Adjunct Clinical Senior Lecturer Kieran Walsh
Biography
Dr Kieran Walsh is a Deputy Director of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and a Member of Young Academy Ireland (MYAI). He oversees the Strategy, Support and Research Function within the HTA Directorate with the overarching aim of supporting the provision of evidence-based advice to national policy- and decision-makers in the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Department of Health.
Kieran is a registered pharmacist with experience in community, hospital and clinical trial settings. Kieran completed his undergraduate pharmacy degree in UCC in 2012 and undertook his internship year in Cork University Hospital through the RCSI. He undertook his PhD in UCC, between 2014 and 2018, on the topic of antipsychotic prescribing to nursing home residents with dementia. He has a strong research profile and has won several national awards for his work including the HSE Open Access Research Awards and the Royal Academy of Medicine (RAMI) Awards.
Professional Activity
Experience:
Apr 2023 – Present Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
Deputy Director of Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Jan 2021 – Apr 2023 HIQA
Senior HTA Analyst, HTA Directorate
Jul 2020 – Jan 2021 HIQA
HTA Research Analyst, HTA Directorate
Oct 2018 – Jul 2020 HIQA
Health Services Researcher, HTA Directorate
Apr 2014 – Jan 2022 Allcare Ballincollig Pharmacy
Support Pharmacist (part-time)
Apr 2014 – Mar 2017 Clinical Research Facility, Mercy University Hospital
Clinical Trials Pharmacist (part-time)
Nov 2013 – Mar 2014 Various Pharmacies
Locum Pharmacist (part-time)
Sep 2012 – Sep 2013 Pharmacy Department, Cork University Hospital
Intern Hospital Pharmacist
Committee Appointments:
- Member of Young Academy Ireland (2023 to present)
- Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, HIQA (2022 to present)
- Member of the HSE National Dementia Office, Education Working Group for the Implementation of NCG No. 21 (“Appropriate prescribing of psychotropic medication for non-cognitive symptoms in people with dementia”) (2022 to present)
- Chair of the Academic Publication Working Group, HIQA (2020 to present)
- Member of the Quality and Risk Implementation Group, HIQA (2020 to present)
- Member of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, HIQA (2020 to present)
- Member of the National SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance & Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Working Group (January 2021)
- Writing group member of Guideline Development Group for NCG No. 21 (“Appropriate prescribing of psychotropic medication for non-cognitive symptoms in people with dementia”) (2017 to 2019)
- Member of the Research and Postgraduate Affairs Committee (RPAC) in the School of Medicine, UCC (2017 to 2018)
- Member of the College of Medicine and Health Postgraduate Student Committee, UCC (2017 to 2018)
- Member of the Athena SWAN committee in the School of Pharmacy, UCC (2017 to 2018)
- Pharmacist representative on the TRUST trial Pharmacovigilance committee (2014 to 2017)
Awards and prizes:
- Received external research grant funding of over €460,000.
- Winner of two Royal Academy of Medicine (RAMI) Awards 2021 (Psychiatry and Epidemiology/Public Health Medicine categories)
- Overall winner of the HSE Open Access Research Awards 2021.
- Best poster awards at the 2018 SPHeRE and 2016 PRIMM Conferences.
- Best thesis-in-three oral presentation at the 2017 DNNI conference.
- College of Medicine and Health Doctoral Travel Bursary recipient worth €1000.
- Awarded Scholarships worth €2000 in total for the best results in 1st and 3rd year Pharmacy.
- Awarded the Prize for the best overall result in Pharmaceutics in the BPharm programme.