Congratulations to Aoife Delaney, Chief II Medication Safety Pharmacist, Pharmacy Department, Cork University Hospital on being awarded an Employment-based PhD Scholarship for Health Science Professionals by the College of Medicine and Health UCC.

2 Jun 2022

Aoife's research is a collaboration between the Pharmacy Department Cork University Hospital and the School of Pharmacy, UCC. She will investigate medication safety communication strategies, and the development of a quality improvement intervention in an Irish hospital setting.

This research will make an important contribution to new knowledge, and advance research in the area of medication safety, to improve patient outcomes.

Aoife will be supervised by Dr Aoife Fleming Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy Practice, UCC, Dr Kirstyn James Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Dr Suzanne McCarthy Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy Practice, UCC and Ms Deirdre Lynch, Chief Pharmacist, Cork University Hospital.