Senior Lecturer in Midwifery and BSc in Midwifery Programme Director. Research area - pregnancy loss and pregnancy after loss including experiences of couples in pregnancy following stillbirth. Invited Guest Lecturer University of Malta 2024Ministerial appointment to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in January 2023. https://www.nmbi.ie/What-We-Do/Governance/Board-membersElected to the International Stillbirth Alliance Board in 2016 and elected Board Treasurer in 2017. Member of the ISA Bereavement Working Group, Prevention Working Group, and Stillbirth Advocacy Working Group. https://www.stillbirthalliance.org/board/ Member of the Lancet Stillbirths in High-Income Countries Investigator Group and contributed Irish stillbirth data to the 2016 Lancet Ending Preventable Stillbirth Series. International Collaborator with the Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence, Mater Institute, Brisbane, Australia. https://www.stillbirthcre.org.au/about-us/our-people/international-collaborators/Member of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group, INFANT Research Centre, Cork University Maternity Hospital. https://www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancyloss/researchprojects/pregnancyafterstillbirth/ Athena Swan Committee Member, School of Nursing and Midwifery, successful in achieving Athena Swan Bronze Award. Experienced in qualitative

RESEARCH and SCHOLARLY STANDING January 2023 Appointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland Nominated to the Board by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, appointed by Minister for Health 2022-Present External Advisor To research study exploring the needs of partners in pregnancies after loss led by Prof. Alex Heazell and funded by Tommy's Stillbirth Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, UK. International Research Collaboration International Stillbirth Alliance Board Member (2016- Present) Elected to the Board of ISA in Sept 2016. Elected as Treasurer, September 2017. The Board of ISA oversees the work of the International Stillbirth Alliance (ISA), which is an alliance of member organisations and individual supporters working towards stillbirth prevention and improvement of bereavement care worldwide. International Collaborator Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence, Australia (2016-Present) The Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth is a national collaboration addressing the neglected tragedy of stillbirth. Through a priority driven program, the Stillbirth CRE aims to reduce the rate of stillbirth and improve care for parents and families whose baby is stillborn. International Stillbirth Alliance Scientific Advisory Committee Member (2015-2018) The ISA Scientific Advisory Committee worked to enhance international collaboration in the prevention of stillbirth and related adverse pregnancy outcome (including psychosocial outcomes) through facilitating collaboration in conduct and dissemination of high quality collaborative research. Peer Reviewer for the National I

Module leader NU1055 Interpersonal Communication and Applied Psychology for Midwifery Practice (10 Credits) NU2095 Biological Basis for Midwifery Practice (10 Credits) NU2094 Midwives and Professional Practice II (5 Credits) NU2075 Midwifery Practice II (5 credits) NU4081 Midwives and Professional Practice IV (5 Credits) NU5073 Evidence Based Midwifery Practice (5 Credits)NU5095 Supporting Mothers during Pregnancy and Parenthood (10 Credits) Teaching on other modules NU2070 Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn II (15 credits) NU2093 Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn II - Complications (10 Credits) NU3070 Pregnancy, Childbirth and Newborn III (15 credits) NU5093 Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Neonate 1 (10 Credits) Research Supervision NU3073 Introduction to Nursing & Midwifery Research: Principles and Methods (5 Credits) NU4049 Research Methods for Nursing & Midwifery Practice (15 Credits) · Module assessment NU3073 Parenthood Education: Promoting Normal Birth (5 Credits) NU5081 Preparation for Birth & Parenthood Facilitation (5 Credits) (Flexi Option/Occasional Non-Degree Students only) TeachingAcross all years of the BSc in Midwifery undergraduate programme, the Higher Diploma in Midwifery programme, and on the Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health Nursing. Preceptorship programmes to Registered Midwives employed by the Health Service Providers Multidisciplinary colleagues on the PROMPT Obstetric Emergencies and AAP Neonatal Resuscitation Programme. Research Supervision of postgraduate minor theses and undergraduate literature and research projects.12 BS