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Biography

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Research Interests

My research interests primarily lie in the area of biological psychology with a focus on health. I am particularly interested in understanding the factors that can lead to and exacerbate obesity in key developmental stages, especially adolescence.                                           

Research Grants

	Project	Funding Body	Start Date	End Date	Award
	Adolescent Health: Stress and Psychophysiological Wellbeing	Irish Research Council	01-OCT-13	01-OCT-16	€72,000.00

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Publications

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	'A Systematic Review of the Effects of Mindfulness Interventions on Cortisol' O'Leary, K., O'Neill, S. & Dockray, S. (2015) 'A Systematic Review of the Effects of Mindfulness Interventions on Cortisol'. Journal of Health Psychology, [Details]

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Professional Activities

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Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2013	Government of Ireland Scholarship	Irish Research Council

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Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	PSI ECG Conference, O'Neill, S., & Dockray, S. (2015) Health, Sleep, and Psychobiological Wellbeing in Adolescence. [Oral Presentation], PSI ECG Conference, NUIG . [Details]
	(2015)	12th Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference, O'Neill, S., & Dockray, S. (2015) Adolescent Sleep: Contributing Factors to Poor Sleep Quality and Health Outcomes. [Oral Presentation], 12th Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference, Belfast , 01-APR-15. [Details]
	(2014)	11th Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference, O'Neill, S. & Dockray, S. (2014) Adolescent Health: Stress and Psychobiological Wellbeing. [Poster Presentation], 11th Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference, Limerick, Ireland . [Details]
	(2014)	22nd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, O'Neill, S., & Dockray, S. (2014) Chronotype, Genotype and Sleep Behaviours in Adolescents; The Effect of Technology Access on Preferred and Actual Behaviour. [Poster Presentation], 22nd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, Tallinn, Estonia . [Details]
	(2014)	11th Annual Psychology Health and Medicine Conference, O Leary,K., O' Neill, S., Dockray, S. (2014) Cortisol Measures in Mindfulness Interventions: Challenges and Future Directions. [Poster Presentation], 11th Annual Psychology Health and Medicine Conference, University of Limerick , 27-MAY-14 - 28-MAY-14. [Details]

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Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2012	University College Cork	BA - PSYCHOLOGY - UCC	Psychology

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Languages

	Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
	German	Functional	Functional	Functional