Gerry Lee a nurse academic, appointed as Professor and Chair of Nursing and Health Services Research at UCC in 2023 with more than 25 years experience of working in advanced practice examining the role of advanced practice in relation to clinical outcomes, staff knowledge on these roles, education and training required to become an advanced practitioner as well as examining patient satisfaction with advanced practitioners. In Australia, she developed one of the first Masters programmes for Nurse Practitioners and also in the UK at King's College London where, from 2012 to 2023, Gerry was the lead for Advanced Practice. Her other research expertise is in workforce development and optimising health in long term conditions using shared-decision masking and digital technology such as apps and remote monitoring. Gerry also researches issues relating to cardio-oncology, advanced practice education, patient-centred care and chronic disease management. In 2018, she established a nurse-led rapid access clinic for patients with suspected atrial fibrillation at St Thomas's Hospital, London with the aim of assessing patients for stroke and ensuring appropriate medication is prescribed and worked closely with a clinical pharmacist. She is a member of the Council of Cardio-Oncology as part of the European Society of Cardiology. Gerry has published over a 140 peer reviewed papers and she is a principal investigator on H2020 EHRA-PATHS study: 'Addressing multimorbidity in elderly atrial fibrillation patients through interdisciplinary, tailored, patient-centered care pathways.' EHRA-PATHS

•Cardio Oncology •Nurse practitioner/advanced practice research •Cardiovascular disease: detection, assessment and management•Chronic disease management & multidisciplinary approach •Hospital in the Home . Emergency & trauma care 

Teaching: PG Diploma Specialist Programmes NU6070- Clinical Leadership in Practice Enhancement for Nursing & Midwifery, NU6306-Clinical Leadership for Healthcare Quality Improvement, NU6078- Optiimsing health and wellbeing in older people and MH6014- Advanced Research Methods for Healthcare Professionals

Areas of interest: Advanced practice, nurse practitioner, cardiovascular care, evidence-based practice, chronic disease management, cardio-oncology, quality of life. 

PhD supervision:

Completed:

2021-2025: Ethnicity and exposure to workplace violence for hospital-based and community nurses.

2020-2024: Examining cardiac cachexia in Thai heart failure patients- a mixed methods study.

2018-2024: Long-term Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life in post-ICU Patients: A Mixed Methods Study. 

2018-2022: Forging a new Job Design: a mixed method study examining Cardiac Surgical Assistants' perspectives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

2014-2021: Developing an understanding of brief intervention opportunities to prevent severe hypoglycaemic events.

2016-2021: The development of a patient pathway-based intervention for hospital discharge after blunt thoracic injuries.  Awarded 2022 Outstanding Thesis Prize

Gemma McCarthy: Reducing dementia risk in vulnerable adults – Early detection and management of modifiable risk factors in mild cognitive impairment or subjective cognitive impairment

Clodagh Stack: Digital Innovations for Sepsis: Empowering Communities for Early Detection and Rapid Response

Andrés Lorenzo Lizano Pérez: Perspectives on Advanced Practice Nursing and Digital Technologies in Primary Care (UNAM University, Mexico City, Mexico)