Dr Siobhan Fox
Biography
Dr Siobhán Fox obtained her PhD in Psychology, with a particular focus on cognitive psychology, from UCC in 2013 and subsequently joined the Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation in October 2013.
Dr Fox’s main research interests are dementia, young onset dementia, Parkinson’s disease, palliative care for people with neurological diseases, and health services research. Dr Fox has published a number of peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and presented at numerous conferences on these topics. She previously co-ordinated and co-authored the Irish National Guidelines for Palliative Care for People with Parkinson’s Disease, and is currently working on developing a Model for Dementia Palliative Care for the Irish health system.
Grants secured as co-PI include “A Review of Diagnostic and Post-Diagnostic Processes and Pathways for Younger-Onset Dementia” funded by the National Dementia Office, and “Community Supports for People with Young Onset Dementia” funded by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland.
Dr Fox has previously lectured in Waterford Institute of Technology and in various departments in UCC, and holds both a PG Certificate and a PG Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Currently she is a Lecturer in the Centre on the Postgraduate Studies in Dementia and Older Person Rehabilitation programmes, and is module coordinator for CG6015 Understanding Cognition, CG6016 Advanced Issues in Dementia Care, CG6005 Amputee and Prosthetic Rehabilitation and CG6018 Dissertation.
