Dr. Mohamad M. Saab is a Senior Lecturer and Vice Dean of Graduate Studies at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork (UCC). He holds a BSc in Nursing (2008, distinction) and a MSc in Advanced Practice Nursing (2013) from the American University of Beirut, Rafic Hariri School of Nursing. He also holds a PhD in Nursing by publication (2017, 10 publications) and a Postgraduate Certificate (2017) and Diploma (2018) in Teaching and Learning in Higher education from UCC. Dr. Saab is a Registered General Nurse, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. He has over 100 research outputs, including several peer-reviewed publications and over €11 million in research funding. His current research explored the use of virtual reality (VR) in men’s health promotion and VR simulation in nursing education. His other research topics include lung cancer referral pathways, health disparities (including gender and sexual minorities), mental health research, nursing leadership, patient safety, and cancer awareness and survivorship.
Dr. Gillian W Shorter is a Reader in Clinical Psychology at the Drug and Alcohol Research Network, School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK. Her work aims to support those who are at risk of, or who are experiencing problems with, alcohol and other drugs but are not seeking formal treatment. She co-directs the Drug and Alcohol Research Network, an internationally recognized interdisciplinary research cluster in addictions at Queen's University Belfast (with co-Director Dr Anne Campbell). Gillian's research areas include behaviour change, alcohol and other drug use, interventions, methodology, public health, and behavioural science. Her work has been supported by grants from the National Institute for Health Research, Health Service Executive (Ireland), Health Research Board (Ireland), Higher Education Authority (Ireland), Forte (Sweden), Cancerfonden (Sweden), Drug Science (UK), Medical Research Council, HSC Public Health Agency, Alcohol Research UK, Extern, Economic and Social Research Council, British Tinnitus Association, Placental Analytics (USA), Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), University of York, Home Office, Ulster University, Linköping University, and the University of Nottingham.
Emma Berry received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Queen’s University Belfast in 2012 and obtained a PhD. in Clinical Health Psychology from QUB in 2018. In July 2018, Emma Berry joined the School of Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast as a Health Psychology Lecturer. Since then, Emma Berry has continued to contribute to the flourishing body of Clinical Health Psychology research within the School. Emma Berry’s main research interests reside in the development of individual-level or public-level interventions to improve mental and physical health. In particular, Emma Berry is interested in the impact that chronic physical conditions such as diabetes have on young people, adults, and family members, and exploring ways to support psychosocial adjustment.
Professor Anne Moore holds a joint position between the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCC, and the National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT). She completed a PhD in HIV vaccine immunology with Professor Kingston Mills and subsequently embarked upon post-doctoral work on defects in immune responses in HIV-infected individuals in the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia and further work on vaccines against viruses such as HIV and Ebola virus in Dr. Gary Nabel’s lab, then at the University of Michigan. As a senior immunologist in Prof. Adrian Hill’s group at the University of Oxford, she developed several vaccine candidates against malaria, TB, and the influenza virus. In UCC, Prof. Anne Moore moved from a lectureship in Pharmacology, based in the School of Pharmacy, UCC, to a senior lectureship in Biochemistry in 2018. She has won several awards, including leading the UCC Research Team of the Year in UCC in 2012. Prof. Anne Moore’s research focus is to enhance vaccine accessibility and acceptability. She and her research group use vaccine development strategies and qualitative research methodologies to advance these research aims.
Dr. Aoife Fleming is a Senior Lecturer at the Clinical Pharmacy School of Pharmacy and Vice Head for Interprofessional Learning at the College of Medicine and Health. She has held a joint appointment with the Mercy University Hospital as a research pharmacist since 2016. She graduated with a degree in Pharmacy from Trinity College Dublin in 2004 and was awarded a Trinity College Dublin Gold Medal. She completed a Master's in Hospital Pharmacy (Trinity College Dublin) in 2007 while working as a pharmacist at Beaumont Hospital. She has extensive experience working in hospital and community pharmacy settings. Aoife Fleming was awarded a Health Research Board PhD Scholarship in 2011 at the School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health, University College Cork. Her PhD investigated Antimicrobial Stewardship in Ireland with a focus on long-term care facilities. Antimicrobial stewardship involves optimizing the prescribing and surveillance of antimicrobials and developing interventions to support appropriate antimicrobial use. Aoife Fleming has published and collaborated in the area of antimicrobial stewardship and continues to conduct research and contribute to policy and practice in this area.
