Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe

• Director, UCD Perinatal Research Centre
• Head, Women's and Children's Health, UCD School of Medicine
• Head, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UCD School of Medicine
• Chair and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UCD School of Medicine
• Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Maternal and Fetal Medicine Specialist, National Maternity Hospital
• Conway Fellow, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research
• Programme Director of Maternal & Fetal Medicine Sub-speciality training programme at National Maternity Hospital

Qualifications

Professional Training

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‌Assoc Prof Mary Higgins

Qualifications

Committees

• National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) Maternal Morbidity Committee
• Irish Multidisciplinary Obstetrics Emegency Training
• Sepsis Decision Tool Multidisciplinary Committee
• Speciality Training Committee (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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• Clinical Director, Merrion Fertility Clinic
• Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist, National Maternity Hospital and St Michael’s Hospital
• Associate Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University College Dublin
• Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 

• Consultant Neonatologist National Maternity Hospital
• Clinical Professor UCD School of Medicine
• UCD research profile

• Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow) in the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin
• Link UCD research profile: https://people.ucd.ie/catherine.phillips/

• Assistant Professor in School of Computer Science, University College Dublin
• Link UCD research profile: https://people.ucd.ie/catherine.mooney

• Associate Professor in School of Computer Science, University College Dublin
• Link UCD Research profile: https://people.ucd.ie/eleni.mangina

Dr Marie Conway graduated from Ulster University, Coleraine in 2015, with a BSc in Human Nutrition with Diploma in Professional Practice. Following this, she completed her PhD with the Seychelles Child Development Study (SCDS) research group at the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health at Ulster University, Coleraine in 2019. Marie’s PhD focused on the role of diet and genetics in influencing the biological status of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in pregnant women, women of child-bearing age, and cord blood samples. She has published a number of peer-reviewed papers and presented at international conferences.

Marie has a keen interest in maternal and child nutrition, particularly how maternal health and nutrition during pregnancy can influence child health outcomes. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the UCD Perinatal Research Centre, working primarily on the ongoing ROLO Preteens follow-up study, and is also involved in the running of the LatchOn breastfeeding intervention study, and supervision of research staff and postgraduate students. 

David graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2014, with a degree in Natural Sciences with a moderatorship in Immunology. Subsequently, he completed a Masters in Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 2016. David joined the UCD Perinatal Research Centre in 2017 and is currently primarily working on the ongoing SFI funded projects Microbe Mom and GetGutsy.

Louise graduated from UCD in 2017 with a BSc in Zoology. In 2019, she completed a Masters in Human Nutrition specialised in Public Health at the University of Glasgow. Following her Masters, she was employed by the University of Glasgow as a research assistant working primarily on child and infant nutrition. Louise joined the UCD Perinatal Research Centre in 2020 and is currently focusing on the ongoing ROLO PreTeen follow up study.

Cara graduated from UCD in September 2018, with a BSc in Human Nutrition. As part of this degree, she completed a 1 year work experience placement with the UCD Perinatal Research Centre in 2016, working primarily on the ROLO 5-year longitudinal follow up study.

Two years on, Cara is currently pursuing her PhD in Maternal Nutrition and Well-being. Working on the ongoing Microbe Mom randomised-controlled trial.

Registered dietitian, CORU registration 009693 and member of the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute. Sarah Louise is currently undertaking a PhD with the UCD Perinatal Research Centre. Working on the GetGutsy study, a randomised controlled trial of probiotics and health in women. Keen interest in maternal nutrition and is working to develop a Core Outcome Set for Pregnancy Nutrition research (PRENCOS).

Emma graduated from TCD in June 2005, with a BSc in Occupational Therapy. She worked across both public and private practice as a paediatric OT within multi-disciplinary teams for 15 years. She also lectured on OTA courses. In 2018 she completed an MSc in Child and Youth Studies in UCD and examined typically developing Junior Infants sensorimotor development and its relationship to school readiness. Subsequently Emma worked as a research assistant on a pan-European project investigating the use of augmented reality for children with literacy difficulties. Emma is a member of the Children's Research Network, Irish Association of Infant Mental Health, National Handwriting Association UK and AOTI. Emma is delighted to have joined the UCD Perinatal Research Centre working primarily on the ROLO Pre-Teen longitudinal follow-up study. She is pursuing her PhD in fetal programming and its relationship to different facets of child development up to and including the preteen years.

Shauna is a Registered Midwife working in the National Maternity Hospital since 2016. She joined the UCD Perinatal Research Centre team as a Research Midwife in June 2018 and is currently undertaking a PhD jointly with the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. Shauna graduated with a First Class Honours Degree from the BSc Midwifery programme in UCD in 2016. In 2016 she received the National Maternity Hospital Gold Medal, the NUI Dr H.H. Stewart Medical Scholarship for Midwifery and the Undergraduate Awards Global Winner Award for Nursing and Midwifery for her review of fetal movement counting research. She has also been a member of the UCD-NMH Joint Research Network Group since 2015 following receipt of the UCD Research Summer Scholarship to work on the evaluation of the midwife-led DOMINO and home birth services at National Maternity Hospital. 

Shauna is currently working on the Microbe Mom RCT project which is looking at probiotics in pregnancy. She is also undertaking a mixed-methods study to examine the role of midwives and obstetricians in health promotion for women in pregnancy specifically related to nutrition, physical activity and gestational weight gain.