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Principal Investigator & Team Members, HBSC Ireland

Dr. Saoirse Nic Gabhainn

Principal Investigator HBSC Ireland

Saoirse Nic Gabhainn is a Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway and is  Director of the Health Promotion Research Centre. Educated in University College Galway (BA, MA) and the University of Nottingham (PhD), she has been Principal Investigator of HBSC Ireland since 1994. Within the international HBSC study, Saoirse is the chair of the Sexual Health Focus Group and sits on the Scientific Development Group and the overall study Co-ordinating Committee.

Dr. Colette Kelly 
Senior Researcher

Colette Kelly is a senior researcher within the Health Promotion Research Centre and is responsible for managing the HBSC Ireland survey. She joined the team in 2005 having previously worked as a nutrition consultant and in the field of public health nutrition. Colette is a graduate of UCG and obtained her PhD from the University of Reading, UK. She is particularly interested in children’s diets, eating behaviour and the role of nutrition and physical activity in optimising health. 

Dr. Michal Molcho
Senior Researcher

Michal Molcho is a lecturer in the Department of Health Promotion, and a senior researcher within the Health Promotion Research Centre. Educatated in Bar Ilan University in Israel, she has been involved in HBSC Israel since 1996 and sits on the Methodology Development Group of the international study. She is particularly interested in violence and injury prevention in adolescence.  

Ms. Mary Callaghan 
Researcher

Mary Callaghan is a researcher within the Health Promotion Research Centre.  She is a graduate of the National University of Ireland, Galway with a BA in Geography and Irish, and a postgraduate diploma in Health promotion.  She has also completed a MSc in Geographic Information Systems at the University of Ulster, Coleraine.  Her research interests include the effects of the environment and social factors on health, disease mapping and spatial analysis.

 

Ms. Natasha Clarke
Researcher

Natasha Clarke graduated from National University of Ireland, Galway with a BSc. in Health and Safety Systems in 2008. She then completed a Masters in Health Promotion also in National University of Ireland, Galway in 2009. Natasha subsequently joined the HBSC (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children) team in 2010. Natasha is also involved in some teaching in the Health Promotion Department. Her research interests include; child and adolescent health, active travel, family structure and youth health and participatory research. 

Ms. Aoife Gavin
Researcher

Aoife Gavin is a researcher within the Health Promotion Research Centre.  She is a graduate of Brock University in Ontario, Canada with a BA in Community Health Sciences as well as NUI Galway with a MA in Health Promotion.  Her current research interests include: the health and well-being of young people particularly children with disability or chronic illness.

 

Ms. Larri (Lorraine) Walker 
Research Assistant

Larri Walker has worked within the Department of Health Promotion since 1996.  She has provided support on various research projects including HBSC 2006, Childrens Understanding of Health and Well being, General Healthcare Study of the Irish Prisoners Population, The Impact of Alcohol Advertising on Teenagers in Ireland ,  SLAN & HBSC 1998 and the National Survey of General Practitioners 1996.

Ms. Gail Cummins

Ph.D Student

Gail Cummins is a graduate of the Institute of Technology Sligo. She holds a B.Sc(Ord) in Health Science & Physiology, B.Sc(Hon) Public Health and Health Promotion, M.Sc by research. She is currently employed as a lecturer in IT Sligo. Her research interests include: ethnic minority health and young peoples health.

Ms. Yetunde John-Akinola
PhD Student

A Graduate of the University of Ibadan Nigeria (BSc, MPH).  A lecturer in the Health Promotion and Education Department of the Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan Nigeria. Currently on study leave to pursue a PhD Postgraduate Degree in Health Promotion in the NUI Galway, Ireland. Current research interests include school health promotion, adolescent and young people’s health.

Ms. Christina Murphy

PhD Student

Christina Murphy is a graduate of NUI Galway with a BA in English and Political Science & Sociology and a MA in Culture and Colonialism. She worked as a youth justice worker on a Garda Youth Diversion Project in 2007-2008. Her current research interests include school-based sexuality education, sexual health promotion, and young people and education. 

Ms. Siobhan O’Higgins

Ph.D Student 

Siobhan O'Higgins is a graduate of Nottingham University, D.I.T. and NUIG. She has been involved in research and teaching within the Health Promotion Department since 2002. As well as working on HBSC, Siobhan is a sexual health promoter. Her research interests include: young people’s health and sexual health promotion. 

Ms. Ciara Forde  
Placement Student 

Ciara Forde is an undergraduate student at NUIG, she is currently studying Bachelor of Arts with Children Studies and is in her third year, she is currently on placement with the HSBC. Her key areas of interest are school aged children and the patters of change that affect their lives. 

Ms. Geraldine Nolan BSc, Msc
Lecturer

Geraldine Nolan is a lecturer in the Departments of Health Promotion, and Biochemistry at the National University of Ireland, Galway.  She previously worked as a nutritionist in both clinical and public health settings. Geraldine's research interests include effective nutrition interventions; best practice for community nutrition and dietetic services in delivery of service or clients with eating disorders and nutrition needs of asylum seekers. 

 

HBSC Collaborators

Kieran Walsh completed his PhD in psychosocial ageing in the University of Limerick, where he remained as a lecturer until joining HBSC Ireland in November 2005. Kieran worked as a senior researcher in the HPRC with responsibility for translating the 2002 findings into policy and practice. His research interests include health care inequity, social inequality and adolescent health and well-being. Kieran is currently working in the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUIG.

Dr. Brian McGrath is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway and the Programme Director of the MA in Community Development. He holds an MA from NUI Galway and PhD from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.  He has previously worked as a principal researcher on international collaborative research in the area of rural youth and development policy. His main interest is in exploring the rural-urban dimensions of young people's behaviour and experiences.

Cecily Kelleher is Professor of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology and Head of Ireland’s first School of Public Health and Population Science at University College Dublin. Prior to this she was foundation chair of Health Promotion at National University of Ireland Galway and Scientific Staff member at the Medical Research Council Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit. She has researched and published widely on the social and life-course determinants of heart disease and has participated in numerous population surveillance projects and settings based evaluations of health promotion action research in schools, workplace and primary care.

Previous HBSC Ireland team members:

Mr. Graham Brennan, Ms. Pauline Clerkin, Mr. Simon Comer, Mr. Greg Conlon, Ms. Mary Cooke, Ms. Helen Corrigan, Ms. Katie Cunningham, Ms. Aingeal de Roiste, Ms. Priscilla Doyle, Ms. Amanda Fitzgerald, Ms. Cliona Fitzpatrick, Ms Marie Galvin, Ms Martha Higgins, Ms. Emer McCarthy, Mr. Trevor Moylan, Ms. Katie Murphy, Ms. Geraldine Nolan, Dr. Mariane Sentenac, Dr. Kieran Walsh.
 

Previous Placement Students:

Ms. Catriona Boyle, Ms. Patricia Brien, Ms. Diana Frasquilho Guerreiro, Ms. Samantha Loughrey, Ms. Sonja-Mareike Freiling, Ms. Aoife Gavin, Ms. Helena Keller, Mr. Peter Manley, Ms. Brenda Murphy, Ms. Linda O'Keefe, Ms. Ailbhe Spillane, Ms. Susan Spillane.

 

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