Our Dean and Board

Professor Cecily Kelleher

Dean of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Professor Cecily Kelleher is Chair of Public Health Medicine & Epidemiology at University College Dublin (UCD). She has been the Principal of the College of Health and Agricultural Sciences in UCD since 2015. She previously served as Dean and head of the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. Professor Kelleher is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. She served as Chair for the report to the Minister for Health in the Republic of Ireland of the COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel on Examination of Measures to 2021. Her main areas of research are on Lifecourse epidemiology and cardiovascular disease, childhood obesity, Traveller health, and the public health impacts of tobacco smoke.

Our Board

We are governed by the Board of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine.

The Board is our ultimate decision-making body and is responsible for ensuring that the aim and functions of the Institute are fulfilled on behalf of its members.

Prof Cecily Kelleher, Dean
Prof Emer Shelley, Past Dean
Dr Mary Ward, Convenor of Examinations
Vacancy, NI Affairs rep
Dr Ruth McDermott, Member
Prof Patricia Fitzpatrick, Fellow
Dr Teresa O' Dowd, SpR
Prof Alan Baird, External member
Ms Janis Morrissey, External member
Dr Anna Clarke, Faculty Representative on Council
Dr Lourda Geoghegan, Fellow
Dr Anne Sheahan, NSD
Dr Kevin Kelleher, Fellow
Prof David Weakliam, Fellow
Dr Anne Dee, Fellow
Dr Ger McDarby, Member
Dr Doug Hamilton, Member
Dr Fiona Cianci, Member
Dr Paul Kavanagh, Member

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