Dr. Meg Ryan

• Ryan, M., Nolan, A., & Vallières, F., Lifting the cloak of secrecy: Experiences of providing crisis pregnancy counselling in a changing legislative context in Ireland, Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 22, (1), 2021, p22 - 31Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• Ryan, M., Abujaber, N., Travers, Á., McBride K.A., Tingsted Blum, P., Engels, M., Alshibi, A., Greene, H., Githaiga, S., Didenko, A., & Vallières, F., The acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of implementing supportive supervision within humanitarian contexts: A qualitative study, SSM - Mental Health, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Vallières, F., Ward, M. E., Shields, D., Geary, U., Gardner, C., King, D., McCarthy, G., Conolly, J., Brown, J., Wiedemann, N., Staunton, P., Halpin, R., McGinty, T., Brazil, V., Ali, A., Buckley, A., Dowds, J., Lambert, S., McGarry, S., McLoughlin, P., Murphy, M., Murphy, R., O"Carrol, A., Ryan., M., Slattery, S., Sweeney, E., Swords, M., Zihindula, G. & NíCheallaigh, C., Co-developing, piloting, and evaluating a translational simulation (TS) delivery model for the promotion of psychological trauma-informed care (TIC) to improve service delivery within acute hospital settings: A Research Protocol, HRB Open Research,, 6, (27), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• O'Sullivan, E., Abujaber, N., Ryan, M., McBride, K., Tingsted Blum, P., & Vallières, F., Gender considerations for supportive supervision in humanitarian contexts: A qualitative study, Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Abujaber, N., Ryan,M., McBride K.A., Tingsted Blum, P., Engels, M., Didenko, A ., Greene, H., Peres de Matos, C.S., Whitton, S., & Vallières, F., Implementing Supportive Supervision in Acute Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Afghanistan and Ukraine, PLOS Global Public Health, 4, (4), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
• Ramadan, M., Hadfield, K., Ryan, M., Cai, P., Bosqui, T., & Nolan, A., The use of creative art therapy to address the mental health of refugee adolescents: a systematic review, Arts & Health, 2024, p1 - 19Journal Article, 2024, URL
• Ramadan, M., Nolan, A., Hadfield, K., Bosqui, T., & Ryan, M., How to optimise creative art therapy to foster the mental health of refugee adolescents? A Delphi study protocol, PLOS ONE, 2024Journal Article, 2024

• Ryan, M., Said, N., Maamri., A., Sexual and reproductive health of refugees from West Asia in Morocco, Center for Reproductive Rights Symposium Report, Center for Reproductive Rights Symposium on Reproductive and Sexual Autonomy in Asia, Nepal, October 2023Conference Paper
• Meg Ryan, Mental health and alienation under capitalism, Connolly Conversations, Connolly Books, 21/02/24, 2024, Connolly BooksInvited Talk

My research interests include global mental health, LGBTQIA+ health and mental health, reproductive justice, and gender-based violence (GBV). My research focuses on applying consultative, participatory approaches for the development of end-user informed guidelines, frameworks, and resources that will improve access to health care, including mental health care. Through my research, my aim is to represent lived experiences across gendered and cultural divides to address issues of inequality and discrimination using a critical paradigm focused on challenging existing power structures. I am committed to integrating social justice and human rights principles into my research, and I believe that engaged research practices which build collaborative relationships between researchers and communities can enable communities to address local concerns, resulting in research that is applicable, culturally relevant, and that bridges the gaps between research, practice, and community needs. In line with feminist approaches, my research strives to include a `reciprocally educative focus', underpinned by values of intersectionality, positionality, and reflexivity.

• Title

  An exploratory study using mixed methods to understand Moroccan and refugee women's experiences of reproductive violence
  Summary

  This project is a partnership between Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin (CGH, TCD). The study aims to elucidate the contexts in which Reproductive Violence is experienced by women and girls when they attempt to practice their Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) rights and choices in Morocco, and to understand the contributing factors. Overall, this project aims to generate increased knowledge which can be integrated into Gender-Based Violence programming and SRH services to enhance capacity to provide more sustainable services to those impacted and to advocate for national policy changes.
  Funding Agency

  Sexual Violence Research Initiative
  Date From

  01-03-2023
  Date To

  31-08-2024
• Title

  The Missing Link
  Summary

  The Missing Link is a global initiative conducted in collaboration with the International Federation of the Red Cross to develop supervision guidelines for use within mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programming within humanitarian emergencies. This project uses action research approaches and involves collaboration with multiple NGOs and stakeholders in the MHPSS community.
  Funding Agency

  Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)
• Title

  Understanding the relationship between reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence in an Irish context; a stakeholder informed qualitative analysis
  Summary

  Reproductive coercion (RC) is defined as deliberate attempts to influence or control the reproductive autonomy of another person. This is a form of intimate partner violence (IPV) thought to be linked to poorer sexual reproductive health (SRH) outcomes. However, the links between IPV and RC are poorly understood, impacting the development of effective interventions. The current project proposes to address this gap by developing a partnership with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre to conduct research exploring the current state of knowledge regarding IPV and RC in an Irish context through a rapid review and exploratory qualitative study with relevant stakeholders.
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council
  Date From

  8/12/23
  Date To

  7/12/24

Medical, health and life sciences, Clinical and health psychology, Health services and systems, Public health, Other social sciences, Psychology and cognitive sciences,

• Ray Fuller Prize in Psychology 2016

• Chair of the Research Advisory Committee for the Mental Health Reform (MHR) Present
• Founding member of the PSI Special Interest Group in Human Rights & Psychology Present
• Member of the Trans* Research Association of Ireland Present
• Member of the All Ireland Network on Sexual Violence Research (AINSVR) Present
• Secretary of the Professional Association for Trans Health Ireland (PATHI) Present
• Chartered member of the Psychological Society of Ireland Present

• Communications officer for PSI SIG in Human Rights & Psychology (2021- Ongoing)
• Secretary of the Professional Association for Trans Health Ireland (PATHI)
• Chair of the Research Advisory Committee for Mental Health Reform (2022-Ongoing)
• Invited to sit on the Steering Committee for the HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP) review of HSE SHCPP-funded crisis pregnancy counselling (CPC) services and the My Options abortion information telephone service. 2022
• Journal reviewer for PLOS global public health 2024
• Founding member of the PSI Special Interest Group in Human Rights & Psychology
• Peer reviewer for PLOS global public health. 2024
• Chartered member of the Psychological Society of Ireland 2020