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DrShane Cullinan

Senior Lecturer

School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences

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  • Senior Lecturer
    School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
  • 01-4028597 (Work)
  • RCSI, School of Pharmacy, Ardilaun House, 111 St. Stephens Green

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Cullinan is a graduate of Pharmacy from University College Cork. Having worked for a number of years in both community and hospital pharmacy settings, he returned to UCC in 2012 to complete his PhD investigating inappropriate prescribing in older patients, and subsequently took up a post-doctoral position in UCC. During his PhD and post-doc, Shane worked on two European clinical trials (FP7 and Horizon2020 funded), both of which investigated the use of custom designed software packages incorporating computerised decision support systems to optimise prescribing in older patients. Shane was appointed as Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice in RCSI in August 2016 and is currently Senior Lecturer and Programme Director for the MPharm. 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Pharmacy, Ireland1 Aug 2016 - 1 Oct 2022
  • Senior Lecturer
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Dublin, Ireland1 Oct 2022
  • Deputy Programme Director MPharm
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Dublin, Ireland1 Mar 2022 - 1 Mar 2025
  • Programme Director MPharm
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Dublin, Ireland1 Mar 2025

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Support Officer
    University College Cork1 Oct 2015 - 16 Aug 2016
  • Pharmacist
    Pharmacy First Plus2 Jan 2012 - 31 Oct 2012
  • Clinical Pharmacist
    South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland30 Apr 2011 - 30 Dec 2011
  • Clinical Pharmacist
    Intervene LTD1 Jan 2010 - 30 Apr 2011

DEGREES

  • PG Dip (Health Professions education)
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland1 Sep 2016 - 30 Sep 2017
  • PhD
    University College Cork, Nenagh, Ireland1 Oct 2012 - 31 Oct 2015
  • BPharm
    University College Cork, Ireland1 Sep 2004 - 30 Jun 2008

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Ireland1 Oct 2015 - 1 Aug 2016
    Postdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Cullinan

RESEARCH SUB-AREAS

  • Care of the Elderly
  • Clinical Pharmacy
  • Diabetes
  • Drug adherence
  • Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Health Outcomes
  • Health Services
  • Intervention – Drug/device
  • Medical Education
  • Medicines optimisation in older adults
  • Online education
  • Patient outcomes research
  • Patient Safety
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Pharmacy Education
  • Pharmacy policy
  • Pharmacy practice
  • Population Health
  • Technology Enhanced Learning

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

RESEARCH CLUSTERS