptomatic cases of Covid-19
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  May 2020
  Date To

  August 2021
• Title

  Developing a needs based addiction nursing model- Phase 1
  Summary

  This research is carried out in collaboration with practicing addiction nurses within the HSE. The aim is to develop a client informed, needs led, addiction nursing model.
  Funding Agency

  HSE and NMBI
  Date From

  2016
  Date To

  2017
• Title

  The Healthy Addiciton Treatment (HAT) Recovery Model
  Summary

  The aim of the research is to evaluate the implementation and readiness for role out and scale up of the HAT Recovery Model across addiction nursing services.
  Funding Agency

  NMPDU
  Date From

  March 2019
  Date To

  March 2020
• Title

  The BREATHE Project
  Summary

  A study of the development and use of assisted living technology by informal care givers and people living with chronic health conditions.
  Funding Agency

  The European Union and Enterprise Ireland
  Date From

  June 2013
  Date To

  September 2016
• Title

  The In-Betweeners Project
  Summary

  The aim of this project is to assess the scale and nature of the unmet mental health needs of young people from the family and service provider perspective
  Funding Agency

  Childhood Development Initiative
  Date From

  Jan 2019
  Date To

  Nov 2019
• Title

  Data mining from the Healthy Schools Research Programme
  Summary

  The aim of this research is to provide additional analysis of the data from the Healthy Schools Programme
  Funding Agency

  Children's Research Network of Ireland and Northern Ireland
  Date From

  June 2017
  Date To

  June 2018
• Title

  ICARO
  Summary

  This project aims to reduce obesity through transgenerational prevention and training from preconception to childhood.
  Funding Agency

  Horizon HLTH 2022
  Date From

  2023
  Date To

  2028
• Title

  International Disadvantaged Children, Data Mining
  Summary

  This project aims to compare health related quality of life of Irish urban disadvantaged primary school children with similar children across three EU countries
  Funding Agency

  Childrens Research Network of Ireland and Northern Ireland
  Date From

  June 2018
  Date To

  June 2019
• Title

  Domestic Violence in the West of Ireland and the islands.
  Summary

  The works aims to assess the needs of women and families experiencing domestic violence in rural areas of the west of Ireland and the islands.
  Funding Agency

  COPE Galway
  Date From

  2022
  Date To

  2023
• Title

  National Consultation with Children and Young People on a New National Children's Strategy, 2012 - 2017
  Summary

  In 2011, the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (now Department of Children and Youth Affairs, DYCA) commissioned a team from Trinity College Dublin to conduct a nationwide consultation with children and young people. The consultation was underpinned by Article 12 from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) which meant respect for children's views and using a child centred perspective in our research methods. The purpose of the consultation was to ensure that the needs of children and young people would be heard and documented. The aim was to provide children and young people with an opportunity to contribute to the development of the new National Children's Strategy (2012-2017). The new National Children's Strategy will set out the key objectives to guide children's policy for the next five years. The Strategy aims to improve the lives of children and promote the enhancement and protection of their rights. This wide ranging consultation will target every Primary and Post-Primary school student in Ireland.
  Funding Agency

  OMCYA
  Date From

  2011
  Date To

  2012
• Title

  SAFER" The first implementation of the World Health Organization"s SAFER model to reduce alcohol use in a community setting.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  The Alcohol Forum
  Date From

  June 2024
  Date To

  June 2027
• Title

  Mathematical models of the transmission dynamics and impact of immunisation on the spread of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in Ireland.
  Summary

  This research aims to: Develop and refine existing mathematical models for the spread of HPV within Ireland; Estimate the epidemiological and transmission dynamic parameters of the model from new and existing social and medical data. Possible parameters for the model may include survival rates, age dependent probabilities of disease transmission, age dependent mixing patterns, existing prevalence rates, vaccine efficacy rates and levels of immunisation achieved; Perform computer simulations of the spread of the disease based on the mathematical model, the current initial conditions of HPV and the epidemiological parameters; Provide a range of scenario analyses based on varying levels of immunisation and efficacy Provide predictions and recommendations of levels of immunisation required in order to eradicate the disease.
  Funding Agency

  School of Nursing and Midwifery
  Date From

  April 2009
  Date To

  December 2012
• Title

  Estimation of the prevalence of neuro-diversity among people who use substances and related service needs.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  CityWide
  Date From

  January 2024
  Date To

  September 2024
• Title

  Developing research skills capacity in the clinical setting
  Summary

  The format of the initiative is the implementation of a needs based/menu based partnership research development programme with St James hospital to be carried out over 2 years. It comprise of five main elements: .Establishment of small research groups with members of both CNS/ANP clinical staff and academic School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin staff which build upon the existing expertise within the Hospital and the School of Nursing and Midwifery. .Research by the team utilising the skills of both of the partners involved to facilitate the understanding, development and application of research skills to produce demonstrable output for patient care and research, e.g. statistical analysis, study design, academic writing and publication of policy documents and reports. .Measurable research outputs from leading on to major outcomes for the program as a whole for example peer reviewed academic papers which advance evidenced based nursing practice. .Identification of opportunities for inclusion in major research projects, source funding for example, from EU and Irish projects. The development of a class room, blended and e learning based programme via Trinity College to build on and develop the research skills of clinically based nurses.
  Funding Agency

  Health Service Executive
  Date From

  2011
  Date To

  2012
• Title

  Mapping retrospective outcomes and existing processes of the Dublin Simon Community Detoxification Unit
  Summary

  The aim of this research is to identify from the perspective of the client, staff and leadership future service needs by retrospectively mapping existing outcomes and processes of the Dublin Simon Community detoxification unit in light of its key mission and in line with the value systems of the organisation.
  Funding Agency

  Dubllin Simon Community
  Date From

  March 2020
  Date To

  December 2020
• Title

  Client Outcomes in Recovery
  Summary

  The work maps and assesses the recovery pathway for clients within the Dublin Simon recovery services.
  Funding Agency

  Dublin Simon
  Date From

  2022
  Date To

  2023
• Title

  Estimation of the prevalence of neuro-diversity among people who use substances and related service needs.
  Summary

  This study provides an international systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of neuro-diversity among people using substances. It also provides an estimate of the first national estimate and of service provision needs.
  Funding Agency

  CityWide
  Date From

  January 2024
  Date To

  September 2024
• Title

  Evaluating a smart phone application for nursing shift work allocation
  Summary

  The aim of this research is to evaluate the use and implementation of smartphone technology when allocating additional nursing and healthcare assistant shift work.
  Funding Agency

  Enterprise Ireland
  Date From

  2017
  Date To

  2018
• Title

  Implementing and evaluating an addiction nursing model - Phase 2
  Summary

  The aim of this project is to build upon the work developed in phase 1 where an addiction nursing model was developed.
  Funding Agency

  HSE/NMPDU
  Date From

  2018
  Date To

  2018
• Title

  The implementation and evaluation of the 'Know the Score' Programme
  Summary

  The primary goal of the schools-based `Know the Score" programme is to increase the knowledge of adolescents and young people and to support them in increasing health literacy by delaying the early onset of alcohol and drug use.
  Funding Agency

  Department of Health Drug Policy Unit
  Date From

  2023
  Date To

  2025
• Title

  Review of integrated alcohol programmes
  Summary

  The work provides an international review and recommendations on the implementation of integrated community alcohol treatment programmes.
  Funding Agency

  HSE
  Date From

  2021
  Date To

  2022
• Title

  ROSIE, The Research Outcome Study in Ireland evaluating drug treatment effectiveness.
  Summary

  The Research Outcome Study in Ireland (ROSIE) is the first large-scale, prospective, multi-site, drug treatment outcome study in Ireland. Using a structured questionnaire, the substance use, health, crime and social problems of 404 opiate users were assessed at treatment intake (6-months, 1-year & 3-years later). (see www.nuim.ie/rosie)
  Funding Agency

  National Advisory Committee on Drugs
  Date From

  2002
  Date To

  2005
• Title

  Developing and evaluating a community and evidence based model of prevention.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Clondalkin Prevention Lab, Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force
  Date From

  December 2024
  Date To

  December 2027
• Title

  Modeling Health Outcomes For Children Living With Substance Use After A Healthy School Intervention
  Summary

  The proposed project will be undertaken as part of a larger longitutudinal project designed to assess the process and impact of a Healthy Schools Programme (HSP) intervention on the well being of children from disadvantaged areas of Dublin (Comiskey, C.M. Principal Investigator TCD & McGilloway, S. Senior Health Psychologist, NUIM). The objective of this research is to statistically model the physical and mental health outcomes of a cohort of children living with substance use and to predict if a HSP will improve these outcomes over time. Key factors predicting positive outcomes will be identified. The principal aim of this study is to inform, aid and assist in the design and implementation of Irish Health Policy that is aimed at improving physical and mental health for Irish children living in disadvantaged areas.
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
  Date From

  Oct 2009
  Date To

  October 2012
• Title

  HRB Internship Programme
  Summary

  HRB Interns are mentored by a senior university academic and rotate between the Research Strategy and Funding Directorate and the Health Information and Evidence Directorate within the HRB. Each rotation includes a communications project.
  Funding Agency

  HRB
  Date From

  January 2020
  Date To

  January 2022
• Title

  Scoping and scaling up nursing education in Sunway University Malaysia
  Summary

  The aim of this project was to scope the preparedness of Sunway university for nursing education and research at Baccalaureate level and beyond.
  Funding Agency

  Sunway University
  Date From

  2015
  Date To

  2015
• Title

  An Ethnographic Exploration of the Conditions of Possibility for Parental Participation in Policy Processes in Primary Schools in working class communities
  Summary

  The 'participatory citizen' is at the core of policy processes in neoliberal economies requiring citizens to be responsible, individualised and active in the process of improving their own lives. The take up, by citizens, of 'opportunities' made available by Government is identified as a route towards better lives and ultimately greater equality across society. These 'opportunities' include citizen participation in decision making in policy processes at national, regional and local levels. Schools, as apparatuses of the state, are sites for the continuous development of child education, health and well-being made realisable through various policy initiatives. Parents are identified as one of a range of key stakeholders in the decisions taken in these initiatives. However, parents from low income communities are often identified in the literature as lacking interest in participation in these practices. This study uses an ethnographic approach to the exploration of parental participation in school based decision making in working class communities. At a wider level, the study is framed by an 'equality of condition' approach which is informed by contemporary feminist perspectives on power (Butler, 1999), its role in the production of culture and consequently the reproduction of inequality in society. It takes as its point of departure the view that society and cultural life is shaped in particular ways by and in order to suit dominant groups across society. A consequence of this imbalance of power is the reproduction of inequality where access to dominant forms of power is limited for groups lower down the social hierarchy, reflecting and reinforcing their social mobility. The research draws on Skeggs' (2004) theory of self and self-making. Selves in contemporary societies are responsible, individualised and activated individuals. Self-making occurs through various processes that are part of everyday social interaction. The process of becoming a self equates to being socially mobile. However, the processes that make becoming a self possible for middle class people, are the same processes that block access to self-making, or in other words social mobility, for others. Exploration of the nature of relations between parents in working class communities and their children's schools is being undertaken in this study to explore if and how parents have access to self-making processes in the context of relations with their children's schools. The ultimate aim is to learn of the conditions of possibility for parental participation in decision making in their children's schools in the context of power relations that underscore that potential.
  Funding Agency

  School of Nursing & Midwifery, TCD. Studentship
  Date From

  2012
  Date To

  2016
• Title

  Development of an online addiction training course
  Summary

  Development of an international Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for nursing and healthcare professional working with people experiencing drug and alcohol addiction.
  Funding Agency

  HSE
  Date From

  2020
  Date To

  2021
• Title

  An analysis of alcohol use, sale and supply in an urban region
  Summary

  The aim of this research was to provide prevalence estimates of use, geographic mapping of sales distribution and an analysis of priorities of need among local community services.
  Funding Agency

  Tallaght Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force
  Date From

  2017
  Date To

  2017
• Title

  Evaluating a Healthy Schools Intervention
  Summary

  The aim of this research is to provide a longitudinal evaluation of the Healthy Schools Program and its implementation. The principal objective of this study is to evaluate the implementation and outcome of the Healthy Schools Program. The study will assess cause and effect whereby causal inference will be achieved through the measurement of key variables and comparisons of samples on the basis of pre- and post-outcome measures. Hence, we realise our objective by measuring improvements in outcomes. There are several levels at which these outcomes can be defined and measured. In other words, to what extent is the outcome positive for the child, their family and local community as well as for society at a more global or national level. We then examine these levels within a health, social and economic context. The various elements of the survey instrumentation described model, measure and assess improvements at all of these levels.
  Funding Agency

  CDI with Atlantic Philanthropies and The Office of the Minister for Children
  Date From

  October 2008
  Date To

  October 2011
• Title

  A nurse lead integrated care pathway for addiction treatment in rural and resource poor settings.
  Summary

  The work addresses treatment for substance use for people living in rural and resource poor settings.
  Funding Agency

  International Nurses Society for Addiction
  Date From

  2022
  Date To

  2022
• Title

  Building capacity in child health research and education
  Summary

  The aim of this research is to develop capacity in child health research and education with a particular emphasis on developing capacity for the National Children's Hospital.
  Funding Agency

  NCH Foundation
  Date From

  January 2018
  Date To

  September 2022
• Title

  An evaluation of Blossom Ireland
  Summary

  The aim of this research was to assess the readiness for scale up and implementation of the Blossom Ireland Programs to a national level.
  Funding Agency

  Blossom Ireland
  Date From

  2015
  Date To

  2015
• Title

  Health Outcomes of Opiate Users and Their Children
  Summary

  International evidence on treatment outcomes for opiate use demonstrates that treatment works (Simpson and Sells, 1990, Gossop et al, 2003, McKeganey et al (2006) and Teeson et al 2006). Within Ireland Cox, Comiskey and Kelly (2007, 2007a, 2007b) has demonstrated that while treatment improves outcomes for drug use, crime, and social functioning little change was observed among the physical and mental health outcomes of opiate users in treatment in Ireland. Comiskey and Stapleton (2010, 2010a) in their work on additional services accessed by opiate users in treatment have highlighted that further research encompassing a greater range of health measures is required. Furthermore Comiskey et al (2009) found that while substances are used by the individual, the effects of substance use on the family and in particular children are considerable. Cox and Comiskey (2007) found that many current opiate users are either caring for their child in the home or have children in foster care. Children living with substance using parents are exposed to an assortment of threats to their development (Keane, 2007). Studies have found that families with a member who used drugs, whether active or stable, had consistently lower levels of well-being than families that were drug free (McKeown and Fitzgerald, 2006). The aim of this study is to provide baseline 12 and 24 month assessment of the health and well being of 200 opiate users and their children. Participants were interviewed at treatment intake and one year and two years post treatment. For ethical reasons it was not possible to implement a randomised control design however a comparison group of opiate users not in treatment were recruited. Baseline results on physical and mental health outcomes using the MAP, SF12, BDI, BAI and Kidscreen 25 are now available for opiate users in Ireland and their children. To date funding for baselineonly has been obtained.
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Trinity College Start-up Fund
  Date From

  September 2011
  Date To

  September 2014
• Title

  Longitudinal outcomes of people who offend.
  Summary

  This work provides an international scoping review on outcomes and devises a study protocol for conducting a national longitudinal study of people who offend.
  Funding Agency

  Department of Justice
  Date From

  2021
  Date To

  2022
• Title

  Mathematical modelling of the impact of host and environmental risk factors on the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) within a national cohort.
  Summary

  The research aims to develop, simulate, and analyse an empirically accurate mathematical model for the spread of Tuberculosis. The model will estimate the number of latent infectious individuals in the population and to simulate the impact a pre-screening program would have in reducing foreign born incidences within Ireland. The model will consider seasonality and immigration, along with having a latent infectious compartment. A range of scenarios will simulated via a computer program and parameters of the model will be estimated using actual population data.
  Funding Agency

  Trinity College Dublin Postgraduate Research Studentship (Code 1252)
  Date From

  2013
  Date To

  2016
• Title

  A longitudinal analysis of the Drugs and AIDS Information System (DAIS)
  Summary

  An analysis of longitudinal substance use treatment outcomes.
  Funding Agency

  Health Service Executive
  Date From

  2006
  Date To

  2009
• Title

  Risk and protective factors for non-communicable diseases in developing countries
  Summary

  This work looks at the impact of Covid-19 on the risk and protective factors for NCDs in developing countries.
  Funding Agency

  Trinity College Dublin
  Date From

  2020
  Date To

  2024
• Title

  An evaluation of the Zoom Boom Kids Programme informed by the Healthy Schools Evaluation
  Summary

  The aim of this research is to provide an evaluation of the Zoom Boom Kids Programme and its implementation. The study is an expansion of the learnings from the Health Schools Programme evaluation with an innovative technical element unique to the Zoom Boom Kids product. The principal objective of this study is to evaluate the implementation and outcome of the programme using the exact same approach as was used in the Healthy Schools Programme.
  Funding Agency

  An Innovation Voucher from Enterprise Ireland
  Date From

  December 2014
  Date To

  December 2015
• Title

  The DAVINA Project
  Summary

  Domestic Abuse and Violence Is Never Acceptable. The project provides the first estimates of the prevalence of DV among women who use substances.
  Funding Agency

  Rethink Ireland via The SAOL Project
  Date From

  2021
  Date To

  2021
• Title

  Developing a research informed strategic plan for services for children and families of people who use drugs and alcohol
  Summary

  The aim of this research was to provide the research evidence and priorities for a strategic plan for regional drug and alcohol services
  Funding Agency

  South Eastern Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force
  Date From

  2016
  Date To

  2017
• Title

  Estimating the number of children living with parental substance use.
  Summary

  The aim of this research was to provide the first local estimates of the number of children possibly impacted by the hidden harm of parental substance use
  Funding Agency

  Tallaght Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force
  Date From

  2015
  Date To

  2016
• Title

  Adolescent substance use and access to services
  Summary

  This works aims to develop and integrated care pathway for adolescents accessing treatment for substance use.
  Funding Agency

  School of Nursing and Midwifery
  Date From

  2020
  Date To

  2026
• Title

  An evaluation of the Gay Men's Outreach Service
  Summary

  The aim of this research is to provide a mixed methods evaluation using an implementation science framework of a new pilot outreach service.
  Funding Agency

  Health Service Executive
  Date From

  June 2017
  Date To

  December 2018
• Title

  Substance Use and Mental Health Interventions using Digital Technology
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)
  Date From

  January 2025
  Date To

  January 2029
• Title

  Measuring the development and well-being longitudinal outcomes of children from birth to two years following public health nurse intervention.
  Summary

  This is an Irish study which was undertaken in two out of the four Health Service Executive (HSE) areas in the Republic of Ireland. This is a quantitative prospective cohort study design involving a random sample of 150 children followed from birth to two years. Participants were recruited in two Health Service Executive areas and followed up by the principal investigator using repeat measurements within 3-6 weeks of birth, 4-7.5 months, 9-14 months & 23-24 months.
  Funding Agency

  Non-Funded
  Date From

  March 2009
  Date To

  August 2015

Public health, Health services and systems,

• Post Doctoral Scholarship awarded from The AIDS Fund 1991
• Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2020
• Post Doctoral Scholarship, Society of Actuaries 1991
• Fellow of the Institute of Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications 1998
• Doctoral Scholarship The Health Research Board 1988
• Doctoral Scholarship The AIDS Fund 1989

• Chartered Mathematician Present
• Chartered Mathematician Present

• Invited external consultant and expert statistical reviewer for the Health Techology Assessment (HTA) funding programme of the National Health Service, UK 2008 to present
• Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol (NACDA), appointed by the Minister for Health 2013 to 2017
• Member of the Board of The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, (IRCSET). Ministerial Appointment. 2007 to 2010
• Elected Vice Chair of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Scientific Committee 2017 to 2019
• Inaugurial Chairperson of the Children's Research Network of Ireland and Northern Ireland (CRNINI) 2010 to 2014
• External expert consultant to the EU body the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) on children of parents who use drugs 2019 to 2020
• Expert Advisory Panel Member, Elton John Aids Foundation, Toolkit for pregnant women who use drugs in South Africa. 2022-2023
• Expert consultant to the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board 2020 to 2021
• Appointed as a member of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Scientific Committee 2014 to 2017
• Academic Expert- National Drug Strategy Implmentation Committee - Ministerial Appointment 2017 to present
• Elected Chairperson of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Scientific Committee 2020 to present
• Member of the National Drug Strategy Planning Group -Ministerial Appointment 2015 to 2017
• Re-elected as Chairperson of the Scientific Committee of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon, Portugal. Jan 2023 to present