Dr Fiona Riordan is currently a Research Officer in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation where she is part of the EU Research Funding Support team. Fiona provides pre-award support for Horizon Europe applications, with a focus on Pillar II calls (Cluster 1 'Health' and Cluster 3 'Civil Security for Society) and COST Action.

She is currently part of COST Action CA23101 BOPALiM – COST Action CA23101 – Building Opportunities for Participation and Accessibility through lifelong community Mobility Working Group 3 which focuses on the community mobility of older adults and people living with disabilities.

Prior to joining OVPRI, Fiona worked as a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Public Health, UCC, working on the CUSTOMISE (Comparing and Understanding Tailoring Methods for Implementation Strategies) project, funded by a HRB Research Leader Award (Dr Sheena McHugh) and LINK (Learning to create Integrated community Networks through Knowledge exchange) project, a collaboration with a local befriending service, funded by a Irish Research Council New Foundations award, and an evaluation of end to end implementation of integrated care for type 2 diabetes, funded by the Sláintecare Integration Fund.

Fiona previously worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher on the IDEAs (Improving Diabetes Eye-screening Attendance) study which tested the feasibility of an intervention in primary care to improve the uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening. Fiona was awarded a PhD in 2019. Her thesis was entitled "Improving the quality of diabetes care in a real world community context: influences, trends, and the implementation of a model of integrated care".

Fiona has a BSc in Genetics from University College Cork and graduated from Imperial College London with a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in 2013. Before starting her PhD in 2015 she worked as a Research Assistant in Imperial College, University College Dublin, and University College Cork.

Implementation science, patient and public involvement (PPI), quality improvement and health services evaluation, integrated care, chronic disease management in primary care, social participation among older adults and people with chronic health conditions.