Nursing and Human Sciences
Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney
| Name: | Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney |
|---|---|
| Phone Number | 7786 |
| Room: | H269 |
| E-Mail Address: | |
| Work Area: | Academic Staff |
| Homepage | Personal Homepage |
Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney
Biographical Details:
I am a Lecturer in Health Systems Research in the School of Nursing and Human Sciences, in DCU and currently hold the post of Deputy Head of the School. For the past year I was Director of the Healthy Living Centre in DCU and founded NURISH, a nutrition interest group. I am currently principal investigator of a number of studies examining healthy weight maintenance, health and lifestyles in Irish teenagers, and a number of folic acid reflated projects. Prior to this I spend 5 years in UCD as Programme Chair of the M.Sc. in Child Health in UCD. and Project Director of All-Ireland Traveller Health Study and Transfusion Research Network Ireland. I have an interest in Folic Acid Fortification Policy in Ireland and have been researching and publishing in this space for the past 15 years. I have an interest in autism services in Ireland and I am currently Co- PI of a large school based study investigating the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Ireland. I am also been involved in a number of studies on infant weaning and breast feeding. I have recently completed a pilot study looking at diet and lifestyle factors amongst 3rd level students in DCU.
Research Interests:
Healthy Weight Maintenance, Health Service Research, Public Health Nutrition, Autism Prevalence, Infant Weaning, breast feeding, Folic acid fortification policy, Youth Health and Lifestyles.
Selected Peer Reviewed Journals
- Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney. .
- Abdalla S, Kelleher CC, Quirke B, Daly L; Cronin F, Drummond A, Fitzpatrick P, Frazier K, Hamid NA, Kelly C, Kilroe J, Lotya J, McGorrian C, Moore RG, Murnane S, Carthaigh RN, O'Mahony D, O'Shea B, Staines A, Staines D, Sweeney MR, Turner J, Ward A, Whelan J.. 2013. Disparities in fatal and non-fatal injuries between Irish travellers and the Irish general population are similar to those of other indigenous minorities: a cross-sectional population-based comparative study.. British Medical Journal (bmj), 3(1).,
- Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney. 2012. .
- Implementing Social Health Insurance in Ireland. Staines, Anthony and Groenewegen, Peter and Hardiman, Orla and White, Martin and Thomas, Steven and Crotty, Gerard and De La Harpe, Davida and Drumm, Michael and O'Connor, Maire and Smith, Susan and Sweeney, Mary Rose. Report of a meeting and workshop held in Dublin, on December 6th 2010 located at. 2012. .
- M Boland*, MR Sweeney*, E Scallan, M Harrington, A Staines (2006). (* joint first authors) Emerging advantages and drawbacks of telephone surveying in public health research in Ireland and the U.K. Bio Med Central Public Health 6: 208 PMID 16911771. (240 Citations). Official ranking of ¿highly accessed¿ given by BMC to this paper. 2012. .
- Mary Rose Sweeney, Joseph McPartlin, John Scott. 2012. Folic acid fortification and public health: Report on threshold doses above which unmetabolised folic acid appear in serum.
- Shrivastava A, Murrin C, Sweeney MR, Heavey P, Kelleher CC.. 2012. Familial intergenerational and maternal aggregation patterns in nutrient intakes in the Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study. Public Health Nutr. 2012 Aug 13:1-11, 13, pp1-11.
- M R SWEENEY. An exploration of knowledge, attitudes and advice given by health professionals to parents regarding the introduction of solid foods to their infants.. 2010. C ALLCUTT. Bmc Public Health, 10,, pp201-.
- Mary R. Sweeney, Anthony Staines, Leslie Daly, Aisling Traynor, Sean Daly, Steve W Bailey Patricia B Alverson, June E Alying, John M. Scott.. 2009. Persistent circulating unmetabolised folic acid in a setting of liberal voluntary folic acid fortification. Implications for further mandatory fortification?. 9,, pp295-.
- Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney. 2008. Measurements of subnanamolar concentrations of unmetabolised folic acid in serum. Journal Of Chromatography, , pp187-191.
- Harrington M, Sweeney MR, Bailie K, Morris K, Boilson A, O¿Riordan J Staines A. 2007. (2007): What would encourage blood donation in Ireland? Vox Sang. Vox Sanguinis, 92(4),, pp361-367.
- Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney. 2006. An Investigation of the impact of prolonged queuing on blood donors in Ireland. Vox Sanguinis, 90, , pp113-118.
- Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney. 2006. Post-prandial serum folic acid response to multiple doses of folic acid in fortified bread. British Journal Of Nutrition, 94, pp1-8.
- Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney. 2005. Evidence of unmetabolised folic acid in cord-blood of new-born and serum of four-day old infants. British Journal Of Nutrition, 94, , pp727-730.
