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DrCaitriona Cahir

Senior Lecturer

Data Science Centre, School of Population Health

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  • 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

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

I have a research background in epidemiology and health psychology. My research interests are in medication taking behaviour, patient safety and outcomes and behavioural interventions.

GRANTS

  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Stipend increase for non state-funded PhD scholars
    RCSI1 Jan 2024 - 30 Sep 2029
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    IACR Educational Grant
    Irish Association for Cancer Research1 Sep 2023 - 31 May 2024
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Medication without harm: Creating a programme of knowledge exchange
    Health Research Board / HRB1 Dec 2022 - 30 Nov 2024
  • GRANT
    Pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics of drug-drug interactions in older community-dwelling adults
    Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme1 Sep 2022 - 30 Aug 2024
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    The scope and nature of medication-related harm in older populations in Ireland
    Health Research Board / HRB6 Dec 2021 - 4 Oct 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Rose AK
  • GRANT
    Improving outcomeS for Women diagnosed with early breast cancer through adhErence to adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (SWEET)
    National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research3 Feb 2020 - 2 Feb 2026
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    NIHR200098 Improving outcomeS for Women diagnosed with early breast cancer through adhErence to adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (SWEET)
    National Institute for Health Research (UK) / NIHR3 Feb 2020 - 3 Feb 2026
  • GRANT
    Good Vigilance Practice in Pregnancy: A multistakeholder approach to optimising the
    Health Research Board (Ireland)3 Sep 2018 - 31 Mar 2020
  • GRANT
    A Comparative Investigation of the Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Quality of Life in Urban-Rural Breast Cancer Survivors in Ireland
    Health Research Board (Ireland)2 Jul 2018 - 1 Aug 2018
  • FUNDED PROJECT
    Developing and pre-testing an intervention to support adjuvant hormonal therapy medication taking behaviour in women with stage I-III breast cancer
    Cancer Trials Ireland13 Apr 2018 - 12 Oct 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Catherine K
  • GRANT
    Statistical Epidemiology in Population Health and Health Services Research: Quality and Patient Safety in Medicines
    Health Research Board (Ireland)1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2020
  • GRANT
    Assessing Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP) and predicting patient outcomes in Ontario's elderly population using the modified STOPP criteria in large administrative health databases (the PIP-STOPP study)
    Canadian Institutes of Health Research2 Sep 2013 - 1 Sep 2016
  • GRANT
    Novel approaches to cancer prevention, treatment and cost using pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics
    Health Research Board (Ireland)1 Oct 2012 - 1 Sep 2015
  • GRANT
    Medication management in older populations.
    Royal College of Surgeons1 Jul 2010 - 2 Aug 2010