Mary Codd

Assoc. Prof. Mary Codd is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at University College Dublin's School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. She holds leadership roles, including Director of the UCD MPH Programme and the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master European Public Health. Her research focuses on epidemiology, public health policy, and curriculum development. She co-authored EU guidelines on mammography screening and led Ireland's first national breast screening program. During the pandemic, she directed the UCD Contact Tracing Centre. Her teaching spans biostatistics, epidemiology, and public health research methods.

Education: MB BCh BAO (UCD), MD (UCD), PhD (University of Minnesota), MPH (University of Minnesota).

Research Interests:

• Public health workforce development
• Cancer screening and quality assurance
• Health services research
• One Health interdisciplinary approaches

Key Achievements:

• Recipient of CHAS Teaching Award (2022), UCD Values in Action Award (2020)
• Lead of ASPHER Core Curriculum Programme for Public Health
• Authored over 400 publications, including pandemic response studies and public health frameworks

Grants & Funding: CSTAR Centre for Support and Training in Analysis & Research (2012-2028), HSE-funded projects on health inequalities and drug use in prisons.

Labs/Teams: Director of UCD CSTAR, UCD Contact Tracing Centre, and collaborator in the PelvEx Collaborative for oncology research.