Head of School
Dr. Damien Brennan
Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery
Damien ’s teaching and research are focused on the sociology of health and illness, contexts of care provision, mental health, and intellectual disability.
School Executive
Dr. Vivienne Brady
Head of Discipline, Midwifery
Vivienne teaches and supervises across undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes. Her specific research interests are in action research, women's health and maternity care.
Dr. Eilish Burke
Director of Research, Professor in Intellectual Disability Nursing
Eilish is part of the IDS-TILDA research team with specific research interest in bone health & osteoporosis, physical health and wellbeing, inclusionary methods of healthcare screening & research involvement of people with ID.
Professor Louise Doyle
Professor in Mental Health Nursing/Head of the Mental Health Nursing Discipline
Dr. Brian Keogh
Director of Teaching & Learning, Postgraduate
Brian is an assistant professor in mental health nursing. Brian’s teaching and research interests include mental health recovery and stigma, dementia and suicide and self-harm.
Dr. Aileen Lynch
Director of Teaching & Learning, Undergraduate
Assistant Professor
Dr. Martin Mc Mahon
Head of Intellectual Disability Nursing Discipline
Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability, his current research focus includes investigating the descriptive epidemiology of cancer in people with intellectual disability & cancer care inequalities that this population face in Ireland.
Dr. Mary Mooney
Head of the General Nursing Discipline
Mary is best known for her clinical expertise and research background in the field of cardiology. She is well known nationally and internationally and collaborates with eminent researchers in the field of nursing and cardiology across the globe.
Ms. Maryanne Murphy
Head of Discipline, Children's Nursing
Ms. Murphy has been teaching in the School of Nursing and Midwifery since 2006. She is a member of the Children’s Nursing Discipline. She has significant teaching experience in both undergraduate and postgraduate children’s nursing programmes.
Dr. Frances O'Brien
Head of the General Nursing Discipline
Frances teaches and supervises students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her research expertise is in critical care nursing, mixed methods research, intervention studies and randomised controlled trials.
Mr. Frank O'Rourke
School Manager, School of Nursing & Midwifery
Frank leads the support team in the School. His responsibilities include strategic, financial and HR management. He advises the Head of School and School Executive on all key strategic and governance decisions.
Ms. Jacqueline Whelan
Director of Global Engagement
Jacqueline ’s specific research interests include spirituality, spiritual care, caring science, person centred care, communication and professional education concerns with healthcare.