DrCaitriona Cahir

Senior Lecturer

Data Science Centre, School of Population Health

  • Senior Lecturer
    Data Science Centre, School of Population Health
  • 00 353 402 2379 Ext.2379 (Work)
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Division of Population Health Sciences, Mercer Street, Dublin, 2, Ireland

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Caitriona Cahir is a Senior Lecturer at the Data Science Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Prior to this she worked as a Senior Research Fellow on a Health Research Board (HRB) Research Leaders Award investigating quality, safety and adherence to medication in the primary and secondary care settings. Caitriona also worked as a Research Officer in the Social Research Division at the Economic and Social Research Institute and was employed as a HRB Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement (ICE) post-doctoral research fellow at Trinity College Dublin. The research programme investigated novel approaches to cancer prevention, treatment and cost in conjunction with the National Cancer Registry of Ireland and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. Caitriona holds a HRB Scholars PhD in Health Services Research from the Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Data Science Centre, Dublin, Ireland4 Jan 2021
  • Honorary Lecturer
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Division of Population Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland4 Sep 2017 - 1 Jan 2021
  • Lead Director Postgraduate Diploma in Population Health and Health Services Research
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Division of Population Health Science, Dublin, Ireland3 Jul 2017 - 16 Jul 2019

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Officer
    Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland2 Feb 2015 - 1 Jan 2016
  • Project Manager
    Citibank Financial Services Ltd, Dublin, Ireland2 Feb 2004 - 1 Sep 2005

DEGREES

  • HRB Scholars PhD in Health Services Research
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland1 Oct 2007 - 2 Apr 2012
  • Postgraduate Higher Diploma in Psychology
    Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  • BA Moderatorship in Economics
    Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • HRB Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement (ICE) Award Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland2 Apr 2012 - 2 Feb 2015
    Postdoctoral Fellowship

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write and speak

RESEARCH SUB-AREAS

  • Breast Cancer
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Drug adherence
  • Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Psychology
  • Psycho-social Aspect of Health

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

RESEARCH CLUSTERS