Ceire Costelloe

Céire Costelloe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London and Director of the Global Digital Health Unit. She holds affiliations with the NIHR HPRU in Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, the Artificial Intelligence Network, and other interdisciplinary units. Her research focuses on leveraging real-world clinical data and electronic health records to improve healthcare outcomes, with expertise in causal inference methods and digital innovation.

• Education:
• BA (Hons) Immunology, Trinity College Dublin (1998-2002)
• MSc Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2009-2011)
• PhD in Medical Statistics, Trinity College Dublin (2004-2007)
• Certifications: Chartered Statistician (CStat)

Her research investigates antimicrobial resistance (AMR), vaccine impact modeling, digital interventions for sepsis, and patient portal tools like the NHS app. She leads a team funded by NIHR, ESRC, UKRI, and the Wellcome Trust, employing routinely collected data to emulate experimental trials and inform healthcare policy.

Dr. Costelloe has held prior academic roles including Lecturer at Queen Mary University London (2013-2017) and the Bristol Randomised Trials Unit. Her awards include NIHR Career Development and Postdoctoral Fellowships.

• Key Contributions:
• Developed statistical methods for evaluating AMR interventions
• Pioneered causal inference approaches for real-world healthcare data