About
The UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences was established in 2015 and brings all of UCD’s health professionals under one banner providing an exciting opportunity to exploit synergies which exist across the One Health spectrum.
The UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences was established in 2015 and brings all of UCD’s health professionals under one banner providing an exciting opportunity to exploit synergies which exist across the One Health spectrum.
The One Health initiative links the health of all living things, together with the existing synergies between human and animal health, public health and food science. The College supports the indigenous agri-food sector, animal health and medical professions through education and cutting- edge research. We offer a spectrum of health professional courses across the constituent schools of the College, including an extensive portfolio of graduate education for healthcare professionals designed to fit their busy clinical schedules.
The College comprises five schools, the School of Agriculture and Food Science, the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, the School of Medicine, the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sport Science and the School of Veterinary Medicine.
College Principal - Prof Michael Keane
Professor Michael Keane is College Principal, UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences.
Professor Michael Keane was appointed as Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics at UCD and Consultant Respiratory Physician at St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH) in 2007. A graduate of UCD School of Medicine he undertook fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at University of Michigan from 1995-1998 and then joined the faculty there. In 2000 he moved to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he was Director of the Fellowship Training Program and Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit until 2007 when he returned to Dublin.
Professor Keane was Dean and Head of School of Medicine at UCD from 2018-2025. He has chaired the Board of Directors of the RCSI and UCD Malaysia Campus (RUMC) in Penang since 2018. He has also held significant management positions at SVUH having served on the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group Board of Directors for nine years and has filled the roles of Group Clinical Director and interim CEO. He has significant roles in postgraduate medical education serving on the council of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI) and he is currently Registrar in the RCPI. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London. His research interests are in the areas of interstitial lung disease and rare lung diseases. He has published widely in these areas and he is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and associate editor of Respirology.