DrMoninne Howlett
Senior Lecturer
School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
- Senior LecturerSchool of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
BIOGRAPHY
Dr Moninne Howlett is as Senior Lecturer in the International College for Pharmaceutical Innovation (ICPI), School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences (PBS), RCSI Ireland since January 2026. She graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BSc (Pharm) and obtained a PhD from RCSI in 2019 for her research on the impact of health information technology on medication errors in paediatric intensive care.
Moninne has extensive experience in clinical pharmacy and digital health leadership having worked as a paediatric hospital pharmacist for over 20 years. From 2020-2025, Moninne was the Chief Pharmacy Information Officer for Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) where she led on the digital transformation of medication management for Ireland’s new children’s hospital. In 2022, she was awarded a Fulbright Tech Impact Scholarship facilitating a partnership with Director of Medication Systems & Informatics in St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. From 2015-2025, Moninne lead on Ireland’s National Paediatric and Neonatal Smart-Pump project driving the standardisation of infusion practices and use of smart-pump technology across Irish acute hospital and transport services.
Prior to joining RCSI in a full-time capacity, Moninne held the position of Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in RCSI PBS and has been avtively involved in teaching and research for over 10 years.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Senior LecturerRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences, Dublin, Ireland19 Jan 2026
- Honorary Clinical Associate ProfessorRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences, Dublin, Ireland1 Apr 2024 - 19 Jan 2026
- Honorary Clinical Senior LecturerRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Pharmacy, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 2018 - 31 Mar 2024
- Honorary LecturerRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Pharmacy, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 2017 - 1 Jan 2018
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Chief Pharmacy Information OfficerChildren's Health Ireland, Pharmacy/Digital Health, Ireland8 Oct 2020 - 19 Dec 2025
- Chief II Pharmacist (Informatics)Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Pharmacy, Dublin, IrelandFeb 2015 - Oct 2020
- Senior PharmacistChildren's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Pharmacy, Dublin, IrelandFeb 2003 - Feb 2015
DEGREES
- PhDRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland1 Oct 2013 - 30 Sep 2018
- BSc (Pharm)Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 1985 - 31 May 1989
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Professional Certificate in Pharmacy InformaticsAmerican Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, United States1 Mar 2020 - 30 Apr 2020Other
- Fulbright TechImpact ScholarFulbright Commission, Dublin, IrelandDec 2022 - Jan 2023Pharmacy Informatics/Digital HealthOther
RESEARCH SUB-AREAS
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Drug adherence
- Health Services
- Intervention – Drug/device
- Paediatric critical care
- Patient Safety
- Pharmacy Education
- Pharmacy practice
- Digital Health
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)
- 3 Good Health and Well Being