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Medical and population health professional seeking to contribute to and deliver for, a progressive higher education institution that delivers high-quality research and education and is ‘leading the world to better health’. My professional mission aligns with the RCSI strategy aims of improving the health of society in partnership with patients and the public in support of better health and well-being for all. Specifically, the demands of the VISTA programme manager role including management, leadership and administration while considering the depth and breadth of the project stakeholders needs, meet my skillset and my interest, given the project application to the population of Ireland.

Implementing policy effectively fits with my desire to work to improve health via an upstream prevention policy approach. I have a strong track record of delivering for my employers and for the population I serve in each project, by planning, managing and delivering health promoting projects and programmes to a high professional standard. Since 2022 I have transitioned my career into the university sector, my varied higher educational institutional experience, as well as my experience of working in clinical frontline roles across multiple healthcare settings and specialities would enhance my ability to build relationships with all professional and public stakeholders in this project.

Planning, organising, scheduling, presenting, accuracy in administration records, budgeting and program management are areas which I wish to continue to master and deliver on, which are required in this RCSI role.

Mission: Collaborative work to create a system that facilitates equitable safe healthy communities and services to allow for positive health, wellbeing and potential for all.

Health Promotion Practitioner, College Health Service at Trinity College Dublin (2025 – Present)

Working to facilitate a system that supports health & wellbeing amongst the university population. Work is grounded by evidence and built on proven effective health promotion practice in the pursuit of; enabling health & wellbeing opportunity for all, guided by WHO Ottawa Charter, 1986. Current focus:

• Population wellbeing measurement in university setting – research and action project
• Whole campus approach to reduce use of tobacco and all nicotine products (vapes/e-cigarettes/pouches). Living lab delivery to monitor smoking and vaping on campus and inform action to reduce recorded statistics (annual, monthly data). Collaborating with HSE, Tobacco Free Ireland and RCSI on Vape-Intervene research project
• Research project coordination of Trinity pilot in collaboration with UCC (ESHIELD MyUSE behaviour change app)
• Facilitating, teaching, training, grading & managing student team members to deliver health promotion projects, programmes and research
• Organising annual student led health promotion clinic on campus as part of interprofessional learning module for interdisciplinary health professional students
• Clinic data review of university health service usage amongst students
• Partnering with external NFP, charities and state agencies to support community, staff and student health and wellbeing

Higher education student programme quality assurance reviewer at NStEP, QQI & university of review (2023 – 2025)

Role was to assess higher education courses and ensure quality in educational programme design and delivery, as well as advocate for the student, by ensuring institutions demonstrate the ability to deliver a culture, environment and service (academic & non-academic) to facilitate an optimal holistic student experience, that empowers the student to develop and reach their potential during their learning journey. Role required an ability to:

• work individually and in diverse teams
• deliver to tight/short notice deadlines
• precise documentation
• review policy
• interview higher education course leads
• comprehend multiple stakeholders’ perspectives
• discuss, challenge, debate, summarise findings in written and presentation form and present individually and as part of a reviewer panel
• New course review pre-QQI approval, MTU BSc Food Business

Public health teaching assistant and health promotion researcher at University College Dublin (2022 – 2023)

• Tutor to 2nd year medical students completing public health & health promotion module. Encompassed preparing and delivering lectures and group tutorials, facilitating group work, collaborating with colleagues to ensure equality in assessment and compliance with university teaching best practice policy, grading students, evaluating teaching performance and completing portfolio for assessment of performance.
• Completed observational research study assessing the commuting patterns to school of children and adolescents in Ireland. Research dissemination included presented findings at national conferences in poster and oral format, both in-person and remote via webinar. 2023 academic journal publication: and feature in Irish Times broadsheet publication:

Senior Medical Doctor, Health & Wellbeing & International Medical Evacuations at Allianz Partners (2014 – 2022)

International/global health insurance role with primary responsibility in medical evacuation service leadership and additional responsibilities including health & wellbeing, staff health promotion, operations, advisory

• 24/7 medical & operational responsibility for decision making & service delivery of global medical evacuations
• Leading & mentoring medical/non-medical staff
• Staff training/teaching/education programme design, delivery, monitoring, evaluation
• Staff health promotion consulting, planning and programme design
• Continual service improvement contribution, monitoring, audit, evaluation, management
• Evaluation: planning, process, output, outcome
• Medical advice/briefing to internal and external partners
• Oral/written medical/health communication/change and project management
• Develop, maintain & enhance relationships with; clients, customers, partners, stakeholders, colleagues
• Tendering, commissioning and managing partner services
• Research & service enhancement based on research findings
• Cost containment, cost analysis, cost efficiency and budget management
• Work with stakeholders (legal, procurement, governance etc.) to design & finalise contracts & ethical practice
• Reporting & briefing: technical/scientific & non-technical/scientific, tailored for audience
• Best practice protocol, standard operating procedure & policy review, evaluation, design and dissemination
• Programme/service review, design, change, research, assessment, consultation, training

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and behaviour change educator & mentor at Aware Ireland (2020 – 2020)

Supported young adults through an online CBT based mental health & wellbeing programme ‘Life Skills Online’. Online programme (SilverCloud software) allowing me as a learning facilitator to review clients’ engagement with, and progress through the course. By encouraging clients and reiterating how they could apply CBT principals to their day-to-day thoughts, behaviours and actions, clients build confidence in their ability to manage their personal & interpersonal challenges resulting in self-reported improvement in mental health & wellbeing.

Front line clinician–Child & youth healthcare at NCHD Ireland & New Zealand (2007 – 2013)

Medical school graduation 2007. 2007-08 completed intern year in Cork and Limerick hospitals. 2008-11 worked in 3 acute hospitals in New Zealand (NZ). NZ work focused on emergency department and paediatric medicine and included delivery of community-based child health as part of multidisciplinary team. 2010 completed post graduate diploma in community & clinical child health (DCH), University of Otago, NZ. 2011-12 paediatric NCHD Rotunda and Crumlin hospitals and completed basic specialist training in paediatrics, BST RCPI. 2012-13 histopathology NCHD Beaumont & St James’s hospitals.

Cognitive behavioural therapy and behaviour change educator & mentor at Aware Ireland (2020 – 2020)

Voluntary work: SilverCloud cognitive behavioural therapy and behaviour change educator & mentor, Aware Ireland, 2020.

Master in Public Health (MPH) in Public Health – University College Dublin (2022 – 2022)

PG Certificate in Project Management – Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) (2021 – 2021)

PG Certificate in Human nutrition & metabolism – GMIT (2021 – 2021)

PG Certificate in Public health nutrition – GMIT (2021 – 2021)

PG Higher Cert in Health Promotion in Health Promotion – NUI Galway (2020 – 2020)

PG Certificate in Management & Team Development in Management & Team Development – University College Cork (2018 – 2018)

Diploma in Politics, Culture & Society (health focus) with French & Spanish – Cork College of Commerce (2014 – 2014)

Basic Specialist Training Certificate in Paediatrics (BST) in Paediatrics – Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (2011 – 2011)

Post Graduate Diploma in Child Health (DCH) in Child Health – University of Otago, NZ (2010 – 2010)

Bachelor of Medicine & medical science (MB BCh BAO BMedSc) in Medicine & medical science – University College Cork (2007 – 2007)

Diplomatic Membership of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine Ireland (DipFPHMI) in Public Health Medicine (2025 – 2025)

Health promotion practitioner registration in Health promotion – IUHPE (2025 – 2025)

Medical degree (MB BCh BAO BMedSc) in Medicine & medical science – University College Cork (2007 – 2007)

Post graduate diploma in community & clinical child health (DCH) in Community & clinical child health – University of Otago, NZ (2010 – 2010)