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Biography

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Research Interests

Examining the effects of daily and life experiences on the psychobiological wellbeing of the person, with a particular focus on mapping the experiences that create or exacerbate vulnerability to low wellbeing and that amplify the resilience and capacity to recover from difficult experiences. Utilising a biopsychosocial framework and a developmental perspective to understand how life course wellbeing is shaped, including describing behavioural and biological responses to stress. Examining the impact of technology use on the wellbeing of the person, including its impact on sleep quality and duration. 

Exploring and developing intervention programmes for the prevention of assault and relationship violence, with a particular focus on prevention in adolescence and 3rd level institutions. 

Exploration of teaching, learning, and assessment practices with a particular focus on incorporating innovative and creative approaches with a Universal Design for Learning and inclusive assessment framework. 


                         

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
	(2019)	'Measuring the Psychobiological Correlates of Daily Experience in Adolescents' Dockray S.;O'Neill S.;Jump O. (2019) 'Measuring the Psychobiological Correlates of Daily Experience in Adolescents'. Journal Of Research On Adolescence, 29 (3):595-612 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'The effect of genotype, chronotype and sleep behaviours on diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol in adolescents' Dockray, S., Messerli-Bürgy, N., & O'Neill, S. (2017) 'The effect of genotype, chronotype and sleep behaviours on diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol in adolescents'. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 83 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'A systematic review of the effects of mindfulness interventions on cortisol' O'Leary, K,O'Neill, S,Dockray, S (2016) 'A systematic review of the effects of mindfulness interventions on cortisol'. Journal of Health Psychology, 21 :2108-2121 [DOI] [Details]

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Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	'Technology and Teenagers: No Time to Sleep?' O'Neill, S. (2015) 'Technology and Teenagers: No Time to Sleep?' The Boolean, . [Details]

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Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	Opportunities and Challenges of Micro-credentials in Higher Ed: MC² Project. Siobhan O'Neill with contributions from John McNulty, Anne Marie Cooney, Catherine O’Mahony and Stephen Byrne (2021) Opportunities and Challenges of Micro-credentials in Higher Ed: MC² Project. University College Cork, Cork. [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
	(2021)	Teaching politics during the pandemic: experiences, opportunities and challenges: PSAI Teaching and Learning Webinar, O'Mahony, C. and O'Neill, S. (2021) Experiences of Online Teaching. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Teaching politics during the pandemic: experiences, opportunities and challenges: PSAI Teaching and Learning Webinar, Maynooth, Ireland , 29-JAN-21 - 29-JAN-21. [Details]
	(2020)	5th Research Group on Collaborative Spaces (RGCS) Symposium, Supple, B., & O'Neill, S. (2020) Making and the Pandemic: An Irish Case Study. [Oral Presentation], 5th Research Group on Collaborative Spaces (RGCS) Symposium, Online . [Details]
	(2019)	Irish Student Health Association, Crowley, L., & O'Neill, S. (2019) Bystander Intervention at University College Cork. [Poster Presentation], Irish Student Health Association, Cork . [Details]
	(2017)	31st Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, O'Neill, S., & Dockray S. (2017) Sleep Disruption in Adulthood: The Effects of Technology Use on Quality and Duration. [Oral Presentation], 31st Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Padua . [Details]
	(2017)	Biennial Conference of the Confederation of Student Services in Ireland, O'Neill, S., Crowley, L., & Byrne, M. (2017) Implementing a Bystander Intervention Programme at University College Cork. [Poster Presentation], Biennial Conference of the Confederation of Student Services in Ireland, Cork . [Details]
	(2017)	Biennial Conference of the Confederation of Student Services in Ireland, Crowley, L., Byrne, M., & O'Neill, S. (2017) Bystander Intervention at UCC: Developing and evaluating a sexual violence prevention programme for 3rd level. [Oral Presentation], Biennial Conference of the Confederation of Student Services in Ireland, Cork . [Details]
	(2017)	31st Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, O'Neill, S., & Dockray S. (2017) Objective Health and Self-perceived Health in Irish Adolescents. [Poster Presentation], 31st Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Padua . [Details]
	(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)	Annual Nursing and Midwifery Conference (INFANT), O'Neill, S., Warner, N., Delea, S., & Dockray, S. (2015) Gender and Depression as Contributing Factors to Poor Sleep in Adolescence. [Poster Presentation], Annual Nursing and Midwifery Conference (INFANT), Cork . [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
	2021	Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	Higher Diploma	Software Development

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Languages

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

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Other Activities

Description

Intervention Education Programmes (Adapted from the Intervention Initiative Fenton, R. A., Mott, H. L., McCartan, K. and Rumney, P. (2014). The Intervention Initiative. Bristol: UWE and Public Health England.)   O’Neill, S., & Crowley, L. (2016). UCC Bystander Intervention for Third Level. University College Cork.   O’Neill, S., & Crowley, L. (2018). Blended-learning UCC Bystander Intervention for Third Level. University College Cork.   O’Neill, S., & Crowley, L. (2018). Reduced UCC Bystander Intervention for 2nd Level. University College Cork.