Noreen O'Leary

Noreen O'Leary is a Lecturer at the School of Population Health, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). She holds a PhD in Interprofessional Education from the University of Limerick (2021), alongside postgraduate qualifications in Clinical Education from National University of Ireland, Galway. Her research focuses on practice-based interprofessional education (IPE), professional identity formation, and qualitative methodologies. She also investigates healthcare service models for children with disabilities and health workforce staffing challenges.

Key professional roles include Speech & Language Therapy Lecturer (University of Limerick, 2021–2022) and clinical roles in Ireland’s Health Service Executive (2014–2021). She leads funded projects such as the Collaborate Initiative–IPO RCSI (2021–2024) and a Higher Education Authority grant on gender-informed academic workload allocation (2025–2026).

Her publications emphasize IPE implementation challenges, pandemic healthcare policy analysis, and disability service models. She actively contributes to curriculum development, including workshop programs for interprofessional education and blended clinical placements.

Research clusters include Health Professions Education and Population Health, aligned with UN SDGs 3 (Good Health) and 4 (Quality Education). Her work bridges clinical practice, education systems, and policy to improve healthcare outcomes through collaborative approaches.