Eilis O'Reilly

Career publications: 120+ peer-reviewed publications (excl. conf. abstracts) h-index: 50 citations: 12000+

Total Career Research Income: €3,092,998 (PI (€1,057,619) & co-I ($1,730,770); remainder as collaborator/WP lead))

Dr Eilis O'Reilly has a dual-doctorate from Harvard University's Chan School of Public Health where she also spent her post-doctoral years rising to junior faculty in the Harvard School of Medicine.

Teaching/Leadership: Dr O'Reilly is Director of the online MPH where she redesiged the programme for APHEA accreditation received in 2022. With colleagues in UCC’s Schools of Pharmacy and Statistics, through the HCI pillar programme, she co-created the first regulatory science programme in Irl/UK, attracting 20 diverse skilled graduates per year with high employability in pharmaceutical and high-tech sector. She chaired the SPH Teaching and Curriculum committee for 4 years and now represents SPH on the university Academic Integrity board.

Research: Dr O'Reilly's research focuses on neuro- and environmental epidemiology (seemingly distinct areas of research, but a leading modifiable cause of neuropathology is environmental exposure). She was awarded the first grant collaboration for SPH and UCC's Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (EPA). In this interdisciplinary research group, she also mentored a DOROTHY fellow and an IRC PhD to successful grant awards, and works with government policy-makers at the intersection of air quality and health. With colleagues in CUH, she provides the epidemiologic expertise for studies of incidence of, and risk factors for, first seizures and epilepsy, from which PhD and MD academic neurologists are currently enrolled and have graduated, with several high-impact publications. 

Many of Dr O'Reilly's publications have been cited in guidelines, patents and news/media.  She has consulted for Jamie Oliver's FeedMeBetter Campaign and was his guest speaker at One Young World.

Neuroepidemiology

Epidemiology Methods for Causal Inference

Environmental Health and Epidemiology

Pharmacoepidemiology

Nutritional Epidemiology Methods

Current PhD/MD Students

Recent PhD/MD Students

Research Fellows

Epidemiology Methods

Advanced Quantitative Methods

Principle and Practices of Screening

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Principles of Pharmacoepidemiology

Academic Director

Master in Public Health (CKX49)