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Prof Patricia Leahy-Warren

Biography

Professor Patricia Leahy-Warren is Chair of Academic Council Graduate Studies Committee, Director of Graduate Studies and Chair of the Maternity, Families and Primary Care Research Group in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at UCC. She is a registered nurse, midwife, and public health nurse and holds postgraduate degrees in Public Health Nursing, Masters (Research) and PhD in the area of Maternal and Infant Health.

She has extensive experience in postgraduate and graduate education in the School of Nursing and Midwifery as previous Director of Postgraduate Education (2014-2017) and current Director of Graduate Studies. She has taught and supervised students in nursing, midwifery, dentistry at College level and has served on, or chaired examination boards, postgraduate and graduate committees and steering groups at Departmental, School and University level.

Professor Leahy-Warren has supervised 10 PhD/DN/MSc researchers to completion and has examined Clinical Doctorate/PhD candidates nationally and internationally. Her research projects are focused on maternal, paternal and infant health, which are clinically based and focused on achieving significant health and well-being impacts. She has secured research funding as a PI, co-applicant, collaborator with an interdisciplinary team of academics and clinicians in excess of €2.5M.

Patricia is adjunct Senior lecturer in Western Sydney University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Sydney, Australia and visiting Professor at VID Specialised University, Oslo, Norway. She is substitute National lead representative on the Management Committee for EU COST Action CA18211 DEVOTION.