Nursing and Human Sciences

Postgraduate Research Students

Student

Research Topic

Primary Supervisor

Co-Supervisor

Paul Adams

 

Dr. Sandra O'Neill

 

Allison Aldridge

 

Dr Sandra O'Neill

 

Ronda Barron

Empirically testing the use of derived relational responding (DRR) as a method for teaching categorisation to children with and without developmental delay

Dr Sinead Smyth

Prof. Pamela Gallagher and
Prof Julian Leslie (University of Ulster)

Ailbhe Benson

Breaking the cycle of invisibility: a mixed methods inquiry of disclosure challenges faced by children living with epilepsy.

Dr Veronica Lambert

Prof. Pamela Gallagher

Yvonne Bergmans

The experience of recovering from recurrent suicide attempts

Dr Evelyn Gordon

Prof. John Cutcliffe
Dr. Paul Links

Christina Bermingham

Exploratory study of birth activism in Ireland

Dr. Anne Matthews

Dr. Laurence Cox (NUIM)

Andrew Boilson

Irish Protocol for Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence

Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney

Prof. Anthony Staines

Sarah Browne

A participatory Study with adolescents exploring factors influencing diet, physical activity and lifestyle choices and impact on measures of health status.

Dr Mary-Rose Sweeney

Prof. Anthony Staines

Jill Carey

The impact of equine assisted learning as an intervention aimed at promoting psychological and social well-being amongst young people with behavioural issues.

Dr. Gemma Kiernan

Dr. Suzanne Guerin (UCD)

Catherine Butterly

Helping Others and Speaking Out in Situations of Political Repression, War or Genocide. A Grounded Theory Study

Dr Mark Philbin

Dr Anne Matthews

Kumar Cithambaram

An exploration of end of life care needs of people with intellectual disabilities in residential settings: Developing a model of service delivery.

Dr. Mel Duffy

Dr Eileen Courtney

Joy Conlon

Factors affecting the prescription and administration of 'PRN' analgesia prescriptions.

Prof. P. Anne Scott

 

John Connolly

Participatory Action Research in developing a Dual Diagnosis service in Cork for People with Mental Health and Substance Misuse Problems

Dr Liam MacGabhann

 

Johnathan Dowling

Adolescents perceptions and experiences of their bodies in the context of chronic renal disease.

Dr Briege Casey,

Dr Veronica Lambert

Mairead Dowling

A study of the therapeutic journey of children who have been bereaved.

Dr. Gemma Kiernan

Dr. Suzanne Guerin (UCD)

Mary Farrelly

The discursive construction of mental illness in Irish print news media.

Dr. Kate Irving

Dr. Sabina Stan

Rita Glover

Why do supervisors do what they do? A critical examination of psychotherapeutic supervision.

Dr. Mark Philbin

Dr. Gemma Kiernan

Anna Marie Greaney

Diagnostic self-testing: An opportunity to examine the role of autonomy in healthcare delivery

Dr. Dónal O'Mathúna

 Prof Anne Scott

Phil Jefferies

Psychosocial aspects of complex prostheses and their relation to self and society

Prof Pamela Gallagher

Dr. Mark Philbin,
Prof Malcolm MacLachlan (TCD)

John Keane

Chronic illness, freedom and the active human imagination.

Dr. Dónal O'Mathúna

Dr. William Mathews (Milltown)

David Keating

Ethnographic study of men's health in the Ballymun community.

Dr Mel Duffy

Dr Carol Barron

Aileen Kennedy

An examination of factors associated with the development of sour taste preference in infants

Dr. Tracey Harrington

 

Miriam Kennedy

The roles of executive function and affective control as predictors of self-regulation and self-responsibility behaviours: implications for rehabilitating reduced responsibility behaviour in adolescents.

Dr Lorraine Boran

Dr Elizabeth McLoughlin

Rita Lawlor

Domestic Violence in primary care

Dr Vera Sheridan (SALIS)

 Dr. Jean Clarke

Daniela Lehwaldt

The impact of nurse education levels on nurse-reported patient outcomes and patient satisfaction with nursing care: case study research in Irish and German hospitals

Dr. Anne Matthews

Prof. Anne Scott

Richard Lombard-Vance

Neuropsychological Functioning and Prosthetic Rehabilitation Outcomes of Lower Limb Amputees

Prof Pamela Gallagher

Dr. Deirdre Desmond (NUIM), Dr. Fiadhnait O'Keeffe (NRH)

Emmet Mallon

An investigation of Psychopathy as either a symptom of one of the recognised Psychoanalytic structures of the mind or as a separate structure with an internal logic of its own

Dr Gerry Moore

Dr Rik Loose

Joyce Magala Mpalanyi

Water and water management needs: Social health impacts on women and their children

Prof Anthony Staines

 Dr. Jean Clarke

Lisa McGarrigle

The roles of Cognitive Protective and Risk factors in developing Incipient Dementia (CPR): development and validation of an executive function based computerised approach to identifying and reducing dementia risk in healthy senior and mild cognitively impaired individuals.

Dr Lorraine Boran

Dr Kate Irving

Clodagh Ni Ghallachoir

Breaking the code of silence: Psychotherapy as a coping mechanism in assisted reproductive technology treatments and infertility.

Dr. Mark Philbin

Prof Pamela Gallagher

Fiona O'Neill

Cellular Pharmacology of HER2-Targeted Therapy

Dr. Rob O'Connor

 

Miriam O'Neill

An exploration of the potential contribution of psychoanalysis to the understanding of the high rate of suicide among young Irish males

Dr. Evelyn Gordon

Dr Gerry Moore

Ray O'Neill

Seeing sex: How gay men who have been blind since birth speak of their sexuality and sexuation.

Dr Kate Irving

Dr Gerry Moore
Dr Rik Loos (DBS)

Paulina Piasek

Case studies in SenseCam use for cognitive stimulation therapy in early-stage dementia

Dr. Kate Irving

Prof. Alan Smeaton

Sara Raftery

The impact of an Information and Communication Technology Intervention (ICT-I) for children admitted for elective surgery.

Dr. Veronica Lambert

Dr. Michelle Glacken (St. Angela's College, Sligo)

Muriel Redmond

Social class and identity

Dr. Sabina Stan

 

Siobhan Russell

A mixed method study of service user involvement in mental health nurse education

Dr. Liam MacGabhann

Prof Pamela Gallagher

Sanaz Riahi

Nursing Sensitive Outcomes in the care of the suicidal person

Dr Evelyn Gordon

Prof John Cutcliffe

Melissa Stobie

The role of emotions in moral decision-making

Dr. Dónal O'Mathúna

 

Karinda Tollard

An investigation into play as a form of physical activity in middle childhood and adolescence in Ireland and the physical places and spaces within which it occurs.

Dr Carol Barron

Dr Fiona Murphy

Krisztina Visnovitzne Vukman

 

Dr. Sandra O'Neill

 

Jim Walsh

The impact of social influences on coping strategies for the individual with psychotic experiences who does not use mental health services.

Dr. Liam MacGabhann

Dr Chris Stevenson

Maria Wegrzynowska

Polish Mothers from Ireland. Pregnancy, Birth-giving and Motherhood among Polish Migrants in Ireland

Dr. Sabina Stan