ProfZena Moore

Professor

School of Nursing and Midwifery

  • Professor
    School of Nursing and Midwifery
  • 01 4022569 (Work)
  • RCSI, School of Nursing & Midwifery, 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2

BIOGRAPHY

Zena is a registered nurse, who holds a PhD, a FFNMRCSI, an MSc in Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, an MSc in Leadership in Education, a PGDip in Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, and a Diploma in Management. Zena is the Professor of Tissue Viability at the Skin Wounds and Trauma (SWaT) Research Centre, School of Nursing & Midwifery, RCSI, University of Medicine and Health Sciences. Zena’s area of research interest is wound healing & tissue repair, and she has published over 370 articles, guidelines, consensus documents and book chapters in this field. In 2022 Zena received a lifetime achievement award from the World Union of Wound Healing Societies in recognition of her contribution to this field of research and practice. Zena is a past chair of the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, International Guideline Governance Group and is also a Past President of the European Wound Management Association. Zena is an Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, WA, Australia, and at the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, an Honorary Visiting Professor, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, and an Adjunct Professor, Department of Nursing, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, KSA

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    RCSI, Ireland1 Jan 2013 - 1 Jan 2014
  • Lecturer
    RCSI, Ireland1 Jan 2002 - 1 Jan 2013
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist
    AMNCH, Ireland1 Jan 1999 - 1 Jan 2002
  • Staff Nurse
    Meath Hospital, Ireland1 Jan 1986 - 1 Jan 1999
  • Professor & Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Nursing & Midwifery, Dublin, Ireland3 Feb 2014

DEGREES

  • MSc in Leadership in Health Professionals Education, Education
    RCSI, Ireland25 Dec 2013
  • PhD, Wound Healing & Tissue Repair
    RCSI, Ireland25 Dec 2009
  • MSc, Wound Healing & Tissue Repair
    University of Wales College of Medicine, Wales25 Dec 2001
  • PG Diploma, Wound Healing & Tissue Repair
    University of Wales College of Medicine, Wales25 Dec 1998

RESEARCH SUB-AREAS

  • Care of the Elderly
  • Diabetes
  • Health economics
  • Patient outcomes research
  • Population Health
  • Quality of Life
  • Skin wounds, and trauma
  • Nursing & Midwifery Education

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

RESEARCH CLUSTERS