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ProfDeirdre Fitzgerald Hughes

Associate Professor

Clinical Microbiology

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  • Associate Professor
    Clinical Microbiology
  • 01 8093711 (Work)
  • RCSI, Clinical Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION OVERVIEW

I teach basic, clinical and applied microbiology in the pre-clinical years of the undergraduate and graduate entry medical curriculum and in the first two years of the integrated Masters of Pharmacy Programme. I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Professionals Education.

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
    Grant Review Committee, Israel Science Foundation
    1 Jan 2016 - 1 Jan 2016
  • THESIS SUPERVISION
    Natural honey to eradicate nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); A randomised controlled trial
    1 Oct 2014 - 1 Oct 2017
  • THESIS SUPERVISION
    The identification of multi-drug resistant organisms in the ICU: examining the interplay between patient colonisation and environmental contamination.
    1 Oct 2014 - 1 Oct 2017
  • THESIS SUPERVISION
    Evidence for a role for coagulase-negative staphylococci and their biofilms in the historic and future evolution of Staphylococcus aureus including MRSA
    1 Mar 2014 - 1 Mar 2018
  • ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
    External Examiner of PhD thesis, Trinity College Dublin
    1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2017
  • THESIS SUPERVISION
    Novel Host Defence Peptide Prodrugs for use in Cystic Fibrosis
    1 Oct 2011 - 1 Oct 2014
  • ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
    External examiner for Applied Bioscience and Pharmaceutical Science Programmes, Dundalk Institute of Technology
    1 Oct 2010
  • ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
    Peer reviewer for Journal of Medical Microbiology
    1 Oct 2010
  • THESIS SUPERVISION
    The epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae and an investigation of a novel therapeutic peptide
    1 Oct 2010 - 1 Oct 2013
  • ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
    Peer-reviewer for Journal of Hospital Infection
    1 May 2010
  • THESIS SUPERVISION
    Investigation of Bacterial Virulence and Host Response in Bloodstream Infections caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)
    1 Mar 2009 - 1 Oct 2012