My background is Nursing which includes General (including Intensive care and Accident and Emergency) Midwifery, Pediatrics and Infection Prevention and Control. I have also worked in Clinical Trials in the Clinical Research Centre on secondment from the HSE. I completed a Master in Public Health in 2010 and a Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in 2015, focusing on E-Learning and the student's perspective. I teach Health Protection modules which are campus-based and online to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the School of Public Health and School of Medicine. I am undertaking a PhD in 2019 as a part-time PhD student on the SPHeRE Programme.

My teaching interests are Infectious Diseases, Surveillance, Global Health and Antimicrobial Resistance BSc Hons Paramedic Studies – Practitioner Entry (BSCPST) Health Protection I MD3011 (5 credits) Health Protection II MD4013 (5 credits) BSc (Hons)Paramedic Studies (BSCPMS) (two intakes per year) Health Protection I MD2004 (5 credits)runs twice a year. Health Protection II MD3007 (5 credits) BSc (Hons) Paramedicine Health Protection I MD 2207 (5 credits) Health Protection II MD 2208 (5 credits)