Patricia Kearney
IEA Liaison Officer
Ensures EUPHA and SSM work effectively together and facilitate joint membership, events, etc. I am a Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Cork and an experienced Cardiovascular Epidemiologist and Clinical Trialist with an outstanding record in Population Health and Health Services Research and its effective translation for improved health. I have over 155 publications, including over 50 articles in peer-reviewed international journals with approximately 10,000 citations, have generated ~€5 million in research grant funding since my appointment to UCC in 2011, and supervise a multi-disciplinary research team of 15. I have a background and training in clinical medicine, epidemiology, and public health and during my training have been the recipient of prestigious Wellcome Trust and Paul Beeson (NIH K08 career development award) Fellowships. Since my appointment at UCC, I have developed links with clinical colleagues in primary care, public health and hospital medicine including diabetes medicine and I have been successful in obtaining funding based on these multi-disciplinary teams (HRB/ICE/2012/12 and HRB/HPF/2012/14).