DrPadraic Dunne
Senior Lecturer
Centre for Positive Health Sciences
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- Senior LecturerCentre for Positive Health Sciences
BIOGRAPHY
Dr Pádraic Dunne (PhD) is an immunologist, practicing psychotherapist, accredited senior coach, and certified lifestyle medicine professional, based at the Centre for Positive Health Sciences (CPHS). As a Senior Lecturer (US: Associate Professor) and lead researcher of the Digital Health Research Group, Pádraic is interested in the development of health coach-led health and wellbeing programmes for the public. Online health coaching platforms can deliver motivational and educational support to citizens, in conjunction with existing community-based services like Sláintecare Healthy Communities and Healthy Ireland. Pádraic is also a Co-director of the Centre's MSc in Positive Health Coaching and Director of the online Certificate, An Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Senior LecturerRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, Dublin, Ireland5 May 2022
- LecturerRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, Dublin, Ireland1 Nov 2019 - 5 May 2022
- Visiting Research Assistant ProfessorTrinity College Dublin, Immunology (Trinity Translational Medicine Institute), Dublin, Ireland5 Mar 2018
DEGREES
- PhD (Immunology)Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 1998 - 5 Jan 2003
- MSc (Tumour Endocrinology)Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 1996 - 1 Sep 1998
- BSc (Applied Science)Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Oct 1991 - 31 May 1996
- BSc (Counselling and Psychotherapy)Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2010 - 31 May 2014
- Diploma in Biomedical SciencesDublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland30 Sep 1991 - 31 May 1995
- Postgraduate Diploma in Science Communication and Public EngagementUniversity of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland9 Sep 2024 - 26 Jun 2026
CERTIFICATIONS
- International Board of Lifestyle Medicine Diplomate/Registered ProfessionalAmerican College of Lifestyle Medicine, United States12 Dec 2022The ABLM/IBLM certification exam is based on the lifestyle medicine core competencies as first published in JAMA in 2010. The competencies were developed to provide guidance to clinicians, defining lifestyle medicine and outlining the knowledge and skills needed for health care practitioners to provide high quality lifestyle interventions. The competencies focus on enduring clinical knowledge and skills and do not address evolving or globally/regionally divergent models of care and business administrative mechanisms of practice. The exception to the focus on clinical practice is the inclusion of leadership and advocacy skills, such as knowledge of the impact of lifestyles on planetary health.
- EMCC-Accredited Senior CoachEuropean Council for Mentoring and Coaching, Brussels, Belgium12 Dec 2022
- Professional Certificate in the Therapeutic Use of MindfulnessIrish Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dublin, Ireland2015
- HeartMath Coaching CertificateHeartMath UK, London, United Kingdom7 Feb 2019
RESEARCH SUB-AREAS
- Chronic Disease
- Emergency Medicine
- Health Outcomes
- Health Services
- Immunity
- Immunology
- Inflammation
- Mental Health
- Psychology
- Quality of Life
- Youth Mental Health
- Healthcare Management & Leadership
- Infection & Inflammation
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)
- 3 Good Health and Well Being