International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023: Meet our Academic Researchers

International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated annually on 11 February, recognises the critical role women and girls play in science and technology.

At the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, we have an internationally recognised reputation for producing world-class research. This year, to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023, we asked some of our female academic researchers to talk about some of the research that they are currently focussing on. Have a listen to the short videos below.

Professor Akke Vellinga

Professor Vellinga is a Professor of Epidemiology with a focus on infections and antibiotics at the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. She is the Project Lead for the (opens in a new window)CARA Network which aims to provide an open-access data infrastructure where data from GPs, hospitals and the community can be compared in easy visualisations.

Professor Patricia Fitzpatrick

Professor Fitzpatrick is Full Professor of Epidemiology & Biomedical Statistics, and Head of Subject for Public Health at the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. She is the Principal Investigator of the Irish Comparative Outcomes Study of Cystic Fibrosis (ICOS) which looks at the impact of the introduction of newborn screening for cystic fibrosis in 2011.

Professor Eleni Theodoraki

Professor Theodoraki is Professor of Sport Management at the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. She recently led important research into sustainability and the impacts of mega-sport events .

Professor Kate Pumpa

Professor Pumpa is Full Professor of Sport & Exercise Physiology at the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. Her research focuses on optimising athletic performance through nutrition and physiological interventions.

Assistant Professor Alison Connolly

Dr Connolly is Lecturer/Assistant Professor at the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. She is the Project Lead of the EIRE project (nEonicotinoid Insecticide exposuRE research) which is a study, among the Irish population, of environmental and occupational exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides using a human biomonitoring strategy.